Adverse events in hospital are common - As much as 10 per cent of patients entering hospital will experience preventable "adverse events", according to a study of two UK hospitals. ...

Aspirin: It doesn’t stop cognitive decline after all - Aspirin has become the great just-in-case treatment for the West. A little a day is supposed to ward off heart disease, high cholesterol, and mental...

Higher oestrogen causes cognitive decline - Assumptions about the protective effect of oestrogen may have been overstated. New information, while far from conclusive, suggests that postmenopaus...

The wrong medicines - When prescribing for the elderly, ‘start low and go slow’ is the golden rule. Starting with a third to half the recommended dosage may help eliminate...

Mammograms: misinterpreted - High quality mammograms are often misread and misinterpreted even by very experienced radiologists, according to research by Yale University School of...

Whatever the procedure, bypass patients decline - Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery often results in cognitive decline or even stroke. Such a decline can affect between 3 per cent of patient...

Understanding fever - * Fever is a complex physiological reaction to disease involving a cytokine (proteins that either stimulate or inhibit immune-system function) that tr...

Mental Decline: These over-the-counter remedies could be the unsuspected culprit - Everyday over-the-counter drugs for stomach cramps, ulcers and motion sickness can cause cognitive decline in older patients, researchers have discove...