Hospital at home UK style

As a rapper, Bishop Brigante was no stranger to on-stage battles. We met up with the then-45-year-old when he was battling Stage 4 colon cancer, which he said was caught too late. Bishop wanted Canadians to have easier access to colonoscopies and said advocacy had given him newfo ... Show More

Many women report difficulties with orgasms, low libido or pain around intercourse. And given that many have never even learned much about their genitals, they don’t always know where to get help. A cadre of Canadian doctors specializing in women’s sexual health is trying to chan ... Show More

Attracting a family doctor to work in a community is challenging, with fewer physicians choosing family medicine. That's why Cheryl Gnyp, the recruiter for Castlegar, B.C., needs to stand out. She uses the board game Operation and specialized coffee as part of her 10-minute sales ... Show More

Tonight, author Mark Leslie will discuss his book Haunted Hospitals, in which he examines hospitals, asylums, and sanatoriums with formal spectral residents who refuse to move on.  Hospitals are supposed to be places of healing, places of birth, and places of hope. But with all o ... Show More

America’s rural hospitals face an uncertain future. One in three are now at risk of closure as doctors and nurses quit, patients struggle to pay their medical bills and government covid subsidies stop. We hear from the front line of one rural hospital in Luray, Virginia. Travis C ... Show More

Dr Helen Ouyang on why she writes so much about the hospital-at-home movement: It's the future, one way or another. This podcast is intended for US healthcare professionals only. To read a full transcript of this episode or to comment please visit: https://www.medscape.com/featur ... Show More

Doctors Without Borders has built a reputation parachuting into war zones and natural disasters. Now they are bringing their expertise to American nursing homes hit hard by the Covid-19 crisis. CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta speaks with the organization's staff ... Show More

This abandoned hospital outside Boston, Massachusetts was originally conceived as a place to help people with mental health issues. But it wound up doing a lot of harm.READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/medfield-state-hospital 

Dr. Jeanine Cook-Garard learns about home health care - something we may all have to consider as we age. Her guests are Jamie Matamoros and Anglie Ramessar, who are both home care case coordinators for Direct Personal Care, a New York State certified Health care agency. 

The logistics of reopening colleges during a pandemic are incredibly complicated. Can it be done safely? CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta explores this question with former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Richard Carmona, head of the University of Arizona’s reopening tas ... Show More