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Malnourished Patients Stay in Hospitals Longer

A new study carried out by Italian researchers concluded that hospital patients admitted with malnutrition or who do not eat for several days, have a greater risk of remaining hospitalized longer than others.The research involved 1274 adults who were admitted to hospital for medical or surgical interventions, of whic...

12 October 2010
06:56 GMT

House M.D. in British Hospitals

For effectively treating a patient, the diagnostic is vital, but apparently there are a few issues in the United Kingdom, says a senior doctor online in the British Medical Journal.Doctors need better facilities and enough time for each patient in order to make a correct diagnosis, says Dr Gordon Caldwell, a consulta...

10 September 2010
09:11 GMT

Heart Imaging Exposes Patients to Radiation

US researchers said that almost one out of ten adults under 64 years had a heart procedure involving radiation, over a three-year period. These amounts of radiation can be significant, so patients and doctors should weigh the risk against the benefits.Dr. Jersey Chen of Yale University School of Medicine, whose study...

8 July 2010
10:02 GMT

Families Ask Doctors to Tell Them the Bad News Up Front

A new research, published on December 16th, 2008, in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine, shows that most families of critically-ill patients would rather find out their loved ones' real medical conditions, than be deceived by doctors with more optimistic prognosis and life expectancy. The study, conducted b...

16 December 2008
05:50 GMT

Ethical Issues of Underage Counseling

Therapists and doctors working with underage children, especially in their teens, have an ethical and moral dilemma in front of them – do they tell the parents or respect the will of the patient, who told them to keep quiet? Answering this question is no walk in the park, specialists say, as sometimes it’...

9 December 2008
04:35 GMT

Doctors Afraid of Hackers When Sending Email Advice

Although we all know that an online consultation may not be such a great idea in case of a serious illness, most patients would do it if their doctors agreed. Unfortunately, the majority of doctors avoid providing email advice because of hackers, The Detroit News today informs. Although all the other industries had a...

25 April 2008
06:17 GMT

Doctors Shocked: Stolen Laptop Equals a 5,000 Fine

Richard Thomas, an Information Commissioner, tries to convince the House of Lords that doctors who lose their laptops and obviously, patients' information should pay a consistent fine, The Times reported today. Mr. Thomas even added that some of the doctors should be forced to pay no less than 5,000 if they los...

16 November 2007
04:57 GMT

The Robot That Visits Patients When Doctors Can't

A new type of robot is assisting doctors in the interaction with the patients. It's not exactly performing brain surgery, but it can take the place of the doctor via a satellite uplink and organize a doctor-patient videoconference even if the two are tens or hundreds of miles apart.This is not the first time ro...

16 July 2007
12:58 GMT


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