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Below is the list of summaries of 2554 medical news items from various news sources. These news items address various aspects of disease symptoms, diagnosis, and misdiagnosis.

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  • $1.175 million awarded in a medical malpractice case
  • $1.2 million awarded over wrongful death suit
  • $10 million wrongful death lawsuit filed
  • $2.6 million malpractice verdict challenged
  • $20 million negligence suit launched over misdiagnosed HIV
  • $3 million lawsuit settlement to be decided over twin deaths
  • $3 million won in case against obstetrician/gynecologist and midwife
  • $3.2 million paid by cigarette company to a sufferer of chronic emphysema
  • $393,000 paid to family for medical malpractice
  • $450,000 settlement over spinal surgery complications
  • $500,000 settlement over lack of monitoring of warfarin therapy
  • $675,000 awarded to parents for son’s death of septic bowel
  • $790,000 settlement for undiagnosed bowel malfunction
  • $80 million settlement won by consumers for overpriced blood pressure medication
  • $9 million settlement for man who suffered a brain injury at hospital
  • 1 billion people expected to die in 21st century from smoking related diseases.
  • 1 in 10 people suffer from restless leg syndrome
  • 1 in 1000 people believed to be suffering from Coeliac’s disese
  • 1.56 hypertension sufferers worldwide predicted by 2025
  • 1/5 of Korean women over 40 are suffering from osteoporosis
  • 10 percent of COPD patients die within 3 months of being in hospital
  • 10 percent of hospital patients suffer a preventable medical mistake
  • 12 percent cancers initially misdiagnosed
  • 12 year old with muscle spasms sent to psychiatric ward
  • 14 years after a boy’s death, his parents are still looking for answers
  • 15 patients were wrongly told they didn't have a STD
  • 17 substances added to America's list of carcinogens
  • 18 undiagnosed broken bones identified after man’s death
  • 19 doctors fail to diagnose man’s oral cancer
  • 2 sisters undergo successful stem cell transplant to treat Lupus
  • 2.3.million adverse drug events reported to FDA over 33 years
  • 3 million payout for paraplegic woman
  • 3 year old permanently damaged by wrong diagnosis of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
  • 30 percent of emergency department patients report depression during the past year
  • 4,000 diagnosed cases of brittle bone disease in the UK
  • 40 health professionals fail to diagnose brain tumor
  • 40 percent of city's young children have asthma
  • 40 percent of UK epilepsy sufferers taking epilepsy drugs unnecessarily
  • 44 men unsure of whether they have prostate cancer due to biopsy problems
  • 5 commonly prescribed drugs face further evaluations following health warnings
  • 5 year old children being treated for depression
  • 5.2 million asthmatics in the UK
  • 52 percent of British people fear exercise for one reason or another
  • 6 week old infant administered bath wash instead of medicine
  • 60 percent of Americans at risk of serious health problems due to hypertension
  • 60 percent of at risk Americans over 50 haven't been screened for colorectal cancer.
  • 70 people per 100,000 population in China have cancer
  • 70 percent of Maryland's obstetricians and gynecologists sued at least once
  • 70 percent of people in India may have undiagnosed diabetes
  • 76000 pounds awarded when son dies from misdiagnosis of hypercalcaemia
  • 8 week old accidentally given vaccination normally given to 12 month olds
  • 80 percent of Down's Syndrome sufferers have undiagnosed hearing problems
  • 82 million yen compensation awarded after Japanese man dies from blood loss
  • 88 pecent of emergency department patients report feeling safe from medical errors
  • 9 year old dies after misdiagnosis of strangulated bowel following appendicectomy
  • 90 percent of sinusitis cases misdiagnosed
  • 97 percent of Ohio celiac sufferers are undiagnosed
  • 98,000 people die from medical errors each year

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  • A combination of two drugs may improve outcomes for Type 2 Diabetes sufferers
  • A fast food diet is a fast road to poor health
  • A faulty lens caused a woman to believe she was going blind
  • A little girl undergoes great suffering due to a misdiagnosis
  • A radiologist faces malpractice suit after allegedly misreading mammograms and x-rays
  • A range of common medicines may cause a serious reaction
  • A rare hysterectomy complication: bowel perforation
  • A special CT scan to image asthma effects
  • A study has concluded that there is no link between immunization and development of diabetes
  • A study links female growth rates with breast cancer
  • A vaccine for diabetes is being trialed on children in Australia
  • A woman suffered a vocal cord condition for many years before she finally discovered her condition
  • Abbreviation leads to heparin overdose
  • Abbreviation leads to medication error
  • Abdominal fat related to high blood pressure
  • Abdominal trauma red flag for abuse
  • Abnormal heartbeat linked to obesity
  • Abortion drug implicated in a third US death
  • Abortion pill causes deaths and adverse reactions
  • Abortion practitioner likely to permanently lose his medical licence
  • Abortion very real risk for depression
  • Abortions due to late diagnosis of fetal abnormality
  • About Blackfan Diamond anemia
  • About metabolic syndrome
  • Abraxan receives FDA approval for breast cancer treatment
  • Aches and pains are depressing
  • Acne drug allegedly linked to another suicide
  • Acne medication may have contributed to suicide
  • Acupuncture can alleviate nasal allergy symptoms in children
  • Acupuncture may alleviate symptoms of some types of asthma
  • Acute myelogenous leukemia more prevalent in obese elderly women
  • Adenocarcinoma incidence is increasing dramatically
  • Adenotonsillectomy can reduce behavioral and emotional problems in children suffering from obstructive sleep apnea
  • ADHD costing US $77 billion per annum
  • ADHD diagnosis in children is not followed by adequate monitoring
  • ADHD drug linked to sudden unexplained deaths in children
  • ADHD medication highlighted heart disorder
  • ADHD medication may be linked to adult depression
  • ADHD overdiagnosed in children by unqualified people
  • Adherence rates for osteoporosis treatment regimens is very poor
  • Adult stomach reflux not influenced by food allergy
  • Adults with a cough should stay away from infants
  • Advances in heart tissue regrowth from stem cells
  • Affect of skull development from anti-seizure drugs
  • African American woman sues after being impregnated with wrong donor sperm
  • African doctors and nurses trained for cervical cancer
  • After 8 Years of Treatment, Man is Told he Never Had HIV
  • Age is no obstacle to aggressive cervical cancer treatment
  • Aged homes targeted by State
  • Agent Orange's long term toll
  • Aging is controlled by genes and occurs at different rates depending on the activity of the genes.
