5 h. ago ‘They forced me to stand for hours in the cold, arms raised and shackled’: eight Gaza doctors on their Israeli prison ordeal

Senior doctors and surgeons describe the torture, starvation, humiliation and denial of medical care they endured while being held without chargeMore than 160 Gazan medics held in Israeli prisons amid reports of tortureMany days I was tied to a chair in the interrogation room for maybe 15 hours. I was not allowed to sleep or eat or drink. They tied my arms to the chair very painfully and when they were beating me they would put their hands or legs on my chest to bend my back. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Six babies died from cold in Gaza over two weeks, doctors say

Gaza health ministry records 15 deaths from hypothermia this winter, all of them children

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18 h. ago Medics say 6 babies have died from the cold in Gaza as displaced people shelter in tents and rubble

Palestinian medics say at least six infants have died from hypothermia in the last two weeks in the Gaza Strip

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63 h. ago Meet the brave medical student who had a rare hand transplant to help her become a doctor

Becca Heritage had been enjoying her first weeks at University of Southampton when she became ill. Doctors later discovered she had meningitis in November 2018 but were able to save her life.

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4 d. ago Pope Francis ‘not out of danger’ after week in hospital but condition not life threatening, say doctors

Doctors looking after Pope Francis have insisted the pontiff is "fine" at the end of his first week being in hospital in Rome with pneumonia.

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4 d. ago Pope Francis ‘not yet out of danger’ and to stay in hospital for another week

Chronic illness remains but pontiff, 88, is stable and in good humour, doctor saysPope Francis, who is in hospital undergoing treatment for double pneumonia, is “not yet out of danger” and will remain in hospital for at least the whole of next week, one of his doctors has said.Francis, 88, was stable but “the chronic illness remains”, Sergio Alfieri, a general surgeon at Rome’s Gemelli university hospital, told reporters on Friday. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Man, 44, learns he's been living with half a BRAIN after common symptom millions suffer

The 44-year-old started feeling a mild pain in his leg, which prompted him to visit his doctor two weeks later.

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