Few hospital errors are ever reported
Robert Wolff
January 9, 2012
Some 130,000 Medicare recipients were harmed in just one month due to errors made by hospital staff, according to a recent report.
Some 130,000 Medicare recipients were harmed in just one month due to errors made by hospital staff, according to a recent report.
Distracted driving causes many fatalities every year, but a new survey suggests that distracted doctors may also be putting their patient’s lives at risk.
Researchers at one New York institution have found that more physicians are facing medical malpractice lawsuits because of diagnostic factors.
If all a doctor ever does is look at a patient’s exposure to industrial chemicals, like bisphenol A and phthalates, then an individual may be faced with a delayed cancer diagnosis. That’s because a newly released study has found that the everyday things women are exposed to put them at greater risk of developing breast cancer.
There may be a misunderstanding between doctor’s and their patients in terms of the tolerance of side effects from one breast cancer medication, according to one study.
