Jari Holland Buck'Shift Happens' has been posted on the wall of my office for many years. As a change management consultant, I placed it there as a reminder that the work I do within organizations and with executives occurs, oftentimes, at a snail's pace...
The new documentary by Michael Moore called SICKO has launched nationwide heralding the cry of health care reform due to the inadequacies of the health care system. Dr. Pierce Scranton, an Orthopedic Surgeon, arms us with practical tips on how to...
What Doctors Don't Tell YouPeople with osteoarthritis in the knee should watch out if they’re on the receiving end of drugs such as corticosteroids, which are injected directly into the knee to relieve the symptoms of arthritis
Surgeons use a lot of implements and instruments when performing surgery - some of which, all too frequently, stay in the patient afterwards.
It all began with a fever. So begins The Year of Magical Thinking, Joan Didion’s extraordinary account of the events of 2003 and 2004, and memoir of her marriage to writer John Gregory Dunne.
A new survey shows that US physicians do not believe that the problem of medical errors is as significant as the 1999 report by the Institute of Medicine indicates.
In a recent US survey, over 40 per cent of people said they or their families had been the victim of medical errors - as did 35 per cent of doctors
Mounting concern over the MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) crisis in UK hospitals hit a frenzied note recently after news of the superbug’s latest victim hit the headlines. Baby Luke, born a healthy 7lb 7oz with no apparent...
Tracking down the exact prevalence of medical errors is a difficult task as many incidents go unreported. However, what estimates are available describe a disturbing picture. Up to 98,000 patients in the US die each year as a result of a medical...
Researchers have found a possible link between tooth whiteners and oral cancer.
The ingredients used in tooth whiteners caused inflammation and mucosal trauma at high concentrations. Although not thought to be carcinogens, inflammation can have an un
