Junior doctors strike coincides with launch of new IT system

21 hours ago By Aileen Moynagh, BBC News NI health reporter PA Dr Sarah Chetcuti, Dr Rhys Kelly and Dr Blanaid Canavan from Altnagelvin Hospital in Londonderry protesting outside Stormont on Thursday A junior doctor in Belfast says she is actively looking for a “get-out plan” because of “deteriorating” working conditions in Northern Ireland. Dr Edwina Hegarty…

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Pharmacies Shared Patient Records Without a Warrant, an Inquiry Finds

Law enforcement agencies have obtained the prescription records of thousands of Americans from the country’s largest pharmacy chains without a warrant, a congressional inquiry found, raising concerns about how the companies handle patient privacy. Three of the largest pharmacy groups — CVS Health, Kroger and Rite Aid — do not require their staff members to…

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Morning Person? You Might Have Neanderthal Genes to Thank.

Neanderthals were morning people, a new study suggests. And some humans today who like getting up early might credit genes they inherited from their Neanderthal ancestors. The new study compared DNA in living humans with genetic material retrieved from Neanderthal fossils. It turns out that Neanderthals carried some of the same clock-related genetic variants as…

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