– Fennell claims he received “services rendered … for a procedure performed on the wrong body part.” By DAVID LEE DALLAS (CN) – Baylor Health Care System sent patients to a drunken, drug-using neurological surgeon who killed and maimed several patients, in search of “enormous profits,” […]
Sept. 30, 2013 By BYRON PITTS and NIKKI BATTISTE US Companies Look to ‘Medical Tourism’ to Cut Costs Joy Guion was boarding a plane for the first time to fly from her native North Carolina to Costa Rica, a sun-soaked tourism hot spot where she […]
2009 study posted for filing Contact: Diane Rogers donut@stanford.edu 650-723-3900 Stanford University Medical Center STANFORD, Calif. — New research from the Stanford University School of Medicine and Stanford Hospital & Clinics suggests that the use of a dietary supplement after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery can help obese patients […]
2009 study posted for filing Contact: Elin Lindstrom Claessen elin.lindstrom@sahlgrenska.gu.se 46-317-863-869 University of Gothenburg The two ends of a ruptured Achilles tendon are often stitched together before the leg is put in plaster, in order to reduce the risk of the tendon rupturing again. However, Katarina Nilsson Helander, […]
Woman who does not believe she has cancer can undergo operation A schizophrenic woman who does not believe she has cancer can now undergo a risky operation against her wishes that could save her life, on the orders of a senior judge. The hysterectomy would be in her […]
Contact: Kristine Galka kristine.galka@ices.on.ca 416-480-4780 Canadian Medical Association Journal The use of statins is associated with a 28% increased risk of postoperative delirium in elderly patients, found University of Toronto professor Dr. Donald Redelmeier and colleagues in a retrospective cohort analysis involving more than 280 000 patients. Ontario’s […]
By Roger Dobson PUBLISHED:18:46 EST, 10 September 2012| UPDATED:18:46 EST, 10 September 2012 When Gordon Sturmey came around after surgery, he was convinced people were trying to kill him. He believed a nurse was trying to poison him, and he soon started to think his relatives were also […]
Repost for filing 2008 Contact: Lacey Holt lholt@auanet.org American Urological Association AUA 2008: Maternal exposure to persistent organic pollutants linked to urologic conditions in boys ORLANDO, FL, MAY 18, 2008—Higher incidences of congenital anomalies, including cryptorchidism (undescended testicles) and hypospadias, were found in boys whose mothers had higher […]
The study compared surgically removing prostate gland with ‘watchful waiting’ Some experts now questioning whether disease should even be called cancer By Pamela Owen New research into prostate cancer has revealed that surgery has little or no benefit in extending the life of a patient. The study, […]
