I have been trying to figure out how to fight a standard medical procedure, the examination of the genitals of children during routine physical examinations, barring any obvious medical problems. ...
This month may have set a record for the number of extraordinary medical mistakes. ...
In 18 November 1993 my wife had a routine gallbladder keyhole operation, which appeared to be successful. Two days later, she was given a bed pan and she thought that she was urinating. To her ...
For the past 15 years evidence has stacked up showing patients with acute coronary thrombosis improve their survival chances by 50-82.5 per cent when given intravenous mageniusm of 32-66 mmol in ...
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On May 6 of this year, 15 US Food and Drug Administration agents with flak jackets, backed up by a batch of county policemen with guns at the ready, surrounded the clinic of Dr. Jonathan Wright i ...
The US scientist feted as the co-discoverer of HIV the virus associated with AIDS has been found guilty of "scientific misconduct". ...
The General Medical Council, which disciplines doctors, has made a first move toward introducing a system for dealing with doctors who are rude or incompetent but not guilty of professional miscon ...
Many advertisements for drugs in the medical literature are misleading and could lead to improper prescribing, said a review in the Annals of Internal Medicine. ...
About 88 per cent of elderly people in nursing homes are being given antipsychotic drugs inappropriately, researchers have discovered after visiting 28 homes in Glasgow. ...