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Malpractice concerns may deter Florida medical students from entering obstetrics and gynecology
The medical malpractice climate in Florida is discouraging medical students from pursuing careers in obstetrics and gynecology - a trend that could further reduce patients' access to obstetric care, a survey by the University of South Florida College of Medicine found. view more (2006-08-30)
Call for research funding to prevent pregnancy complications
State representatives and senators got a call for more research funding to prevent pregnancy complications from a Yale School of Medicine researcher at the 7th annual Women In Government regional conference on September 28. view more (2005-10-05)
Study casts doubt on claims that the medical malpractice system is plagued by frivolous lawsuits
The debate over medical malpractice litigation, which raged during the last presidential campaign, continues as a hot-button political and health care issue in the U.S. view more (2006-05-11)
Treating drug-addicted doctors is good medicine
Doctors who become addicted to alcohol and other drugs can be treated successfully and returned to medical practice with the help of special programs that couple referral to treatment and monitoring with rapid responses to noncompliance, University of Florida researchers report. view more (2009-02-25)
Ruling out pulmonary embolism with a simple bedside protocol
Although clots in the lung (pulmonary embolism or PE) are the second-leading cause of sudden death in the United States, blood tests and ultrafast CT scanning to detect PE are being used on so many patients that over 90% of these tests are negative. view more (2007-05-16)
Governments committing "public health malpractice" over flour fortification
The failure of European governments, including the United Kingdom, to fortify flour with folic acid has allowed a continuing epidemic of preventable human illness, according to an editorial in this week's BMJ. Fortification could save as many lives as are lost each year in vehicle crashes, writes Professor Godfrey Oakley of Emory University in the... view more... (2002-06-05)
Physics World Digest: November 1999 Edition
Ethics enters the 21st century view more (1999-11-02)
Funding and distribution of inappropriate drugs contributing to increasing global childhood death from malaria (p 237)
'Institutional inadequacies' of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Global Fund for Aids, tuberculosis, and Malaria (GFATM) have created a crisis which is leading to increased malarial deaths in children and will contribute to the failure of WHO's 1998 'Roll Back Malaria' campaign to halve deaths from malaria by 2010, conclude authors of... view more... (2004-01-14)
Informed Consent Does Not Seem to Influence Decision-Making Process For Cataract Surgery
Informing patients of the risks of cataract surgery as part of the informed consent procedure one day before surgery does not seem to influence patients' decisions to have the procedure, according to an article in the January issue of The Archives of Ophthalmology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. Cataract surgery is the most frequently... view more... (2004-01-08)
Study finds gap between practice, attitudes toward medical errors
When it comes to disclosing medical errors to patients, there is a gap between physicians' attitudes and their real-world experiences admitting such errors, according to a University of Iowa study. view more (2007-05-11)
Electronic health records may lower malpractice settlements
Use of electronic health records (EHRs) may help reduce paid malpractice settlements for physicians, according to a new study. view more (2008-11-26)
New framework on biomedical research fraud is toothless
New proposals for tackling biomedical research fraud and misconduct in the UK lack sufficient clout to make any real difference, says the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). An account of the proposals, drawn up by the Academy of Medical Sciences, is published this week in COPE's fifth annual report, The COPE Report 2002. The Academy, an... view more... (2003-01-23)
Tobacco industry accused of corrupting ideals of corporate social responsibility
Two leading tobacco policy experts have today accused transnational tobacco companies of corrupting the concept of corporate social responsibility (CSR) by seeking to use it as a means of directing attention away from the deadly effects of their products and dubious business practices. Jeff Collin, a Lecturer with the Centre on Global Change and... view more... (2002-11-28)
Radiologists overestimate their overall risk of malpractice lawsuits in breast imaging
Radiologists who work in breast imaging tend to overestimate their actual risk of medical malpractice lawsuits, according to a study performed at the University of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine in Seattle, WA. view more (2009-02-03)
How many scientists fabricate and falsify research?
It's a long-standing and crucial question that, as yet, remains unanswered: just how common is scientific misconduct? In the online, open-access journal PLoS ONE, Daniele Fanelli of the University of Edinburgh reports the first meta-analysis of surveys questioning scientists about their misbehaviours. view more (2009-05-29)
Higher health insurance costs force doctors to talk about money with patients
As health insurers require people to base more treatment decisions on out-of-pocket costs, physicians should learn to talk to patients about money, according to researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine. view more (2009-11-06)
Discussing adverse events with patients improves how they rate their hospital care
A survey of patients had who experienced some sort of adverse event during their hospitalization found that, although caregivers discussed the event with patients less than half the time, those patients to whom the adverse event had been disclosed rated the quality of their care higher than did patients whose caregivers did not address the problem. view more (2009-11-10)
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