What Doctors Don't Tell YouRapamune (sirolimus), an immunosuppressant for after organ transplants, has had a troubled history, with patients having the unfortunate habit of dying - especially after liver transplants.
SEROXAT: the drug the BBC dares name
* No-scalpel vasectomy is becoming the operation of choice as postsurgical complications (such as haematoma, bleeding or infections) are much less likely. Instead of a knife, the technique uses a small clamp, pointed at each end, to pierce the...
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Psychiatric patients, especially those under 40, are at high risk of developing cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Schizophrenics are two to three times more likely to die of heart disease than the rest of us (Diabetes Care, 2003; 26: 1597-605).
Blood transfusions that include albumin could be killing six out of 100 patients, new research has revealed. There is no evidence that albumin saves lives, either. ...
More than 1,300 patients in a New Zealand hospital are being recalled after fears that endoscopic investigations may have left them with serious infections. ...
Doctors have recently been alerted to the possibility that intravenous immune globulin given to build up natural antibodies and to treat hepatitis C can actually trigger the disease. ...
Just how safe are the materials used in hip replacement surgery and for replacing missing limbs? Doctors in Grenoble, France are questioning the safety of the materials, usually titanium and polye ...
Those with long memories will have a feeling of deja vu when reading a recent report which admits that, yes, there may well be a link between contaminated polio vaccines, given routinely three or ...