  • AIDS and the elderly
  • AIDS becoming more of a problem in gay communities
  • AIDS cure progressing
  • AIDS increased transmission risk for babies of infected mothers
  • AIDS still leaving orphans
  • AIDS vaccine effective in small trials
  • Air in churches exposes churchgoers to risk of lung cancer
  • Air pollution linked to cardiovascular disease
  • Alcohol and smoking a strong risk factors for mouth cancer
  • Alcohol and substance abuse in elderly often diagnosed as dementia
  • Alcohol consumption amplifies allergy reaction
  • Alcohol consumption associated with heart arrhythmia
  • Alcohol consumption may have a protective effect against metabolic syndrome
  • Alcohol consumption without food increases risk of hypertension
  • Alcohol promotes growth of blood vessels supplying tumor
  • Alert caregiving for Alzheimer's patients
  • Alimta approved for use against certain cancers in the European Union
  • All about irritable bowel syndrome
  • All about obesity
  • All about pancreatic cancer
  • All new mothers are at risk of postpartum depression
  • Allergic Rhinitis symptoms alleviated with nasal ointment
  • Allergies not the same as intolerances
  • Allergy risk higher in babies born by cesarean
  • Allergy symptom reduction lasts long after immunotherapy treatment stops
  • Alternative depression treatment can limit the need for therapy or medication
  • Alternative drug for type 2 diabetes awaiting FDA approval
  • Alternative methods for treating asthma
  • Alternative therapies not satisfactory for osteoarthritis
  • Alternative therapy for incontinence
  • Alternative view of health
  • Although there has been some progress, Lupus is still a challenge to treat and diagnose
  • Alzheimer's and depression misdiagnosed due to similar symptoms
  • Alzheimer's disease epidemic
  • Alzheimer's protein affected by body fat
  • Alzheimer’s disease and Vioxx
  • Amblyopia found not to cause permanent blindness
  • American Cancer Society second vice president has produced a book explaining all aspects of cancer
  • American smoking restrictions not costing entertainment industry
  • Americans don't yet know the facts about nutrition
  • Americans living longer
  • Ancient herbal remedies are being studied for their effectiveness in treating cancer and controlling diabetes
  • Anesthetist cleared of baby killing charges
  • Aneurysms are often asymptomatic and can rupture unexpectedly
  • Aneurysms cause sudden heart death
  • Angelman Syndrome
  • Annual mammogram and doctor visits are sufficient follow-ups for breast cancer survivors
  • Anorexics may also suffer from emphysema-like symptoms
  • Another beast diagnosed with BSE
  • Another injured party joins the Ontario Vioxx class action lawsuit
  • Another many sues Vioxx makers over his renal impairment
  • Anti-cancer drug may help acute myeloid leukemia sufferers who can't tolerate chemotherapy
  • Anti-cholesterol drug may be linked to kidney damage
  • Anti-diabetes drugs may be effective against myelomas
  • Anti-epileptic drug causes bone loss
  • Anti-inflammatory drugs suffer Vioxx backlash
  • Anti-rejection medication error caused diabetics’ death
  • Anti-retroviral drug trial may have led to pregnant woman's death
  • Anti-social behavior linked to inadequate childhood diet
  • Anti-viral drugs during pregnancy can prevent spread of HIV/AIDS
  • Antibiotic can switch of cancer causing gene in mice
  • Antibiotic causes kidney failure in negligence claim
  • Antibiotic causes loss of vision
  • Antibiotic resistance problem exacerbated by illegal sales
  • Antibiotic-resistant bacteria prevalent in air in concentrated swine feeding facilities
  • Antibiotics have hidden dangers claims UK alternative therapy company
  • Antibody treatment proving effective against Crohn's disease
  • Antidepressant combined with smoking patch more effective for those trying to quit smoking
  • Antidepressant ordered to include a black label due to suicide risk
  • Antidepressant prescriptions should not be the first line of defense in treating depression
  • Antidepressant side effects may be greater than first thought
  • Antidepressant use by children can cause bone weakness during adulthood
  • Antidepressant use in pregnant mothers
  • Antidepressants affect tamoxifen activity in some women
  • Antidepressants and gene mutations may reduce breast cancer drug’s effectiveness
  • Antidepressants for teenagers - good or bad?
  • Antidepressants ineffective in elderly
  • Antidepressants linked to increased risk of bleeding
  • Antioxidant in cherries and other colored fruit may increase insulin production by pancreatic cells
  • Antioxidants ineffective against cancer
  • Antipsychotic drugs linked to type 2 diabetes
  • Anxious people more likely to notice symptoms of rectal cancer
  • Aortic disease warning
  • Appeal to decide on medical malpractice case
  • Appendicitis operation uncovers Hodgkin’s disease
  • Approval for human testing sought for novel cancer treatment
  • Approval for parents with certain hereditary conditions to choose embryos
  • Arbitration may prevent unnecessary malpractice court cases
  • Arthritis Foundation reports on top 10 arthritis developments in 2004
  • Asbestos causes a range of related diseases
  • Asbestos exposure in families of workers
  • Asbestos related death leads to claim for $7.8 million
  • Asbestos use rising in Asia and Russia
  • Asbestosis trust pays out R16 million so far
  • Asians and Pacific Islanders have disproportionate rise in levels of diabetes compared to westerners.
