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Doctor slams TV show over medical errors about Chernobyl

18th June 2019
A US doctor who treated radiation victims in Chernobyl has highlighted a number of medical errors depicted in the recent hit…
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Chernobyl
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'Mild' traumatic brain injury not so mild after all

14th June 2019
More than half of patients presenting to an emergency department with mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) are still reporting…
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What felled this footy player?

13th June 2019
A 25-year-old male rugby player presents to ED with left thigh pain and swelling. The symptoms have been worsening for…
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Acute extremity compartment syndrome
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Doctors investigate death of couple holidaying in Fiji

7th June 2019
Health officials in Fiji say they don't yet know the cause of the sudden deaths of a Texas couple holidaying on the island,…
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Island holiday
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Home remedy enema lands patient in hot seat

7th June 2019
A self-administered hydrogen-peroxide enema taken to relieve constipation was eventually revealed as the cause of pain so…
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Constipation
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History: When health officials took it tattoo far and started inking schoolchildren

5th June 2019
The ‘duck and cover’ drills of 1950s America are infamous — mostly because the idea of a flip-top desk acting as some sort…
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Duck and cover drill
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Doctors need more training on rib injuries: coroner

4th June 2019
A SA coroner has recommended doctors be educated about the seriousness of rib fractures in elderly patients after finding a…
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