http://www.wddty.com/hospital en-gb http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 20 A skin biopsy is supposed to be one of the simplest, and safest, procedures – and yet it goes wrong in nearly a third of all cases. http://www.wddty.com/skin-biopsy-the-safe-procedure-that-goes-wrong-30-per-cent-of-the-time.html http://www.wddty.com/skin-biopsy-the-safe-procedure-that-goes-wrong-30-per-cent-of-the-time.html Thu, 3 Jan 2008 01:47:00 GMT Health MRSA, the bug that thrives in hospitals, is now a bigger killer in the USA than AIDS. http://www.wddty.com/mrsa-it-s-a-bigger-killer-than-aids-in-the-usa.html http://www.wddty.com/mrsa-it-s-a-bigger-killer-than-aids-in-the-usa.html Thu, 1 Nov 2007 10:52:00 GMT Health Surgeons are being urged to apply honey to the patient’s wounds after surgery. A new study suggests that it is one of the most effective methods for fast wound-healing, and may be every bit as good as antibiotics. http://www.wddty.com/honey-it-s-such-a-good-wound-healer-that-surgeons-are-urged-to-use-it.html http://www.wddty.com/honey-it-s-such-a-good-wound-healer-that-surgeons-are-urged-to-use-it.html Thu, 25 Oct 2007 12:33:00 GMT Health It’s suddenly occurred to medicine that that “useless” appendage, the appendix, is nothing of the sort, and in fact plays a vital role in maintaining good gut bacteria. It seems to be a ‘safe house’ where good bacteria can go during bouts of diarrhea, for instance. http://www.wddty.com/appendix-it-s-not-useless-after-all.html http://www.wddty.com/appendix-it-s-not-useless-after-all.html Thu, 11 Oct 2007 10:28:00 GMT Health Coronary artery disease is the leading cause of death in the West – and yet there’s no safe way of diagnosing it. http://www.wddty.com/ct-scans-they-increase-the-risk-of-cancer-but-don-t-tell-the-patient.html http://www.wddty.com/ct-scans-they-increase-the-risk-of-cancer-but-don-t-tell-the-patient.html Thu, 19 Jul 2007 12:20:00 GMT Health Hospital doctors in the UK so rarely wash their hands while on their rounds that patients are being encouraged to have their own hand-gel ready by their bedsides. http://www.wddty.com/hospital-infections-it-s-up-to-the-patient-to-tell-the-doctor-to-wash-his-hands-says-health-chief.html http://www.wddty.com/hospital-infections-it-s-up-to-the-patient-to-tell-the-doctor-to-wash-his-hands-says-health-chief.html Thu, 19 Jul 2007 12:15:00 GMT Health Around 1 million people suffer heart complications, such as heart attack, angina and heart failure, every year after surgery. Of these, 250,000 die. http://www.wddty.com/surgery-heart-problems-not-helped-by-drugs.html http://www.wddty.com/surgery-heart-problems-not-helped-by-drugs.html Thu, 28 Jun 2007 01:05:00 GMT Health A small but vociferous group of doctors and scientists seems determined to remove homeopathy from the National Health Service. http://www.wddty.com/bully-boys-doctors-continue-to-push-homeopathy-out-of-the-nhs.html http://www.wddty.com/bully-boys-doctors-continue-to-push-homeopathy-out-of-the-nhs.html Thu, 24 May 2007 11:46:00 GMT Health A reader is eager for any thoughts and suggestions on adhesions – internal scar tissue that forms an abnormal bond between two parts of the body after trauma. She has tried taking serrapeptase, a proteolytic enzyme, but after a short period she started losing her hair. http://www.wddty.com/adhesions.html http://www.wddty.com/adhesions.html Tue, 1 May 2007 04:51:00 GMT Health A word to the wise: if you’re being admitted to hospital, check how many others are arriving on the same day. If it’s more than nine, try to make it a different day. http://www.wddty.com/hospital-admissions-if-you-re-one-of-nine-try-to-cancel.html http://www.wddty.com/hospital-admissions-if-you-re-one-of-nine-try-to-cancel.html Thu, 15 Mar 2007 10:19:00 GMT Health Hospitals are as dangerous as mines and factories, a special commission into hospital health and hygiene has reported. Lessons aren’t being learned, and any hospital could be the site of a major pandemic. http://www.wddty.com/hospitals-they-re-as-dangerous-as-mines-and-factories-commission-says.html http://www.wddty.com/hospitals-they-re-as-dangerous-as-mines-and-factories-commission-says.html Thu, 1 Feb 2007 03:02:00 GMT Health The European Union is a wonderful thing. It endeavours to provide a level playing field for all its member states, as Hungary has just discovered. http://www.wddty.com/hospital-beds-hungary-learns-to-cut-back-the-eu-way.html http://www.wddty.com/hospital-beds-hungary-learns-to-cut-back-the-eu-way.html Thu, 7 Dec 2006 04:43:00 GMT Health Hepatitis C is a virus that can cause liver damage and cancer, sometimes fatally. Body fluids and the sharing of contaminated needles can spread it, and so high-risk groups include homosexuals and drug addicts. http://www.wddty.com/hepatitis-c-hospital-patients-are-new-group-at-risk.html http://www.wddty.com/hepatitis-c-hospital-patients-are-new-group-at-risk.html Thu, 9 Nov 2006 03:05:00 GMT Health Around 11 per cent of elderly people in hospital will suffer a serious heart attack while there, a new study has discovered. They are also twice as likely to die from the attack. http://www.wddty.com/hospital-deaths-11-of-elderly-suffer-heart-attack.html http://www.wddty.com/hospital-deaths-11-of-elderly-suffer-heart-attack.html Thu, 28 Sep 2006 03:59:00 GMT Health A recent analysis of 37,151 patients receiving atenolol (a long-acting beta-blocker) or metoprolol (a short-acting beta-blocker) in patients aged over 65 undergoing elective surgery found that those given long-acting atenolol had a far lower cardiac risk at around the time of surgery than those given short-acting metoprolol. Indeed, 1038 patients had a heart attack or died - a rate that was significantly lower for atenolol than metoprolol. Moreover, both metoprolol and atenolol were associated with similar numbers of postoperative complications (BMJ, 2005; 331: 932). http://www.wddty.com/elective-surgery-beta-blocker-shocker.html http://www.wddty.com/elective-surgery-beta-blocker-shocker.html Thu, 1 Dec 2005 12:00:00 GMT Health Elective surgery is any procedure that is subject to choice, as opposed to urgent or emergency surgery that must be performed straightaway. You can derive benefit from an elective procedure, but it may be better to wait a while before having it done. According to the evidence, you should probably be using the time to search for alternatives instead. http://www.wddty.com/elective-surgery-giving-it-a-vote-of-no-confidence.html http://www.wddty.com/elective-surgery-giving-it-a-vote-of-no-confidence.html Thu, 1 Dec 2005 12:00:00 GMT Health High risk operations Major surgery particularly in the elderly Aortic and other major vascular surgery Peripheral vascular surgery Any surgery with large fluid changes and or blood loss... http://www.wddty.com/elective-surgery-surgical-risk.html http://www.wddty.com/elective-surgery-surgical-risk.html Thu, 1 Dec 2005 12:00:00 GMT Health Cardiac risk factors http://www.wddty.com/elective-surgery.html http://www.wddty.com/elective-surgery.html Thu, 1 Dec 2005 12:00:00 GMT Health