  • Asians have increased risk of osteoporosis
  • Aspirin and Bextra combination may increase heart risk
  • Aspirin may reduce risk of type 2 diabetes in obese people
  • Aspirin precautions
  • Aspirin shown to prevent heart attacks
  • Assessment of rhabdomyolysis risk of various cholesterol drugs
  • Asthma association with reflux
  • Asthma attacks controlled better by Seretide than combination treatments
  • Asthma claims a young life
  • Asthma diagnosing technique picks up misdiagnoses
  • Asthma diagnosis by using Aridol awaiting approval in Australia
  • Asthma diagnosis device not being fully utilised
  • Asthma drug shows good results during study
  • Asthma gene variants linked with brain cancer
  • Asthma genes prevent against brain cancer
  • Asthma hospitalization an unacceptable first-line treatment
  • Asthma instruments harboring irritants
  • Asthma kills 180,000 people a year.
  • Asthma overdiagnosed in Australia
  • Asthma prescription to include exercise
  • Asthma risk factors
  • Asthma risk factors that reduce risk
  • Asthma risk unaffected by early allergen exposure
  • Asthma risks linked to maternal smoking
  • Asthma suffering from second hand smoke
  • Asthma treatment in granulated form makes treating babies easier
  • Asthma underdiagnosed in the elderly
  • Asthmatics at risk of psychological distress and mental health problems
  • Asthmatics have poor adherence to medication following hospitalisation
  • Asthmatics should be using combination therapies to control their asthma
  • Asymptomatic infection may be the cause of pre-term births
  • Asymptomatic thyroid problems can cause serious problems for pregnant women.
  • Atenolol should not be used as first line of defence against hypertension
  • Atkin's diet slims male beer bellies
  • Atkins diet at its best when used in the short term
  • Atkins diet during pregnancy produces offspring who are less prone to coronary heart disease
  • Atkins diet effective in treating type 2 diabetes
  • Atkins fails the long term test
  • Australia's cancer death rate is low but incidence of new cancers is relatively high
  • Australian Medical Association wants health warnings placed on alcohol products
  • Australian medical experts want Celebrex to remain on the market
  • Authorities mystified by cause of ‘sick building syndrome’
  • Autism misdiagnosed as ADHD
  • Autism risk not associated with vaccinations
  • Autoimmune disease of the neuromuscular junction
  • Autoimmune hearing loss
  • Availability of early pregnancy tests eliciting miscarriage panic
  • Avandia produces superior insulin response to sugar as well as promoting recovery of insulin-producing cells
  • Aventis presents drug trial results in context of exploding diabetes population
  • Avian flu concerns
  • Avian flu countdown for America
  • Avocado constituents may fight prostate cancer cell growth
  • Avoid peanut allergy recurrence by consuming more peanuts
  • Awareness of bipolar disorder symptoms results in quicker treatment

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  • B12 deficiency can be serious
  • Babies die after faulty vaccinations
  • Babies exposed to pollution prenatally and after birth are more prone to respiratory problems
  • Babies harmed by mother's weighty issues
  • Babies with large appetite become heavier adults
  • Baby boy dies from bacterial meningitis
  • Baby circumcision mix up
  • Baby diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis shows older child's misdiagnosis
  • Baby dies of misdiagnosed whooping cough 1 week before vaccinations due
  • Baby dies unnecessarily due to poor treatment of dehydration
  • Baby overdosed in pharmacy bungle.
  • Baby suffers pain of undiagnosed fracture for two weeks
  • Baby’s survival rate reduced by late diagnosis of SCID
  • Bacterial meningitis is often fatally misdiagnosed as the flu
  • Bacterial meningitis more deadly than viral meningitis
  • Bakery workers more prone to asthma symptoms
  • Basilar artery migraines can be mistaken for a stroke.
  • Baycol should have been pulled from the market sooner
  • Belief in salt vapor therapy for varying ailments
  • Benefits of exercise realized more with protein diet
  • Beryllium disease may not become evident for 40 years
  • Best practice for asthma medication
  • Better testing for osteoporosis
  • Better understanding of Barrett's esophagus
  • Beuty and home products have been found to produce health harming chemicals
  • Bextra picks up Vioxx slack but it carries it’s own life-threatening risks
  • Biluingist’s brains suffer less from aging
  • Bipolar disorder facts
  • Bipolar disorder in children more difficult to treat.
  • Bipolar drug receives
  • Bipolar patients are able to work if they receive support
  • Bipolar still a difficult disease to diagnose
  • Bird flu goes technological with own web site
  • Bird flu in humans
  • Bird flu information
  • Bird flu warnings for travellers
  • Birth complications lead to $4million settlement
  • Birth control patches are safe claims medical experts
  • Blacks still face highest prevalence of STD's
  • Blood pressure and cholesterol drugs may greatly benefit some dementia sufferers
  • Blood pressure drugs prevents kidney disease in diabetes patients
  • Blood pressure influenced by home and work relationships
  • Blood pressure lowering drugs may be effective against mental deterioration in Alzheimer's patients
  • Blood pressure often misdiagnosed in young adults
  • Blood protein an indicator for stroke risk
  • Blood protein concentration may determine heart disease risk
  • Blood test may be a diagnostic alternative to liver biopsy
  • Blood transfusions resulting in infections are increasing
  • Blueberries found to be effective in reducing cholesterol
  • BMI linked to increased risk of kidney cancer
  • Body dysmorphic disorder can seriously impact on quality of life
  • Bone boosting drugs may be more beneficial for osteoporosis sufferers if given before the disease has set in.
