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…than 700 patients have died in those reported cases. This report is the result of a new policy that requires employees to report medical errors and “adverse events.” Medical error…

…statement that, “the most unvoiced concerns included worries about a possible diagnosis, fears about the side effects of medication, and concern about being given an unwanted prescription.” According to the…

…now has more medicines to treat more diseases. Questions Would huge advances in health care result in consumers taking more medications for chronic conditions or less medications because they no…

…care, she was on medication since birth. (I did not understand at the time how medication also lowers the immune system.) The doctors tried every medication there was on her,…

…they’ll see ads for medications and they want these medications.” The reason you may want to take drugs is because you have been conditioned by years of advertising that these…

…drug, Sarafem. The images promoted by the campaign initially portray women as dark, angry, antisocial, their faces distorted, who are suggested to be transformed through the “miracle” of this medication…

…them on TV, Celebrex and two new similar anti-inflammatory drugs get lots of advertising time, touting they are safer than other older anti-inflammatory medications and cause fewer ulcers and other…

…less on medication for unruly kids, and the move has catapulted the state to the forefront of an intense debate over the use of behavioral drugs for school-age children.The statement…

…asthma medication, time for 2009 Medicare decisions, and the immune system a night, those of the health topics for Monday, December 15th, 2008. Falling Breast Cancer Rates – A new…

…hospitalized Americans a year.” The following two links are from 1999 and are still available: MSNBC: Medical errors a major killer MSNBC: Medical Errors Preventable Are medical errors still a…

It’s been nearly a year since we first reported with news that “thousands are dying yearly from medical errors.” That article was based on a 1999 report that suggested that…

…credit: Ravi Vora) According to Dr. Adrian Gibbs, the H1N1 swine flu strain may be the result of some simple error that may not have been recognized. The World Health…

…“alternatives to these inappropriate medications” although the plan is usually just to substitute the drug in question with another medication. How long before that prescription begins compromising your health? Isn’t…

…medication serves is to mask the symptoms while the disease process continues. Maybe its because they know that 1.5 million people a year are injured and hospitalized from the side…

…article published in the Dallas morning news stated that the mother, “had taken a number of anti-depressant and anti-psychotic medications since the birth of her fourth child in 1999.” According…

…making a choice is ultimately a choice. I feel violated every time I see a commercial for a prescription medication. I guess they have found people will take more medication…

…new study published Wednesday. ADHD has been estimated to affect 3% to 5% of school-age children nationwide, with less than 3% actually receiving medication, said Gretchen LeFever, a pediatric psychologist…

…and yet another common over-the-counter medication is reportedly being associated with serious health risks. Are these drugs really essential to one’s health? If more and more over-the-counter medications are being…

…expansion of antipsychotic prescription medications for use among children, according to reports. Looks to me like the result in all of these consulting fees was an increased uptake use of…

…good parents. The first thing the nurse did was to take the children away and put them through a battery of blood tests. They put medication in their eyes, cleaned…

…been taken off the market or required new warning labels to inform the public about dangerous adverse reactions. Among some of the medications taken off the market in the past…

…insurance company said “the medications were safe and could be used by patients without consulting doctors.” While the insurance folks claim these medications are safe, drug makers claim that making…

…body. My children are medication free. We do not use any cover up medications, such as Tylenol, Motrin and the rest of them. Using cover-up medications just prolongs and interferes…

…recently in the Washington Post. According to the article, a good clinician will work to stop medication after a child has had a chance to “regroup.” The same individual recommended…

…with ADHD and given Ritalin and various other psychotropic medications. (photo: Ritalin 10 mg prescription medication — credit: ADHD CENTER via Flickr) Michigan has made national headlines again, and again…

…filled each year in the U.S.. Considering how little research exists on the safety of these medications, as well as the long term effects, these numbers are staggering, how is…

…much valuable information provided. U.S. News reports that since psychotropic medications are untested on children, prescribing them to children becomes a process of trial and error. “The treatment children get…

…began the Great War on Cavities. Water supplies in the cities of America that day became Weapons of Mass Medication. The noble goal of this war, of course, was to…

The news has now been out for months, as many as 98,000 people per year are dying from medical error, which is ranked by their standards as the fifth leading…

…few months ago that medical error was reported as the eighth leading cause of death in the US and it appears as though medical error has some growing compitition from…

…those cases, patients or survivors were never told that the injuries were caused by medical errors. None of the doctors involved in the incidents was subjected to disciplinary action.For patients…

Nando Times Media reported yesterday on the struggles hospitals are facing in attempts to decrease the number of deaths from medical error. The report highlights “health care’s dirty little secret:…

By Michael Dorausch, D.C. About two weeks ago, news reports began showing up online suggesting that the flu vaccine was found safe to be used in children under the age…