Around half of the surgeries scheduled at 15 major hospitals have been cancelled since last week, according to the health ministry. Under South Korean law, doctors are restricted from striking. Earlier this week, the government requested police investigate people connected to the stoppage. Seoul’s police confirmed that it raided the Korean Medical Association (KMA) on … Read more
A Toronto-based research team met with and surveyed some 10,000 Canadians about the state of the health-care system — and what they found is deep dissatisfaction and frustration with primary care as the country grapples with a severe shortage of family doctors. The OurCare Initiative — led by Dr. Tara Kiran, a family doctor and scientist … Read more
For two decades, Tamara Franz-Odendaal has been studying how space travel affects the human skeleton. Because of the absence of gravity in space, astronauts experience bone loss when they get back to Earth. “We always think of it as just the scaffold that kind of keeps the body together, but it’s a really dynamic tissue,” … Read more
NEWS IN A MINUTE: Listen or watch the full versions of the “VIRAL VIDEO: A plea for unemployed doctors” article in a minute. Since the beginning of the year, the unemployment of doctors has been thrust into the spotlight as over 800 doctors across the country. One doctor has gone viral on Tik Tok, as … Read more
The older Dr Toh’s methodical nature also underpins his attraction to cardiology, a branch of internal medicine. The study of the heart is “almost mathematical”, he stated in his book. While pursuing his postgraduate studies in the UK during the late 1950s, the young doctor chose to specialise in cardiology because it is based on … Read more
At a $3-billion toy company in downtown Toronto, kindergarteners file in with parents and siblings, clad in snowsuits and ready to offer their expertise. They pass a toy museum decked out with Paw Patrol toys, Tech Decks, Bakugan and more, and eventually arrive at a small room with a large two-way mirror. Soon, they’ll be … Read more
