Catheters are 'life threatening'

'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...

Psoriasis: Drug causes life-threatening infections

The psoriasis drug efalizumab may cause life-threatening infections, regulators have warned. Several patients have died from infections such as bacter...

Psoriasis: Drug causes life-threatening infection

A psoriasis drug can cause life-threatening infections, including bacterial sepsis, viral meningitis and invasive fungal disease, it has been revealed...

Major drug causes skin lesions, and even life-threatening blood disorder

One of the world’s most widely used drugs can cause skin lesions, and may even lead to a life-threatening reduction in blood platelets, researchers ha...

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.

Transfusing red cells can be life threatening

A further doubt has been raised about blood transfusions following a new study that has found that transfusing red cells can endanger the life of pati...