Endoscopy - Dangers of the optic ‘scope’ - Endoscopy is the direct visualisation of the digestive tract using an endoscope, a flexible tube with a camera mounted on it that is small enough to p...

Anesthesia - Q:My wife recently had a severe, near fatal reaction when given Diprivan (propofol) in a routine operation. All doctors in the hospital tried to cover...

'echo' heart test: life threatening - Echocardiography a diagnostic test on the heart using soundwaves is more dangerous than had been thought, and could lead to life threatening complicat...

Unprofessional: Don't joke about the patient when he's unconscious - What’s the most unprofessional thing a doctor can do – according to other doctors? You’ll be relieved to hear it’s making derogatory remarks about yo...

Me diagnosis hope dampened - The hopes are dampened of those trying to link ME, or post viral fatigue syndrome, to what has been considered the most likely viral candidate, and to...

Heart test a load of crp - Although medicine has waxed lyrical, the latest wonder blood test for predicting your risk of a heart attack is no better than taking a careful histor...

Test linked to defects - Chorion villus sampling, that wonder prenatal diagnostic test that supposedly avoided the problems of amniocentesis, could be causing severe limb defo...

X-rays - Diagnostic excess - Despite the known cumulative risks to you and your unborn children, this most routine medical test is still being overused on nearly every part of you...