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FDA warns consumers against fraudulent coronavirus tests, vaccines and treatments
By Noah Higgins-Dunn, CNBC, Mar 25, 2020. Consumers should beware of buying or using products that sellers claim will help diagnose, treat, cure or prevent COVID-19 as the coronavirus continues to sweep across the country,… Read More
As Surgery Centers Boom, Patients Are Paying With Their Lives
By Christina Jewett and Mark Alesia, USA Today Network, MARCH 2, 2018. The surgery went fine. Her doctors left for the day. Four hours later, Paulina Tam started gasping for air. Internal bleeding was cutting… Read More
Patient Safety Report: Not All Same-day Surgery Center Doctors are Board Certified
By Ken Alltucker and Jayne O’Donnell, USA Today, Oct.22, 2019. More than 1 in 3 outpatient surgery centers employ doctors who are not board-certified in their respective medical specialty, according to a survey by the… Read More
4 Top Patient Safety Risks In Physician Offices and Outpatient Clinics
By Christopher Cheney, Healthleaders, Nov. 1, 2019. A watchdog group has identified the top four risks for patient safety at ambulatory care settings, according to a new report. Ambulatory care facilities such as physician offices… Read More
Rx for Doctors: Stop With the Urine Tests
By Paula Span, The New York Times, October 14, 2019. It’s such a common routine in a doctor’s office or clinic or hospital that patients tend to comply without thinking: Step on the scale, roll
The secret number maternity hospitals don’t want you to know, and why we’re revealing it
By John Kelly and Alison Young, USA TODAY. March 7, 2019 | Updated 11:43 a.m. ET June 28, 2019 Shantel Smith developed an infection after a stillbirth at Touro Infirmary in New Orleans in 2011. In… Read More
Study: Millions should stop using aspirin for heart health
By Lauran Neergaard, Associated Press. Millions of people who take aspirin to prevent a heart attack may need to rethink the pill-popping, Harvard researchers reported Monday. A daily low-dose aspirin is recommended for people who have… Read More
Medical Mistakes Harm More Than 1 in 10 Patients. Many Are Preventable.
At least 12 percent of preventable errors caused permanent disability or death, according to a review of studies involving over 300,000 patients. By Linda Carroll, for NBC News. More than 1 in 10 patients are harmed… Read More
The Most Commonly Misdiagnosed Ailments
Each year, an estimated 100,000 people in the United States die or are permanently disabled due to a diagnosis that was either missed or delayed. Misdiagnoses are the most common, costly, and dangerous of medical...