Catheters are 'life threatening' - Pulmonary artery catheters used extensively in hospitals to check heart and organ condition could be a danger to the patient, possibly even threatenin...

Inhalers: They dramatically increase the risk of fatal heart attack - Inhalers for lung problems such as emphysema and bronchitis can dramatically increase the risk of heart attack and death, a new study has found.

Antibiotic stunts bone marrow - Doctors have known for 45 years that there is a link between a widely-used antibiotic for minor eye irritations and bone marrow growth problems, but t...

Antibiotics in the environment - Genetically modified organisms, animals who either eat GM food or who are given growth hormones or antibiotics to treat the diseases inherent in high...

Heart Attack: The catheter gives way to equally useless technology - The catheter is fast becoming a thing of the past when it comes to treating a heart attack patient.

Catheter use - don’t let facts spoil a cherished procedure - Medicine is more often a belief system than a science, and doctors invariably cling to practices they know and love, irrespective of the data. Take, f...

Catheter use - don’t let facts spoil a cherished procedure - Medicine is more often a belief system than a science, and doctors invariably cling to practices they know and love, irrespective of the data. Take, f...

Antibiotic linked to gi complication in infants - Erythromycin treatment in infants, particularly those in the first two weeks of life, increases the risk of a gastrointestinal disorder called infanti...