6 d. ago No staff, no equipment, no medicine: a doctor on returning to Gaza after 665 days in an Israeli prison

Dr Ahmed Muhanna, one of the country’s most senior emergency care consultants, says the scale of destruction he saw on his release brought him to tearsThe only thing that kept Dr Ahmed Muhanna going during his 22 months inside Israeli prisons and detention centres was dreaming of his return to his family and to Gaza. When he was finally released after 665 days as a prisoner, he arrived home to find every place he had returned to in his memories had been obliterated.While in prison, he and the other inmates were “completely cut off from the outside world”, he says. When he was released he was driven over the border and through Gaza to his hospital, the al-Awda. The scale of the destruction he saw “made my skin crawl my chest tightened and my tears began to flow”. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago My favourite family photo: ‘It’s a snapshot of our goofy bond’

Since my mum died, family photos can be painful to look at. But this one of me and my brother is a reminder we still have each otherMy only sibling is seven years older than me. That means he has forever been seven years ahead of me in life, sitting somewhere between a willing co-conspirator and knowledgable surrogate parent – protective but fun, and always aware of the secrets of existence I am yet to discover. It was his aside that spoiled the secret identity of Santa Claus; he who laughingly revealed the mechanics of sex; he who gave me my first sip of beer. Yet, when he found out I was sneaking cigarettes from my dad’s stale dinner party supply, he chastised me before either of my parents could, and when my mum was diagnosed with cancer and I was just 15, he was already a 22-year-old medical student, able to speak in a doctor’s shorthand and advocate for her care while my father and I floundered.Ever since my mum died in 2013, family photos have been a source of bittersweet pain...

Culture

8 d. ago 'Best medical drama ever' rockets up the Netflix charts as 'broken' fans left sobbing by 'perfect' ending after binge

This hit show aired on screens from 2017 to 2024 - and has now found a home and further popularity on streaming platform Netflix.

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1 week ago NHS doctor posted antisemitic conspiracy theories claiming Jews were behind 9/11, medical tribunal hears

NHS consultant anaesthetist Dr Najmiah Ahmad was alleged to have used her X account to repost two 'seriously offensive' comments.

Science

2 w. ago Medics baffled as Donald Trump claimed to have had MRI procedure that 'doesn't exist'

Medical professionals have raised concerns over Donald Trump's MRI doctor's note describing a 'torso MRI' procedure

Politics

2 w. ago GP who faked medical appointments at work so she would not be late for the afternoon school run suspended from practising for 5 months

A family doctor who faked medical appointments at work so she would not be late for the afternoon school run has been suspended from treating patients.

Economics

3 w. ago NHS urges one group to 'contact doctor' over this medication

Certain groups of people have been warned to stay away from the medication

Science

3 w. ago NHS alert as one group of women may need to contact GP 'urgently'

You should contact your doctor or nurse about the medical issue

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3 w. ago NHS 'contact your doctor urgently' warning for one group taking this medication

The medicine is not recommended for certain groups of people

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3 w. ago Dr Alex George looks back: ‘A dying friend told me to throw myself into things more – Love Island came into my mind’

The author and mental health campaigner on not fitting in at school, being on the Covid frontline, and how grief inspired him to help othersBorn in Carmarthen in 1991, Dr Alex George is a former NHS doctor, an author and a mental health campaigner. After studying medicine at the Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry, he worked as an A&E doctor in London before joining the cast of 2018’s Love Island. In 2021, he was appointed the UK government’s youth mental health ambassador. He is the author of five books; his latest, Happy Habits, is out now, with Am I Normal? published on 15 January.Mum loved to make outfits for special occasions, and Christmas was no exception. It was an important time of year for our family; she was determined for us to experience the magic of tradition. It would have been a small, intimate day in Capel Dewi in Carmarthenshire – just me, my parents, my two brothers and my grandmother. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago We can be heroes: the inspiring people we met around the world in 2025 – part one

From the Indigenous doctor balancing traditional and western medicine to a father risking death to provide for his family in Gaza, these are some of the people whose determination and bravery stood outIn 2012, Adana Omágua Kambeba travelled 4,000km (2,500 miles) from her home in Manaus, in the Brazilian Amazon, to take up a coveted place to study medicine at the Federal University of Minas Gerais in south-east Brazil. She became the first among her people, the Kambeba, or Omágua, to graduate in the field, still largely dominated by white elites. According to the 2022 census, Indigenous people represented 0.1% of those who graduated in medicine in Brazil.Adana Kambeba uses the ancestral knowledge of her people alongside conventional medicine in her work. Photograph: Marizilda Cruppe/the Guardian Continue reading...

Politics

3 w. ago Indian doctor beats up patient with breathing problems after victim 'asked to be spoken to respectfully'

A doctor at Indira Ghandi Medical College in Shimla (IGMC), northern India, was accused of physically assaulting the patient during the altercation on Monday.

Science

3 w. ago Ohio doctor arrested after ‘secretly giving abortion medication to girlfriend and causing a miscarriage’

Dr. Hassan Abbas, 32, allegedly told the woman that his father would never allow the pregnancy to continue

Society

4 w. ago Home Alone's 'Wet Bandits' are medical MIRACLES! Doctor reveals how Kevin's booby traps would have proved fatal in the real world

Adam Taylor, a professor of anatomy at Lancaster University, calls the Wet Bandits 'medical impossibilities' for their ability to survive Kevin McCallister's booby traps.

Society

last month TOM LEONARD: How the exploits of celebrated doctor Oliver Sacks

On his death, aged 82, from terminal cancer in 2015, he was hailed as the 'Poet Laureate of contemporary medicine'.

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