  • Bone problems for obese kids
  • Booster vaccination for whooping cough encouraged by doctors
  • Boosting the immune system naturally
  • Botched hysterectomy causes death
  • Botox proves effective against diabetic gastroparesis
  • Bowel cancer presents earlier in African Americans
  • Bowel perforated during tubal ligation procedure
  • Boy dies after 4 doctors fail to diagnose his broken cervical vertebra
  • Boy dies after doctors remove his antibiotics
  • Boy dies during tooth extraction
  • Boy dies from misdiagnosis of Addison's disease as gastroenteritis
  • Boy found to be suffering from meningococcal disease after initial chicken pox diagnosis
  • Boy lives with broken neck for 14 years
  • Boy misdiagnosed with asthma spreads tuberculosis for 10 months
  • Boy sent home with broken collar bone
  • Boy's parents demand compensation from hospital for his death
  • Boy's severe hearing impairment undiagnosed until he turned 4
  • Boys mental problems misdiagnosed due to lack of funding
  • Brain activity affected by monthly changes
  • Brain cancer drug shows promising preliminary results
  • Brain cancer origin found
  • Brain imaging being used to help diagnose ADHD
  • Brain injury undiagnosed for two years
  • Brain operation can be greatly influenced by the type of foods eaten
  • Brain tumour misdiagnosed as ears wax
  • Brain tumour misdiagnosed as sinus infection
  • Breakthrough with discovery of possible markers for Alzheimer's
  • Breast cancer and litigation
  • Breast cancer delayed diagnosis cost mother life, medical profession millions
  • Breast cancer drug Femara superior to Tamoxifen
  • Breast cancer drug reduces tumor size effectively
  • Breast cancer has best outcome if detected early
  • Breast cancer in young adults
  • Breast cancer incidence may be related to milk consumption
  • Breast cancer recurrence reduced with diet
  • Breast cancer recurrences and mastectomy
  • Breast cancer risk for survivors of Hodgkin's disease
  • Breast Cancer statistics
  • Breast cancer therapy can cause ongoing lethargy
  • Breast cancer triple assessment
  • Breast feeding has a protective effect against asthma
  • Breast milk may have potential as a cancer therapy
  • Breastfeeding lowers blood pressure
  • Breastfeeding may delay onset of food allergies
  • Breathalyzer developed to detect diabetes
  • Breathing difficulties in obese people frequently misdiagnosed as asthma
  • Breathing techniques can be used to battle a wide range of illnesses
  • British government gets serious about blood pressure problem
  • British minister outlines need for improvements in Lupus research and diagnosis
  • Brittle bone disease clarified
  • Bulimia often coexists with depression
  • Bushfires may pose risk to asthma sufferers

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  • Caesarean sections, the preferred way to deliver
  • Caffeine proves strong links to hypertension
  • Calcium absorption has many common misconceptions.
  • Calcium intake by pregnant women reduces offspring's risk of high blood pressure
  • Calcium is a vital mineral in our diets
  • Calcium supplementation during puberty may reduce risk of osteoporosis later in life
  • Calcium supplementation in pregnant women may have positive blood pressure consequences in offspring
  • California hospital has a woeful history of medical mistakes
  • Call to discontinue prescribing antibiotics for colds
  • Calorie restriction diet claims to help people live longer
  • Camera in a pill is a useful diagnostic tool
  • Canadian warning about consumption of Yong Long Xing Lily Flower
  • Canadians sue Red Cross for bad blood
  • Cancer and mental health compete
  • Cancer deaths take over deaths caused by heart disease
  • Cancer detected on breath by dogs
  • Cancer development secrets discovered
  • Cancer is the biggest killer of Asian-American women in California
  • Cancer misdiagnosis costs woman kidney
  • Cancer mistake acknowledged
  • Cancer Research UK sponsors new cancer drug trial
  • Cancer risk cut with Vitamin D
  • Cancer risk decreased with Vitamin D
  • Cancer risk increased by high blood iron and cholesterol
  • Cancer screening tests have a high rate of false positive results
  • Cancer survival rates improving dramatically
  • Cancer treatments often too expensive for many
  • Cancer vaccine targets only tumor cells
  • Cancer victim given back to parents for treatment control
  • Candida influenced by obesity and depression
  • Cannabis may be able to fight cancer-causing herpes virus
  • Capsicum key to curing chronic headache and sinus problems
  • Capsuled medication proving effective in treatment of bipolar disorder
  • Carbohydrate quantity in diet affects diabetics blood pressure
  • Carbon monoxide misdiagnosis kills family of five
  • Carbon monoxide poisoning symptoms mimic the flu
  • Cardiac Syndrome X is a difficult to diagnose heart condition
  • Cardiovascular disease and depression link analysed
  • Care needs to be taken when treating dry eye syndrome
  • Case of severe epilepsy alleviated by high fat diet
  • CAT scans may be an effective early detection tool for lung cancer
  • Cataracts due to diet
  • Cats can indirectly increase the risk of asthma in children
  • Cause of 7 month old girl’s brain damage unable to be determined.
