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Original Source: Fatal consequences of a simple mistake: How can a patient be saved from inadvertent intrathecal vincristine?
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Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is resistance of a microorganism to an antimicrobial medicine to which it was previously sensitive. Resistant organisms (they include bacteria, viruses and some parasi...
Smell and taste are intricately linked - as demonstrated by a bad cold, where the sense of smell is lost, but also the taste of foods is much diminished. Both are gradually lost with aging, but ther...
The gold standard in lung testing In the same way that blood pressure measurements provide a simple yet effective screening method for cardiovascular disease, spirometry tests can help to unmask t...
For optimal treatment in cancerology, clinicians need specific, precise, sensitive methods to quantify treatment response, monitor residual disease and detect early recurrence in patients. Residual...
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Simple interventions can reduce amputations in diabetic patients by more than 50%
Every 30 seconds somebody in the world is amputated as a consequence of foot complication due to diabetes. A new study at Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, confirmes that shoe ins...
Did Hatch-Waxman 'mistake' create pay-for-delay deals?
Did lawmakers make a mistake when they constructed the Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act of 1984, better known as the Hatch-Waxman Act, by failing to foresee the law would produ...
Hypovitaminosis D and disease: consequence rather than cause?
In their editorial calling for vitamin D to be put into perspective Harvey and Cooper do not consider the possibility, supportive to their view, that hypovitaminosis D is the consequence rather than.....
Simple Interventions Can Drastically Reduce Amputations Among Diabetics
Every 30 seconds somebody in the world is amputated as a consequence of foot complication due to diabetes. A new study at Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, confirmes that shoe ins...
Top Obama health adviser admits "mistake" in political probe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius admits she made a mistake during remarks in February that investigators say violated a federal law restricting the politica...
Top Obama health adviser admits 'mistake' in political probe
WASHINGTON, Sept 13 (Reuters) - U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius admits she made a mistake during remarks in February that investigators say violated a federal law restrictin...
Novartis chairman Vasella says $78 mln payoff deal 'a mistake'
BASEL, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Swiss drugmaker Novartis's outgoing chairman Daniel Vasella told shareholders on Friday he had made a mistake in negotiating a $78 million pay-off, as he tried to quell pub...
FDA Ends Orphan Exclusivity for Octapharma Drug Wilate
From BioWorld Today (August 10, 2012) Agency Admits Mistake In an agency first, the FDA is rescinding an orphan drug exclusivity, saying it made a mistake two years ago in determining that Octapharma...
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Patient perceptions of mistakes in ambulatory care.
BACKGROUND: Little information exists about current patient perceptions of medical mistakes in ambulatory care within a diverse population. We aimed to learn about the perceptions of medical mistakes,...
Diagnostic error and the patient's rights act.
The question which party bears the burden of proof has significant influence on the result of a medical liability process. The party that bears the burden of proof and cannot provide the proof loses t...
