http://www.wddty.com/doctors en-gb http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 20 If you’ve ever spent any time in hospital, you’ve probably been treated by a junior doctor. And, inevitably, your chances of suffering malpractice or medical error as a result increase dramatically. http://www.wddty.com/junior-doctors-it-s-true-they-don-t-really-know-what-they-are-doing.html http://www.wddty.com/junior-doctors-it-s-true-they-don-t-really-know-what-they-are-doing.html Thu, 3 Jan 2008 01:41:00 GMT Health Doctors like to feel they have an important role to fulfil in society – and this was especially the case in the former East Germany where many were spies, telling tales on their patients. http://www.wddty.com/dr-no-docs-were-the-spies-in-east-germany.html http://www.wddty.com/dr-no-docs-were-the-spies-in-east-germany.html Thu, 6 Dec 2007 11:27:00 GMT Health Orthopedic surgeons in the US have been receiving bribes of $100,000 and more every year to use special hip and knee replacement products on their patients. http://www.wddty.com/bribery-doctors-gifted-100-000-a-year-to-use-hip-replacement-products.html http://www.wddty.com/bribery-doctors-gifted-100-000-a-year-to-use-hip-replacement-products.html Thu, 29 Nov 2007 09:59:00 GMT Health Ever wondered why doctors usually reach for the prescription pad, rather than thinking of other – and less toxic – alternatives? http://www.wddty.com/doctor-training-drug-companies-invest-in-their-salesforce.html http://www.wddty.com/doctor-training-drug-companies-invest-in-their-salesforce.html Thu, 25 Oct 2007 12:12:00 GMT Health The annual medical check-up – enshrined for decades as a cornerstone of preventative care – is a waste of time and money, doctors now admit. http://www.wddty.com/annual-check-up-it-s-a-waste-of-time-and-money-say-doctors.html http://www.wddty.com/annual-check-up-it-s-a-waste-of-time-and-money-say-doctors.html Thu, 4 Oct 2007 09:57:11 GMT Health Doctors have become so hopeless at spotting – and reporting – their own errors that they are asking their victims, the patients, to do it for them. http://www.wddty.com/doctor-errors-even-the-patient-can-t-spot-them.html http://www.wddty.com/doctor-errors-even-the-patient-can-t-spot-them.html Thu, 17 May 2007 11:45:00 GMT Health Unfortunately, Prince Charles is clearly nowhere near as powerful as Prof Ernzt; Charlie has been accused of being ‘meddling’ for his troubles, while Eddie was allowed to carry on his considered ministrations (family motto: ‘I have not come to praise alternative medicine, I’ve come to bury it’). http://www.wddty.com/prince-alarming-charles-is-hauled-over-the-coals-for-suggesting-alternative-medicine-for-the-nhs.html http://www.wddty.com/prince-alarming-charles-is-hauled-over-the-coals-for-suggesting-alternative-medicine-for-the-nhs.html Thu, 15 Mar 2007 10:25:00 GMT Health What do you do when you want to find out more about a health problem? Right. You go on Google, or a similar search engine, and look through the results. http://www.wddty.com/google-it-s-the-way-doctors-find-out-about-your-condition-just-like-you.html http://www.wddty.com/google-it-s-the-way-doctors-find-out-about-your-condition-just-like-you.html Thu, 7 Dec 2006 12:47:00 GMT Health Do you know your right hand from your left? Of course you do – but a surprisingly large number of doctors don’t. This can be a problem if you’re amputating a leg. http://www.wddty.com/doctor-errors-sometimes-they-don-t-know-their-right-hand-from-their-left.html http://www.wddty.com/doctor-errors-sometimes-they-don-t-know-their-right-hand-from-their-left.html Thu, 23 Nov 2006 10:28:00 GMT Health We’re pleased to report that, for the 22nd year running, doctors have been voted the most trustworthy professionals in the UK by an overwhelming 91 per cent of the population. http://www.wddty.com/doctors-the-most-trustworthy-people-in-britain-unlike-us.html http://www.wddty.com/doctors-the-most-trustworthy-people-in-britain-unlike-us.html Thu, 16 Nov 2006 11:22:00 GMT Health One in five doctors admit they would not own up to a medical error to the victim or next-of-kin if it resulted in the patient’s death. http://www.wddty.com/doctor-error-one-in-five-don-t-own-up-but-most-canadians-do.html http://www.wddty.com/doctor-error-one-in-five-don-t-own-up-but-most-canadians-do.html Thu, 19 Oct 2006 02:56:00 GMT Health Doctors have become increasingly reliant on high-tech diagnostic equipment, but it’s so inaccurate or used so badly that it accounts for 59 per cent of all insurance claims against doctors. http://www.wddty.com/diagnostics-they-re-wrong-inaccurate-or-just-too-late.html http://www.wddty.com/diagnostics-they-re-wrong-inaccurate-or-just-too-late.html Thu, 19 Oct 2006 02:48:00 GMT Health As it’s our 300th E-news bulletin (hooray), we thought it was appropriate to make a timely apology. A few doctors, who are sick and tired of being tarred with the same brush, have taken us to task for our heavy-handed approach. http://www.wddty.com/doctors-ok-so-just-some-are-bullies.html http://www.wddty.com/doctors-ok-so-just-some-are-bullies.html Thu, 12 Oct 2006 01:13:00 GMT Health Ever wondered why doctors tend to bully and belittle you? It’s because they had just the same treatment dished out to them while they were at medical school. http://www.wddty.com/bullying-doctors-it-s-how-they-were-taught.html http://www.wddty.com/bullying-doctors-it-s-how-they-were-taught.html Thu, 5 Oct 2006 03:44:00 GMT Health Here’s a novel idea. The General Medical Council, which regulates doctors in the UK, has come up with new practice guidelines that recommend for the first time that the doctor work with the patient. http://www.wddty.com/let-s-work-together-a-shocking-idea-for-doctors.html http://www.wddty.com/let-s-work-together-a-shocking-idea-for-doctors.html Thu, 14 Sep 2006 02:03:00 GMT Health When a new drug comes on the market, everyone expects the prescribing doctor to report any adverse reactions in his patients. Unfortunately he doesn’t, as a new study has discovered. http://www.wddty.com/drug-reporting-it-s-10-times-below-the-expected-rate-set-by-who.html http://www.wddty.com/drug-reporting-it-s-10-times-below-the-expected-rate-set-by-who.html Thu, 14 Sep 2006 01:54:00 GMT Health A third of all hospital doctors make at least one major mistake – which may harm the patient or even result in his death – every year, a new study has discovered. http://www.wddty.com/doctor-error-one-third-of-hospital-doctors-make-major-mistake-every-year.html http://www.wddty.com/doctor-error-one-third-of-hospital-doctors-make-major-mistake-every-year.html Thu, 14 Sep 2006 01:46:00 GMT Health OK, it’s time to come clean. Not all doctors are bad guys, despite our title. In fact, there’s a group of them in America and the UK who’ve formed themselves into a great little organisation called ‘No Free Lunch’. http://www.wddty.com/no-free-lunch-docs-take-arms-against-drug-company-incentives.html http://www.wddty.com/no-free-lunch-docs-take-arms-against-drug-company-incentives.html Thu, 24 Aug 2006 12:59:00 GMT Health