  • Cause of depression needs to be ascertained before appropriate treatment can be prescribed
  • Cause of narcolepsy may be immune system disorder
  • Cause of restless leg syndrome discovered
  • Causes of Autism Regression
  • Ceasing hormone replacement therapy may increase osteoporosis risk in women
  • Celebrex may help fight breast cancer
  • Celecoxib no longer allowed to be used as a cancer treatment
  • Celiac disease in the UK grossly underdiagnosed
  • Celiac disease is a chronically undiagnosed and misdiagnosed condition
  • Celiac disease more common than thought
  • Celiac may be the cause of infertility in some women
  • Cells that drive brain cancer growth have been identified
  • Cement treatment for osteoporosis fractures
  • Certain conditions faced by childhood cancer survivors predisposes them to developing breast cancer
  • Certain factors can increase the risk of postpartum depression
  • Certain foods have proven health benefits
  • Certain footwear may increase risk of lower-leg amputation
  • Certain form of Vitamin E has anticancer properties
  • Certain occupations predispose people to high cholesterol
  • Certain oils have protective effect against arrhythmias
  • Certain psychological attributes may be risk factors for heart disease
  • Cervical cancer may be detected through urine test
  • Cervical cancer misdiagnosis
  • Cervical cancer risk roughly doubled with passive smoking
  • Cervical cancer screening recommendations
  • Cervical cancer screening recommendations detailed
  • Cervical cancer vaccine being tested
  • Cervical cancer vaccine developed
  • Cervical screening problem deemed adequate but Maori still being under diagnosed
  • Cesarean birth ends in tragedy after medical mistake
  • Cesarean increases allergy risk
  • Change in climate to greatly affect health
  • Changing antidepressants may prevent sexual dysfunction side effects
  • Chemical depression is common but relatively simple to treat
  • Chemical signals involved in cancer causes found
  • Chemical used in manufacture of some plastics may promote prostate cancer growth
  • Chemicals in shampoos may have negative effect on developing fetus
  • Chemotherapy effectiveness may be improved by hearburn medication
  • Chemotherapy may induce osteoporosis
  • Cherries may have the potential to alleviate arthritic symptoms
  • Chicken pox vaccine may prove effective against shingles as well
  • Child abuse cleared after 6 year old dies
  • Child death in Disneyland due to congenital heart condition
  • Childhood 'clumsiness' explained
  • Childhood arthritis often misdiagnosed as growing pains
  • Childhood asthma is a chronic problem
  • Childhood blood pressure linked to adult heart disease
  • Childhood brain cancer research
  • Childhood cancer decreases later quality of life
  • Childhood cancer linked to exposure to chemical emission
  • Childhood deaths decreasing
  • Childhood gastro preventable with 2 vaccines
  • Childhood growth not affected by low doses of insulin
  • Childhood obesity tripling in concern
  • Childhood vision problems often misdiagnosed
  • Childhood whooping cough vaccines wear off in teens
  • Childhood with Fragile X
  • Children being prescribed sleeping pills
  • Children increasingly face adult diseases
  • Children injected with tuberculosis agent are compensated
  • Children suffering adult disease
  • Children with endocrinal disorders suffer greater stress from bullying
  • Children with genetic defect face greater health risks from passive smoking
  • Children with Type 1 Diabetes show signs of heart disease
  • Children’s snoring may need medical attention
  • Chinese herbal company has released natural alternative for cholesterol reduction
  • Chinese women kills son after suffering from postpartum psychosis
  • Chip determines liver cancer prognosis following surgery
  • Cholesterol and thyroid link
  • Cholesterol drug implicated in death from muscle wasting condition
  • Cholesterol lowering medication protective against Alzheimer’s disease
  • Cholesterol measurements taken in different seasons can produce different results
  • Chronic bronchitis and emphysema linked to lung cancer
  • Chronic cough and link to depression
  • Chronic dry eye is treatable
  • Chronic pain in diabetics compromises level of self-care
  • Chronic pancreatitis can lead to diabetes
  • Chronic stress may increase cancer risks
  • Cigarett and coffee
  • Cinnamon extract benefits diabetics
  • Circumcision protective against STD
  • City sued over son's death
  • Class action suit to begin against Vioxx makers
  • Claudication is caused by plaque build up in blood vessels
  • Clinical trial being undertaken to test drug for Bipolar disorder or Major Depression
  • CO poisoning may be fatally mistaken for the flu
  • Co-morbidities override high blood pressure
  • Cockroach allergy very common
  • Cod liver oil may be a preventative measure for type 1 diabetes in children
  • Coffee and health
  • Coffee drinkers help their liver
  • Coffee may have preventative effect on diabetes
  • Coffee, brown bread and exercise reduce risk of GERD
  • Cognitive therapy helps teens suffering from chronic fatigue syndrome
  • Cold-induced urticaria
  • Colds and allergies often difficult to distinguish
  • College Students suffer sleep deprivation
  • Colon cancer gene identified
  • Colon cancer linked to physical activity
  • Colon cancer misdiagnosed as irritable bowel syndrome
  • Colon cancer prevented with aspirin
  • Colonoscopy screening for bowel cancer affective
  • Colorectal cancer according to ethnicity in America
  • Colorectal cancer associated dietary risks
  • Colorectal cancer risk reduced in women through calcium consumption
  • Comatose woman’s eye eaten by ants
  • Combination asthma drug provides total control of asthma for many
  • Combination drug therapy for treating colorectal cancer challenged
  • Combination of Taxotere and Estramustine for prostate cancer therapy
  • Combination therapy causes significant reduction in risk of heart attack
  • Combined therapy may be more effective for erectile dysfunction
  • Committee to investigate boys death after possible misdiagnosis
  • Common adverse effect leads to death via misdiagnosis
  • Common child ailments
  • Common co-morbidities causing complications post-operatively
  • Common sleep disturbance frequently undiagnosed
  • Common, but silent STD
  • Commonly confused celiac disease
  • Company seeks FDA approval for new drug to treat pulmonary arterial hypertension
  • Comparison of osteoarthritis drug treatments
  • Comparison trial shows Fosamax to be a winner for osteoporosis treatment
  • Complication of breast cancer not publicized enough
  • Complications during ovary removal leads to $175,000 settlement
  • Complications of pregnancy link to future stroke risk
  • Compound discovered to rival current antiviral drugs in cancer treatment
  • Compound related to anti-anxiety drugs may provide an effective treatment for psoriasis
  • Computer error leads to wrong prescription
  • Computor use may increase risk of eye disease
  • Concerns over Celebrex use mounting
  • Concussion can lead to permanent brain damage
  • Condition results in family applying for permanent immigration
  • Confidential settlement over elderly woman’s death
  • Conflict over pros and cons of Vioxx
  • Congenital second hand smoke risks lung disease
  • Connective tissue disease frequently misdiagnosed or undiagnosed
  • Constipation misdiagnosis leads to woman's death
  • Consuming diet and thyroid pills during pregnancy may increase incidence of homosexual offspring
  • Continual food allergy testing necessary for children
  • Contraceptive patch attacked by media
  • Control of blood pressure improves memory
  • COPD and beneficial use of inhaled steroids
  • COPD improved with cholesterol lowering agent
  • COPD increasingly threatens world populations
  • COPD is Australia 4th highest killer
  • COPD is the 4th leading killer but there is not much awareness of the condition
  • COPD takes its toll
  • Cord blood life giving
  • Correct diagnosis of ADD and ADHD can lead to fulfillment of potential
  • Cortislim’s advertising under fire from consumers and FDA
  • Costly hip operation for patient and hospital
  • Cough medicine to treat fibromyalgia
  • Coughing issues
  • Couple sue after falling pregnant following vasectomy.
