No time to talk
The profession that's notorious for not looking out for each other or after themselves.

Planet Under Pressure| Pollution: A life and death issue:

"Diseases carried in water are responsible for 80% of illnesses and deaths in developing countries, killing a child every eight seconds. Each year 2.1 million people die from diarrhoeal diseases associated with poor water"

Aspirin: The Story of a Wonder Drug
Well, just not in under-16s.

Stunning
"As a doctor, I have been practicing for more than 10 years and giving electric shocks (‘stunning’) (Electro-Convulsive Therapy - ECT) to patients (with mental illness) but only after a general anaesthetic. The Medical Council would strike my name from the register if I should ever dare to give ECT without anaesthesia because it is very cruel to do so. I wonder, is it not cruel to do this to an animal too? Although the voltage used in ECT is smaller than that used for animals, is it not still cruel?"
Dr.A.Majid Katme
Chairman, Islamic Medical Association

Report of the Independent Expert Group on Mobile Phones
However, as many point out, there has been no time to do long term studies yet; the expansion in mobile phone usage has been phenomenally fast. Make up your own mind.

Medact - WMD & Conflict - Impacts of War

The UK government has made no effort to count how many Iraqis
have died or been injured since the 2003 invasion.

Read the full report:

"This report assesses the impact of the recent war in Iraq and the ensuing period of
insecurity on health, the health care system and health reconstruction initiatives. It describes the reported 100,000 deaths and many more injuries attributable to conflict and violence and the current pattern of mental and physical illness. It gives an overview of the Iraqi health care system and barriers to good health care including problems with access to services, fragmentation, damaged infrastructure, inadequate medical supplies and poorly trained and supported health workers. It also highlights problems with the infrastructure that influence health, such as water and sanitation. In analysing the efforts at reconstruction, it highlights the inadequacies and challenges of efforts to build a new health system based on primary health care principles, freely available to all."

The Book of Visiting the Sick
Riyad-us-Saliheen
Compiled By
Al-Imam Abu Zakariya Yahya bin Sharaf An-Nawawi Ad-Dimashqi

Mental Health in Islam

Sometimes I can't believe people with no deen can have any peace of mind/mental health,whilst dealing with the issues life throws at them. Its no wonder all these problems are on the increase.

Islam saved my mental health and returned my soul

Bag of Worms
"It is indeed a heavy coat that we put on when we choose "doctoring" as our commitment. Part of that weight is caused by our hard won knowledge that life does not often measure up to our expectations of justice, fairness, or logic."

The Observer | UK News | Science shows up Supernanny:

"A mental health expert warns that fashionable advice to ignore your child's tears may cause lifelong harm "

No Free Lunch
Hmm. Drug reps.

Even my husband can now spot one in a crowd of patients, and he's not a medic.

Its nothing personal. I know these people are just trying to do their jobs, earn a living, feed their families just like us. It's just the niggling inner thoughts that keep suggesting, "What is he hiding, why is he telling me this..." Just as well that we're trained now on how to speak and deal with them.

To me, the most annoying thing is having them want to shake hands. As if we haven't had enough trying to dodge that from the patients.

France passes "right to die" law

MuslimOptician.Net
Pretty impressive site!