Andrew Wakefield was at the centre of a media storm about the MMR vaccine and is now being blamed by journalists as if he were the only one at faultIn medicine, “untoward incident inquiries” tend to look for systems failures, rather than one individual to blame. It’s certainly clear that Andrew Wakefield and [...]
The death of an Ontario teen while being rushed to hospital should be a wake-up call for Canadians that emergency care standards are needed across the country, said a group representing ER doctors.
Higher Medicare copays, sometimes just a few dollars more, led to fewer doctors visits and to more and longer hospital stays, a large new study reveals.
CHICAGO (Reuters) – U.S. researchers have found a way to pinpoint where in the prostate a tumor may be hiding by using a imaging technique that measures the chemical composition of tissues.
A combination of three genetic abnormalities has a dramatic impact on how long prostate cancer patients are likely to live, researchers said on Wednesday, and gene tests could help doctors decide on the best treatments.
LONDON (Reuters) – A combination of three genetic abnormalities has a dramatic impact on how long prostate cancer patients are likely to live, researchers said on Wednesday, and gene tests could help doctors decide on the best treatments.
Medical Societies Craft Guidelines to Advise Clinicians; Protect Patients and DonorsA recent case study by doctors at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York examined the ethical issues posed by transplant tourism, an offshoot of medical tourism, which focuse…
European Medicines Agency (EMEA) has recommended that appetite suppressant drug sibutramine, also known as Reductil, should neither be prescribed by doctors nor dispensed by pharmacists.
As winter weather makes roads and sidewalks slippery, falls become more common, and with them injuries that need medical attention. Doctors say that if you can’t put weight on a lower extremity, or have deformities in an upper extremity, after a fall, …
(NaturalNews) Are up-and-coming young doctors going to practice the same kind of mainstream medicine as their predecessors? Will the next generation of docs turn up their noses at alternative therapies such as acupuncture, yoga, herbs and vitamins — j…