  • Couple unknowingly adopt HIV child
  • Court order $4.2m compensation for breast cancer misdiagnosis
  • Court rules hospitals favor after man’s misdiagnosis
  • Cow's milk may be the key to many of western society's health problems
  • COX-2 enzyme blockers may be useful in fighting cancer
  • COX-2 inhibitors and heart attack risk
  • COX-2 inhibitors need further analysis to determine the range of side effects
  • Cranberries may be the key to preventing and curing breast cancers
  • Cranberries provide possible treatment for genital herpes virus type II
  • Cranberries provide possible treatment for herpes virus type II
  • Crestor manufacturers warned to stop advertising the drug
  • Crohn's disease still present in quarter of patients 20 years after diagnosis
  • Crohn's patients suffering from bone loss benefit most from only calcium and vitamin D therapy
  • CRP may be linked to risk of heart disease
  • CSR pays out $345 million in asbestosis claims
  • Cultural circumcision routine leads to herpes risk
  • Cure for men's allergy to perfumes and colognes
  • Current testing of a rare cancer can result in misdiagnosis
  • Current trends in health
  • Currently considered safe levels of lead and cadmium may not be so safe
  • Curry ingredient may be effective against cancer
  • Cycling, unlike other exercise, does nothing to help build bone density
  • Cystic Fibrosis is a genetic defect
  • Cystic kidneys a common genetic disease

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  • Daily dose of soft drink related to Type 2 Diabetes
  • Dairy consumption can increase weight loss
  • Dairy consumption linked to increased ovarian cancer risk
  • Damages award for mesothelioma death reversed
  • DASH diet alleviates many health problems
  • Data compares the benefits of two drug treatments for enlarged prostate
  • Daughters mimic mother’s dietary habits
  • Daytime sleepiness in elderly may be early symptom of heart problems
  • Dead woman’s relatives lose medical malpractice case over her death
  • Deadly blood transfusion
  • Deafness lends itself to parents
  • Death from Prostate cancer prevented with screening
  • Death from stroke more likely in those with symptoms of depression
  • Death of mother from pre-eclampsia after delivering child
  • Death of woman after cosmetic surgery
  • Death results from wrong blood being infused
  • Deaths occur from Carbon monoxide emissions from boats
  • Deceitful diet company being sued
  • Delay in birth causes severe brain damage
  • Delayed tumour diagnosis results n $160,000 settlement
  • Delays in prostate cancer treatment does not deliver a worse prognosis
  • Delirium common amongst patients undergoing stem cell transplant
  • Delivery complications result in $23.8 million payout
  • Dementia changes seen in size of brain structures
  • Dementia differences
  • Dementia link to cranial blood flow
  • Dementia more prevalent in black Americans
  • Dementia risk factors determined
  • Dental authority highlights the link between oral health and smoking
  • Dental caries most common infectious disease in children
  • Dental instruments involved in malpractice suit
  • Dentists may help diagnose osteoporosis
  • Dentists role in diagnosing stroke risk
  • Depo-Provera users need to evaluate the risk of bone mass loss with the benefits
  • Depressed adolescents may have a different brain structure
  • Depressed people face greater risk of neck and back pain
  • Depressed pregnant women are more likely to have low birth weight babies
  • Depression amongst men silenced
  • Depression and anxiety following birth may be reduced by iron supplementation
  • Depression and anxiety takes it's toll on women in the workplace
  • Depression and dependence
  • Depression and sleep apnea link
  • Depression common in elderly
  • Depression deadly in heart disease
  • Depression drugs may affect bone formation in children
  • Depression frequently associated with heart failure
  • Depression has recognizable symptoms and is treatable
  • Depression in adolescents: normal part of growing up
  • Depression in elderly may lead to Alzheimer's
  • Depression in elderly often not detected or treated with serious consequences
  • Depression incidence not influenced by abortion
  • Depression linked to childhood bullying
  • Depression major determinant for developing heart disease
  • Depression may affect self-care of diabetes sufferers
  • Depression may be alleviated by fish oil
  • Depression may be triggered by overactive brain
  • Depression may increase diabetes risk
  • Depression needs to be accurately diagnosed before treatment is determined
  • Depression profile differs in Asia
  • Depression reduces likelihood of successful treatment of hepatitis C
  • Depression treatment is often successful
  • Depression treatment may simply involve exercise
  • Depression treatment more effective with Vitamin B12
  • Dermatitis can cause hands to be dry, red, cracked and itchy
  • Detection of misdiagnoses under threat as more people object to post mortems
  • Detox diets may do more harm than good
  • Development of possible diagnostic test for essential tremor is in sight following discovery
  • Device shows promise for victims of spinal chord injury
  • Diabetes and colon cancer link
  • Diabetes and risk reduction
  • Diabetes and sugar level linked to risk of cancer death
  • Diabetes can be diagnosed by foot examination
  • Diabetes causes escalating number of deaths
  • Diabetes cured with pancreatic island cells transplant
  • Diabetes drug may cause lipid abnormalities in some
  • Diabetes drug might help multiple sclerosis sufferers
  • Diabetes exercise link
  • Diabetes expected to soar over the next 3 decades
