Archive for February, 2013:

February 27th, 2013

Study: Doctors Misdiagnose 150,000 a Year

Study: Doctors Misdiagnose 150,000 a Year Monday, February 25, 2013 Missed or wrong diagnoses in primary care may put thousands of patients at risk of complications each year, a new study suggests. Although mistakes during surgery and in medication prescribing have been at the center of patient safety efforts, researchers […]

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February 12th, 2013

Commonly used painkiller ‘should be banned over heart risk’

Commonly used painkiller 'should be banned over heart risk' A painkiller used by at least a million people in Britain a year should be banned because it raises the risk of heart attack and stroke by almost half, say British academics. Safer alternatives exist to diclofenac, say researchers at the […]

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February 9th, 2013

Hip Fracture Risk May Rise as Elderly Start Antihypertensives

Hip Fracture Risk May Rise as Elderly Start Antihypertensives MINNEAPOLIS - The risk of hip fracture among elderly patients spikes shortly after starting antihypertensive medications, judging from the findings of a large case-series analysis. Overall, elderly community-dwelling patients had a 43% increased risk of hip fracture within 45 days of […]

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