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Medicine
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

I was feeling a little smug at how much I had helped a cancer patient. Then came a devastating text | Ranjana Srivastava

Patients with both cancer and untreated mental illness face unequal care: robust cancer services but fragmented, insufficient mental-health support, harming recovery and outcomes.
fromThe Mercury News
4 weeks ago

Saratoga church raises money to erase $2.3 million in medical debt in 7 Bay Area counties

"This really was about all of us coming together and (doing) some good out in our community to live out our lives of faith in a different way than we had before,"
Public health
London politics
fromwww.romfordrecorder.co.uk
6 months ago

East London GPs slammed over unnecessary autopsies of 'white Christian' patients

Coroner Graeme Irvine criticized GP referrals for causing systemic racism towards the deceased, highlighting poor communication and understanding of the medical examination system.
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