  • Diabetes in children demanding education
  • Diabetes increases eye problems
  • Diabetes increases risk of dementia in elderly
  • Diabetes linked to higher incidence of dementia
  • Diabetes linked to smoking
  • Diabetes may be linked to Alzheimer's disease
  • Diabetes misdiagnosis leads to rapid weight gain
  • Diabetes reduced with caffeine
  • Diabetes risk for mental illness patients
  • Diabetes risk increases in those with psychotic illness
  • Diabetes risk linked to schizophrenia drugs
  • Diabetes threat quenched by alcohol
  • Diabetes vaccine may prevent diabetes in children at risk
  • Diabetes: the simple facts
  • Diabetic and complications
  • Diabetic blindness may be prevented by taking aspirin
  • Diabetic children need to use continuous glucose monitoring to achieve good control of their condition
  • Diabetic eye problems
  • Diabetic injected with wrong medication in a nursing home
  • Diabetic neuropathic pain alleviated with common nutrient
  • Diabetic neuropathy causal link
  • Diabetic women don't fare as well as diabetic men following a stenting procedure
  • Diabetics are more prone to the potentially fatal bacteremia and sepsis
  • Diabetics face greater rates of mortality and post-surgical complications following coronary bypass
  • Diabetics have a new line of defense against kidney disease and heart disease
  • Diabetics may benefit from Vitamin E supplements
  • Diabetics may need Vitamin H supplements
  • Diabetics need to be aware of possible complications
  • Diabetics need to be more aware of benefits of aspirin
  • Diabetics need to have annual eye checkups
  • Diabetics with uncontrolled high cholesterol face greater risk of vision problems
  • Diagnosis of dystonia after long history of misdiagnosis
  • Diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis
  • Diamyd injections proves beneficial for diabetes patients for at least two years
  • Diet affects ADHD
  • Diet and exercise can prevent development of diabetes in pre-diabetics
  • Diet and exercise can prevent development of diabetes in pre-diabetics_1
  • Diet and sleep aided by exercise
  • Diet book claims to target infertility
  • Diet can affect sleep quality
  • Diet changes can benefit skin ulcer sufferers
  • Diet changes may improve effect of tamoxifen
  • Diet claims to reduce heart disease and increase life expectancy
  • Diet drug advertising claims are misleading
  • Diet drug comprising of natural herbs assists weight loss
  • Diet drug manufacturer seeks approval for multimillion-dollar national settlement over it's banned diet drug
  • Diet high in fruit and vegetables may reduce chemo side effects
  • Diet low in cholesterol prescribed for pregnancy
  • Diet myths unveiled
  • Diet soda and the mass effect
  • Diet supplements may not be as good as they claim
  • Diet supplements may work where anti-depressants fail
  • Diet supplements need to be governed
  • Diet the key to curing ADHD problems claim author
  • Dieting can protect against Parkinson's
  • Dieting comes down to calorie consumption
  • Differences in survival rate of blood cancer explained
  • Different hypertension drug therapy combinations pose different level of risk
  • Different types of sleep disorders plague many millions of Americans
  • Digestive system disorder is gaining awareness with it's increasing prevalence amongst children
  • Disciplinary action for doctors in Nevada still pending.
  • Discovery leads to concerns about heart and eye disease drugs causing blindness
  • Disproportionate representations for participation in cancer trials
  • Diuretics and diabetes
  • Diuretics are cheap and the benefits outweigh the risks
  • DNA tests can determine if a drug is suitable for a patient
  • Doctor accused of trying to kill patient
  • Doctor causes woman’s death – her estate is awarded $115,000
  • Doctor cleared of charges after injecting caustic solution into x-ray patients
  • Doctor cleared of charges in stroke suit
  • Doctor criminally negligent after suffocating patient
  • Doctor disciplined with patients defending his actions
  • Doctor found not negligent in $1.5 million lawsuit
  • Doctor given warnings for poor records
  • Doctor guilty for stillbirth
  • Doctor hounded to suicide after not diagnosing a man's pneumonia
  • Doctor is cleared of wrongdoing after woman dies following surgery for an ectopic pregnancy
  • Doctor jailed for order for a fatal injection
  • Doctor loses law suit after misdiagnosing a ruptured appendix
  • Doctor operates on child’s wrong kidney
  • Doctor practising after apologizing for medical error cover-up
  • Doctor refuses to see man with intense pain
  • Doctor reprimanded for surgical hernia error
  • Doctor struck off register for professional misconduct
  • Doctor tried over misdiagnosing epilepsy in children
  • Doctor wins in misdiagnosis causing wrongful death case
  • Doctors accidentally put a right knee part into a woman’s left leg
  • Doctors apology after woman goes blind from undiagnosed tumour
  • Doctors failure to monitor unborn baby results in death from choking umbilical cord
  • Doctors ignored unborn baby’s weak heartbeat resulting in severe damage
  • Doctors leave gauze pad inside woman during operation
  • Doctors need to communicate Down Syndrome in a supportive, timely manner
  • Doctors promoting development of centre that allows parent to chose to have infants free of genetic diseases
  • Doctors to be trained on the dangers of the Atkins Diet
  • Doctors treat the wrong woman and accidentally abort her baby
  • Doctors want HIV patients to have right to receive organ transplants
  • Doctor’s license suspended for 3 months for substandard ER care
  • Dollars dictate diet
