Even the best doctors aren’t immune to errors, and medical bias plays a huge role in why mistakes happen. From cognitive ...

The NGO Doctors for America argued that HHS, CDC and FDA violated federal law in removing medical information from ...

True or false? A trip to the doctor's is guaranteed to make you feel better. The answer is false, unfortunately, as all-too-common issues like medical errors can send patients home feeling worse ...

1 Program in Critical Care Medicine and the Department of Medicine, Providence Health Care, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 2 Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, ...

1 Department of Medicine, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, USA 2 Department of Public Health, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, USA 3 Department of ...

Objective: Medical errors represent a leading cause of patient morbidity and mortality. The aim of this study was to quantitatively analyze the existing scientific literature on medical errors in ...

The information derived from malpractice claims reflects potential risks and could help lead to reducing medical errors and improving patient safety. Design, setting We analysed 4380 medical ...

The system averted a 100-fold dosage error, thereby preventing potential harm ... more readily available and allow the safety of all medication use to be evaluated.

Purpose: Processes that pharmacists can use to identify high-risk areas and drugs that require special focus in error-prevention efforts are discussed, with emphasis on the need for i.v ...

Since it can be challenging to get your fill of vitamin D solely through food sources and sunlight exposure, many medical experts recommend boosting ... health can also be helpful for prostate cancer ...

KUWAIT CITY, Jan 25: According to a legal study, which is the first of its kind, nearly 3,000 cases related to the medical sector were registered in the last three years, with the majority concerning ...

Dr. Sabina Braithwaite presented strategies to reducing medication errors at EMS Today in Baltimore, Md. Braithwaite, the EMS system medical director for Wichita-Sedgwick County, Kansas ...