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NYU Prof's Body Rejects Camera That Was Surgically Implanted in His Head

Plenty of people react badly to having a camera on them -- perhaps none more so than Wafaa Bilal. The New York University photography professor was forced to remove a computer webcam that had been surgically implanted in his head because his body rejected the foreign object. Doctors removed the camera from Bilal's head...

Storing Farts in a Jar, Drinking Urine and Other Medical Oddities

Doctors aren't always right. In fact, sometimes medical advice given to patients really stinks -- in more ways than one. Consider, for example, a period in medical history back in the 17th century when doctors actually recommended sick patients store their farts in a jar. No joke. The prescription for better health...

Docs on the Clock: Would Weekend Shifts Boost Health Care?

(Oct. 4) -- If Americans are serious about improving health care, they may need to ask for some serious lifestyle changes from their medical providers: Docs might need to sacrifice the standard Saturday-Sunday weekend to boost patient care and save money. It's a controversial idea, but one that Peter Orszag, a fellow at...

Study: Foreign-Born Docs Just as Good as Americans

(Aug. 3) -- Foreign-born doctors offer the same quality of medical care as docs trained in the U.S., a new study has concluded. By contrast, Americans who train abroad and then practice here seem to rank last in terms of quality, at least where length of hospital stay and mortality due to cardiac events are...

Fewer Hours for Doctors -- and Less Pay

(Feb. 23) -- American doctors are no longer burning the midnight oil, and it might have something to do with their declining salaries, according to a major study of physicians' work hours. The trend could also lead to a major doctor shortage, some fear. The results mark the first significant, documented drop in doctors'...

Background on doctors

Doctors is a British daytime television soap opera, set in the fictional Midland town of Letherbridge, defined as being close to the city of Birmingham, following the staff and their families of a doctor's surgery.

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