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...

Doctors are also victims of medical errors - In a recent US survey, over 40 per cent of people said they or their families had been the victim of medical errors - as did 35 per cent of doctors

Medical errors: now here's an idea. . . - A phrase that includes something about stable doors and bolting horses comes to mind as we read that the UK is launching the world s first system to c...

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...

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

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...

Doctors dummies on breastfeeding - New mothers who turn to doctors for advice on breastfeeding may be in for a bitter disappointment. A survey among more than 3,000 specialist doctors a...

What doctors do know about chickenpox jabs - Although policy makers in the US recommend universal vaccination against chickenpox for children over one year old, a modest survey of community docto...