Many male patients suffering from chronic pelvic pain are being denied treatment because of prohibitions placed on physicians by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, according to a recent article in The New York Times. On Sept. 12, the ABOG released...
Extended use of certain acid-suppressing drugs may be leading to an increase in anemia, neurological problems, or dementia, according to a new study published in The Journal of the American Medical Association. People who use proton-pump inhibitors...
Prescription rates for powerful opioid pain pills that have high potential for abuse are high even for hospital patients who have not undergone surgery, according to a new study published in the Journal of Hospital Medicine. More than 50 percent of patients...
A new bill passed by Congress regarding stricter regulations for compounding pharmacies may actually be doing less to keep patients safer, according to ABC News. The Drug Quality and Security Act was passed to prevent a repeat of what officials have called the...
Pregnant women may have an increased risk of preterm delivery when exposed to a group of hormone-mimicking chemicals called phthalates, according to a new study in JAMA Pediatrics. Women who were found to have the highest levels of phthalate metabolites in their urine...
An innovative experiment aiming to preserve the lungs of donors that die outside of a hospital could help ease the viable organ shortage nationwide, according to NBC News Health. Currently, the U.S. does not have a system to recover organs quickly enough from...
Many high-risk devices that are widely used in the medical community have never been subjected to the rigorous premarket approval process the Food and Drug Administration routinely requires for new drugs, according to The New York Times. Researchers fear that nearly a...
Delays in routine screening blood tests given to newborns to check for several dozen medical disorders are causing babies to die or become permanently disabled nationwide, according to a report in The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. "Heel prick" tests have been...
Defects in some Medtronic devices used in heart procedures are severe enough to cause serious injury or death, according to federal health officials. About 15,000 guidewires that are inserted through an artery to guide other devices, such as stents to hold open...
