Doctor Error: One-third of hospital doctors make ‘major mistake’ every year - A third of all hospital doctors make at least one major mistake – which may harm the patient or even result in his death – every year, a new study has...

The scandal of the benzo babies - We hear so much about medical blunders that it seems unbelievable that a scandal involving more than one million children in the UK alone has been goi...

Emergency care: - It's so bad that it kills a third of patients - The health service is seriously overstretched. Patients with chronic conditions that require routine care tend to get the worst of it, so perhaps the...

Diabetes Drug: New health warning over the most-prescribed oral medication - There’s something very wrong about the world’s most heavily prescribed type II diabetes drugs.

Medical errors - Tracking down the exact prevalence of medical errors is a difficult task as many incidents go unreported. However, what estimates are available descri...

Medical mistakes: doctors say the system's to blame - A recent US document published by the Institute of Medicine showed that up to 98,000 people die in the US each year due to medical error more than die...

Women rage at medic blunders - Two support groups have been set up by women who claim to have been dreadfully damaged by medical procedures. ...

ME: The link with thyroid problems - Thyroid problems may be a culprit behind unexplained diseases such as ME/CFS and FMS. In most cases, the health problems experienced by these patients...