What Doctors Don't Tell YouEarly in May, in a landmark decision, the British courts struck a blow for patient rights. The Court of Appeal held in favour of Ms S, a woman who had been forcibly given a caesarean section agai ...
Annual chest x-rays to screen for tuberculosis (TB) should be stopped even though the disease is once again on the rise. ...
There are serious differences in performance among three commonly used faecal occult blood tests (FOBTs), often used to detect clinically undetectable upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding.
The use of "peak flow monitors", which measure the breathing volumes of asthmatics, does nothing to reduce the likelihood of death or illness from the condition. ...
Not all home pregnancy test kits are as reliable as the manufacturers claim, researchers have discovered. Three makes of kit with a supposed accuracy rate of 97 per cent were only 77 per cent accu ...
This is one of the main tools for detecting osteoporosis and other bone changes, especially in the lower spine, hip, forearm and heel.
It seems you may have to be dead before you can get an accurate diagnosis of malignant cancer. ...
THE DRUGS DON'T WORK, PART 4,961: This time they do nothing for bronc
Further evidence that breast screening for women aged under 50 is of little value has come from a Canadian study. Researchers there have found that mammograms may miss breast cancer if the woman i ...
The MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) scan is a screening technique that has been in use since the early 1980s. It can provide a detailed picture of your body’s soft tissues, especially the brain and spinal cord.
