Surgeons’ ability to perform laparoscopic procedures declines significantly after spending a night on call, according to a new report.
Despite all the recent findings that underline the benefits of breast milk, health professionals seem to be paying little more than lip service to breastfeeding. ...
Each year, thousands of premature babies in intensive care nurseries lose their sight to retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), an eye disease which damages and detaches retina. ...
It’s axiomatic that blood is a good thing, and that not having enough of it is a bad thing. This is true as far as it goes, but there’s mounting evidence that the picture is not that simple.
Hospitals should stop routinely inducing births after a pregnancy has reached 42 weeks, according to Linda Cardozo, consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist at King's College Hospital. ...
A recent study at the Department of Paediatrics at St Mary's Hospital in Manchester found that one sixth of children coming to hospital of a population of 296 were behind in their immunization sch ...
More than two out of every 100 hospital patients will suffer a serious reaction to a drug, new research has revealed. They are also twice as likely to die as a result. This new statistic, prepared ...
very schoolboy is told by his mum to wash his hands after going to the toilet. Unfortunately, it’s a lesson that hospital doctors still need to learn.
Too many patients are being given chemotherapy, even when it is clear that the drugs have not been effective and they are near death. ...
As much as 10 per cent of patients entering hospital will experience preventable "adverse events", according to a study of two UK hospitals. ...