Health Minister announces funding for new NHS Wales website.
Health Minister Edwina Hart has announced £1.7 million of funding for a new website which will allow patients to check their medical records at the click of a mouse.

The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) praises a new report, Caregiving in the U.S. 2009, which offers a revealing portrait of the nearly one-in-three American adults who serve as a family caregiver.

Physicians working during a pandemic in Canada need to understand their legal rights and duties to avoid lawsuits and to safeguard their own health, states an analysis in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).

Although growing numbers of people check their symptoms with “Dr. Google” or seek other medical advice online, many still lack the access and skills to take advantage of the Web’s wealth of health information.

A report publicly released by the Institute for Good Medicine at the Pennsylvania Medical Society suggests demand for charitable care provided by physicians increased significantly in the past year, and that their ability to meet the demand may be unsustainable.