Study Examines Children's Medical Errors Mon Mar 3,12:33 AM ET By LINDSEY TANNER, AP Medical Writer CHICAGO - Reported medical errors affect fewer than 3...
Court Considers Forced Medication Case 3 Mar, 2002 By GINA HOLLAND, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON - Missouri dentist Charles Sell sees imaginary leopards,...
BBC 3 March 2003 Drive to cut hospital infection deaths Experts have launched an initiative to reduce the number of patients who die from infections acquired...
Drug Side Effects in Elders Preventable Mar 4, 2003 By LINDSEY TANNER CHICAGO (AP) - Largely because of doctors' errors, older non-hospitalized Americans...
U.S. Debates Risks of 4 Arthritis Drugs Mar 4, 2003 By LAURAN NEERGAARD WASHINGTON (AP) - Increasing reports of major side effects - cancer and liver failure...
It seems like a good idea. It remains to be seen if a) it does what is claimed, and b) has unintended consequences. We all know that bar codes do not eliminate...
Bayer Cleared in Drug Liability Lawsuit Mar 19, 2003 By LYNN BREZOSKY CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) - Bayer Corp. was cleared of liability in the first lawsuit...
... Judge: Right to attorney a multiple' choice This should really be posted to a group discussing legal malpractice, but the justification for this judges...
Wow! I very much appreciate the news articles you send, as I often don't catch them otherwise, but am deeply disturbed by your editorial comments, especially...
In a disgraceful but characteristic move, the state of California has prohibited residents of the state from obtaining medical tests without physician...
Thanks for your comment. You are right, it isn't primarily a discussion group, but there is certainly a place for a response now and then. And I would be ...
... Poor care linked to premature baby deaths Poor care linked to premature baby deaths Monday, March 24, 2003 LONDON By Health Newswire reporters Some...
... Family Awarded $750,000 for Surgery Fire This lone story touches on some of the typically maddening aspects of error and malpractice law. A ball of fire...
... Psychiatry's Critics Say Drugs Supplant Therapy It is difficult to overestimate the cruelties inflicted by psychiatry. It is nonsense, though, to link them...
... Hormone therapy offers women little, study finds The chickens have almost all come home to the roost now. What a hugely irresponsible thing physicians have...
When a Sinus or Tension Headache Isn't Tue Mar 18,11:56 PM ET By Ed Edelson HealthScoutNews Reporter TUESDAY, March 18 (HealthScoutNews) -- When a doctor says...
... More Can Be Done to Halt Medical Errors: Official And why would grocery stores be much more technologically advanced than hospitals? Hint: Which are...
... Kidney Doctor Pleads Guilty to Fraud This isnt about medical error, but it illustrates the extent to which medicine is a tight cartel and physicians circle...
For years the people of lovely Marin County, California (where I once lived) have been mislead about the rate of breast cancer. Activists such as Tom Scott...
Study: Hearing Loss Is Underdiagnosed Apr 15, 4:01 PM (ET) By LINDSEY TANNER CHICAGO (AP) - Hearing loss in the elderly is easily treated but often ...