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World Cup team doctors to use video to assess concussions

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Doctor killed, gunman dead in murder-suicide incident in U.S.

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Chinese doctor saves passenger on US trip

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China's hospital wards haunted by violence

Violence against medical staff continues to make headlines in China, highlighting the urgency of protecting practitioners, and more importantly, improving communication between patients and doctors.

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Family doctors the future of China's healthcare system

​Getting medical treatment has become much more convenient for Wei Xianfang since she joined a family doctor program.

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S. Korean health minister replaced by doctor after MERS

​South Korea's Minister of Health and Welfare Moon Hyung-pyo was replaced Tuesday by a veteran doctor after the outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), the president office said.

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Two killed in doctor-patient brawl in central China

A doctor and a patient died following a fight in a central China hospital on Saturday morning, local authorities said, fanning the flames of already heated doctor-patient relations in China.

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Xinhua Insight: An App today can keep the doctor away?

​Gong Xiaoming, an obstetrician at a public hospital in Shanghai, usually sees up to 30 outpatients a day, but when he writes an article about uterine fibroids it can easily draw tens of thousands clicks within a day on his microblog.

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Call for doctor-patient reform

A recent attack on doctors in east China has sparked public outrage and debate - with how to improve doctor-patient relationships and the medical system as a whole top of the agenda.

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Man stabs doctor to death in hospital

A knife-wielding man stabbed one doctor to death and injured two others at a hospital in east China's Zhejiang Province on Friday.