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An investigation into the business practices of a podiatrist who describes himself as probably the highest-paid practitioner in Australia has exposed some deep failings in the health system that open it up to rorting and privacy breaches. 
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A BBC reporter goes undercover and confronts doctors offering bogus treatments for his genetic condition.
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Learn medical terminology compiled by SGU Medical SChool by reviewing most of the important prefixes, root words, and medical abbreviations.
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These adults also were more than twice as likely to say they didn’t know where to find mental health support in their communities, according to the report.
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On 25 December 2011, while many Nigerian families were getting ready to dish out the Christmas rice, stew and chicken, young Chidiebere Ibe and his family
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Exclusive: Experts will look into healthcare offered for menstruation, menopause and conditions such as heart disease, autism and cancer
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The history of medical transplants stretches back millennia and includes some bizarre and gruesome milestones.
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The narratives and tactics Trump used to persuade people to trust him as a sole beacon of truth—amid a sea of corrupt, lying scientists and doctors—draw on those of cult leaders, self-proclaimed healers, and wellness charlatans as much as those of authoritarian demagogues. They have proved effective over centuries. In 1927, the British physician A. J. Clark lamented the proliferation of “quackery” in the medical profession. The term was once simply synonymous with fraud. “The fact that this term has come to signify, in popular usage, a pretender to medical knowledge indicates very clearly that there is something about the cure of disease that particularly attracts both delusion and imposture,” Clark wrote. That is, when we are sick or threatened by disease, we seem to be uniquely susceptible to scams.
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