What Doctors Don't Tell YouAs the stand-up comic puts it, it’s the way you tell ‘em. Doctors tend to think that most of their patients are mad, and imagining their symptoms.
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. ...
An advertisement for the anti Alzheimer's drug Aricept has been criticised for being misleading. The advertisement, which appeared in professional journals, suggested that the drug could help the ...
The prospect of surgery is very distressing and worrying for anyone, and you're not likely to feel at your strongest at these times. There will also be a natural tendency to trust the surgeon impl ...
SMALLPOX: It’s terrible, but not terrifying
Even the British government is saying that breast is best. It is banning all advertising of baby milk preparations except in publications to health care professionals. ...
Consumers should receive more information about drugs and their potential side effects, a report released by the National Consumer Council said. ...
America's health regulator, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), has been trying for 20 years to get doctors to share more information about drugs with their patients. Now, with just five years ...
The US Food and Drug Administration has launched MEDWatch, a scheme to encourage health care workers to report side effects associated with drugs and other medical products. ...
