Month: October 2013
Prenatal Screening Breakthroughs Could Become the Norm
Prenatal diagnosis, a routine part of obstetric care, is on the cusp of further revolutionary developments of highly accurate and noninvasive tests, according to a...
Recall of Injectable Antibiotic
The Food and Drug Administration has alerted medical professionals to the recall of an injectable antibiotic used for a variety of bacterial infections, due to...
Breast Cancer Gene Mutation Carriers Face Great Uncertainty
Women who test positive for the BRCA gene mutation face a lot of uncertainty and conflicting information regarding their surgical options, according to a recent...
Prescriptions Affected by Location of Patients
Location is one of the largest factors determining what medications are prescribed, particularly to seniors, according to a study released by the Dartmouth Atlas Project....
Why Doctors Order Unnecessary Scans
Doctors with a financial interest in magnetic resonance imaging (M.R.I.) machines may be more likely to order unnecessary scans for patients, according to a new...
Are Steroid Injections Really Best for Back Pain?
New studies find that injecting any liquid, not just steroids, into the area around the spinal cord will help relieve back pain. Epidurals are the...
System Implemented to Catch Medical Implant Flaws
Following years of highly-publicized recalls on medical implants plagued by design and manufacturing flaws, a new electronic system will now be used to protect patients...
Danger of Environmental Chemicals
Two top reproductive health organizations say the federal government is not doing enough to keep people safe from chemicals that cause a range of health...
Kentucky Nursing Homes Receive “D” Grade
With the current state of consistently underachieving nursing home care in Kentucky one of the worst in the country, Kentuckians for Nursing Home Reform is...
Superbugs Responsible for 23,000 Deaths Per Year
Drug-resistant germs, known as superbugs, infect more than two million people each year, 23,000 of which die from their infections, according to a recent NBC...
Affordable Care Act Highlights Doctor Shortage
The increase in about 25 million newly insured patients under the Affordable Care Act arrives at a time when the nation already has 15,000 fewer...
Fear May Drive Women to Remove Healthy Breasts
Young women diagnosed with cancer in one breast may be driven to remove them both due to fear, not facts, according to a new study...