News tagged with misdiagnosis
Deep Brain Stimulation Found to be Effective in Children with Treatment-Resistant Generalized Primary Dystonia
May 05, 2009 |
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Dystonia is a very complex, highly variable neurological movement disorder characterized by involuntary muscle contractions. As many as 250,000 people in the United States have dystonia, making it the third most common movement ...
Moves to make more prescription drugs available over the counter won't help patients or doctors
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jan 14, 2009 |
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Government plans to make certain prescription-only drugs for common problems available over the counter have overwhelmingly been given the thumbs down by healthcare professionals, reveals a survey of readers of the influential ...
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Comatose for 23 years, Belgian feels reborn
Nov 24, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Helped by a therapist, Rom Houben's outstretched finger tapped with surprising speed on a computer touchscreen, spelling out how he felt "alone, lonely, frustrated" in the 23 years he was trapped ...
Belgian says he was alert but mute for 23 years
Nov 23, 2009 |
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(AP) -- For 23 torturous years, Rom Houben says he lay trapped in his paralyzed body, aware of what was going on around him but unable to tell anyone or even cry out.
Poll: Support for curbs on malpractice lawsuits
Nov 19, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Most Americans want Congress to deal with malpractice lawsuits driving up the cost of medical care, says an Associated Press poll.
Interventional radiology treatment for uterine fibroids: Safe, nonsurgical option (w/ Video)
Aug 13, 2009 |
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Uterine fibroid embolization—a minimally invasive interventional radiology treatment for women that cuts off blood flow to painful fibroids to kill the tumors—is highlighted as an appropriate treatment for ...
Misdiagnosis of disorders of consciousness still commonplace
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jul 21, 2009 |
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A sixteen-month study of consensus-based diagnosis of patients with disorders of consciousness has shown that 41% of cases of minimally conscious state (MCS) were misdiagnosed as vegetative state (VS), a condition associated ...
Groin injuries may be more serious than a pulled muscle
Jun 26, 2009 |
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Some athletes are diagnosed with a pulled groin muscle when they actually might be suffering from a much more serious hip injury.
Teen has 'miraculous' recovery from unusual tumor disorder
Jun 11, 2009 |
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In mid-March, Dottie Davis thought something was off when her typically unsentimental 13-year-old daughter sobbed with joy while riding a new horse on the family's farm in Hixson.
Depression does 'make your brown eyes blue'
May 05, 2009 |
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It's more than just feeling bad. Clinical depression affects the way we process information in the brain, negatively affecting memory, attention span, and the brain's ability to learn new things. Now Tel ...
Chlamydia may play role in a type of arthritis
Apr 30, 2009 |
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Spondylarthritis (SpA) represents a group of arthritidies that share clinical features such as inflammatory back pain and inflammation at sites where tendons attach to bone. It includes ankylosing spondylitis (AS), psoriatic ...
Diagnostic errors: The new focus of patient safety experts
Mar 10, 2009 |
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Johns Hopkins patient safety experts say it's high time for diagnostic errors to get the same attention from medical institutions and caregivers as drug-prescribing errors, wrong-site surgeries and hospital-acquired infections. ...
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