News hospital audits - Nearly one million errors each year - First, the bad news. New estimates suggest that more than 2000 people die in UK hospitals every year as a direct result of staff errors. The far w...

For mrsa infection, go for silver - I know of several alternative treatments that would help against MRSA [methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus] infection, the so-called ‘superbug...

And surviving your stay there - Mounting concern over the MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) crisis in UK hospitals hit a frenzied note recently after news of the sup...

Natural ways to fight the superbugs - Newspapers have recently been full of reports about MRSA [methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus], the so-called ‘superbug’, which is affecting m...

Children at risk of antibiotic resistant infection - Children are increasingly at risk of contracting the methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection (MRSA) from hospitals, according to latest...

Vision Surgery: A simple op that comes with the risk of MRSA - People who have vision-improving surgery such as LASIK run the very real risk of developing the killer infection MRSA.

MRSA: You don’t only get it in hospital - MRSA can occur anywhere, especially among those who are in frequent physical contact with others

Screening: false alarms - A decided lack of standards in the cervical cancer screening programme is responsible for many false diagnoses of cancer, announced the National Audit...