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State may ban non-compete agreements for doctors, nurses

(The Center Square) — Pennsylvania may ban non-compete agreements for health care workers, ridding the commonwealth of most restrictions on where doctors and nurses can work. The legislation passed the House in May and awaits action in the Senate. House Bill 1633, sponsored by Rep. Dan Frankel, D-Pittsburgh, would make non-competes void and unenforceable for […]

RFK Jr. said doctors found a dead worm in his head after it ate part of his brain

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claimed in a deposition taken more than a decade ago that a bug ate part of his brain before it died inside his head. RFK Jr., now 70, made a bizarre confession during divorce proceedings in 2012, detailing “cognitive issues” that he initially feared might be a brain […]

Moore Capito Pushed Bill Banning Doctors from Detrans-ing Kids

West Virginia gubernatorial candidate Moore Capito has proposed a bill that would prohibit doctors from treating children with gender dysphoria if that treatment includes detransitioning. Capito hopes to become the next governor of the Mountain State. However, multiple polls show West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrissey leading Capito by double digits. In 2019, Mr. Capito […]

DEI class at UCLA’s medical school sets up future doctors to fight the patriarchy and accept ‘weight loss is useless’

After the death of George Floyd, the University of California David Geffen School of Medicine required all first-year students to take a DEI course titled “Structural Racism and Health Equity.” This course does not provide students with insight into better suturing techniques, healing methods, disease detection, biochemistry, or other traditionally useful medical skills. Rather, its […]

Alzheimer’s drug embrace slows down as US doctors’ reluctance grows

Nine months after the U.S. launch of the first drug proven to slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease, Eisai and Biogen’s Requemby faces unexpected hurdles to widespread use. That’s a stereotype among some doctors that treating diseases that rob people of their memory is futile. Alzheimer’s disease experts had anticipated bottlenecks due to Requemby’s requirements, […]

Ban smacking children in England and Northern Ireland, say doctors | Child rights

Parents in Great Britain and Northern Ireland have told ministers that hitting their children is unfair, dangerous and harmful and should be banned. It was a “scandal” that Scotland and Wales had banned slapping while two other countries did not, the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health said on Wednesday. It added that hitting […]