Cardiology

Australian regions needing cardiac arrest education revealed

Researchers have identified Australian regions with high rates of cardiac arrest and low rates of CPR, prompting calls for targeted education campaigns to improve awareness about avoiding and treating heart issues.

Psychology & Psychiatry

Language matters in preventing suicide

Of all the issues in psychiatry, even in all of medicine, suicide may be the most challenging to discuss responsibly in public.

Ophthalmology

Doctor explains pink eye

Pink eye is extremely common in kids. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, public schoolchildren in the U.S. miss 3 million school days each year because of pink eye.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Czech whooping cough spread accelerates, three dead

The Czech Republic has been hit by a soaring number of whooping cases and the fast growing outbreak has killed three people, health authorities said on Monday.

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