Medical Profession
latest news & developments
A dying breath of fresh air
A hard-hitting film raises serious ethical questions about keeping a patient alive at all costs.
Nelson Mandela Metro University gets the go-ahead to open a medical school in 2020
The new department will begin with 50 students and increase this number to about 200 by 2022.
The ?doctor who ?walked ?away
Maria Phalime was passionate about being a doctor, but quit because of the pressures of the job.
Drug-induced comas: Miracles on the edge of oblivion
Sending you into a drug-induced coma is the job of the anaesthetist at the head of the table, writes Martinique Stilwell.
Taking the wind out of awkward diseases
Nothing is more embarrassing than a medical condition that affects our bodily functions.