  • Donor infected with rabies causes at least 4 deaths
  • Doubt over results of Pill study
  • Doubts over the real cause of depression
  • Down Syndrome symptoms treatable with Alzheimer drug
  • Dr Phil diet causing lawsuit
  • Drinking groundwater containing arsenic has been linked to increased incidence of cancer
  • Drug abusers frequently have an undiagnosed mental illness
  • Drug aimed to improve sleep disorder also helps with depression
  • Drug allergy symptoms can be misdiagnosed
  • Drug approved for treatment of diabetic peripheral neuropathy
  • Drug coated stents reduce reblockage incidence in heart arteries
  • Drug combination may increase prostate cancer survival
  • Drug company guilty over misrepresentation of AIDS medication
  • Drug company obtains orphan status for its new cancer drug
  • Drug company receives FDA approval for high dose GERD treatment
  • Drug company stops marketing plans for new lung cancer drug due to poor trial results
  • Drug company struggles to meet demand for heartburn drug
  • Drug comparison conducted to evaluate treatment of bipolar in children
  • Drug craze with teenagers and asthma medication
  • Drug free way to lowering cholesterol
  • Drug giant reveals link between child suicide and depression medication
  • Drug governing board fails to expose risks caused by certain cold medicines
  • Drug reactions hitting hard
  • Drug similar to aspiring may unlock the key to obesity
  • Drug therapies aim to alleviate MS symptoms
  • Drug trial compares effectiveness of two blood pressure lowering drugs
  • Drug usage increasing among Americans and so is the risk of serious side effects
  • Drug used to treat prostate enlargement may reduce prostate cancer risk
  • Drug which prevents breast cancer recurrence approved for use
  • Dual diagnoses of mental health
  • Ductal lavage is an inaccurate breast cancer detection method
  • Dust mite allergy
  • Dust mites can't survive in unmade beds
  • Dust mites cause allergic rhinitis in 10 percent of population
  • Dutch scientists show that mobile phone towers are not good for health
  • Dystonia symptoms are often undetected or misdiagnosed

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  • Ear infections linked to GERD
  • Ear piercing
  • Ear plugs may help alleviate the discomfort of takeoff and landing
  • Early Alzheimer's test being developed
  • Early bowel cancer diagnosis significantly improves chances of survival
  • Early cessation of steroid following liver transplant increases rate of rejection
  • Early detection of alcohol abuse crucial
  • Early detection of COPD improves prognosis and reduces treatment costs
  • Early detection of COPD sufferers improves prognosis and reduces treatment costs
  • Early detection of PCOS important
  • Early diagnosis and treatment of maternal depression prevents negative effects on child's development
  • Early onset Alzheimer's often misdiagnosed
  • Early stages of Progressive Supranuclear Palsy similar to Parkinson's
  • Early start to gambling predisposes teens to alcohol and drug addictions
  • Early treatment of migraine shows improved efficacy
  • Early treatment of shingles can reduce risk of developing a painful condition
  • Easily curable Lyme disease leads to serious consequences when misdiagnosed
  • Eating disorders can greatly increase the risk of complications in people with type 1 diabetes
  • Eating for your health
  • Ebook claims to have the answers to an asthma cure
  • Ecstasy may help terminally ill die easier
  • Ecstasy overuse medically unsafe
  • Eczema asthma link
  • Eczema may be a sign of other allergic conditions
  • Effect of depression amplifies through generations
  • Effects of stroke decreased with antioxidants
  • Efficacy study compares two drug treatment for GERD
  • Elderly depression and insomnia
  • Elderly depression needs to be prioritised
  • Elderly diet supplement carries unknown risks
  • Elderly face high suicide risk
  • Elderly man's quality of life drastically reduced due to a misdiagnosis that continued for 13 years.
  • Elderly woman dies after her medicine dosage was quadrupled
  • Elderly woman suffers pain of two undiagnosed broken legs for four days
  • Electric shock therapy benefits sever sufferers of mental illness
  • Electrical device may be approved for severe depression treatment.
  • Embolization of fibroids
  • Embryonic stem cell transplant provides an alternate epilepsy therapy
  • Emergency heart attack surgery
  • Emergency room doctors need to take greater care when diagnosing patients with chest pain
  • Employee depression eats in business profits.
  • Endometrial cancer risk increased by obesity and inactivity
  • Endometriosis is often undiagnosed despite the severe symptoms it can cause
  • Enlarged prostate symptoms unknown to many men
  • Enzyme found that stops spread of cancer
  • Eosinophilic esophagitis may be misdiagnosed with GERD
  • Eosonophil presence directly linked to asthma
  • Ephedra-containing drugs banned by the FDA
  • Epilepsy patients more prone to depression
  • Erectile dysfunction
  • Erectile dysfunction drug acknowledged to be effective for 36 hours instead of 24 hours
  • Erectile dysfunction drug linked to high risk sexual practice
  • Erectile dysfunction drugs shown to increase testosterone levels
  • Erectile dysfunction is often a symptom of other bigger problems
  • Erectile dysfunction linked to vascular problems
  • Erectile dysfunction may be influenced by psychological and/or physical factors
  • Erectile Dysfunction may be symptom of cardiovascular disease
  • Erectile dysfunction risk factors
  • Erectile problems treatment options
  • Erroneous pathology tests lead to malpractice suit
  • Error with medication lead to man's death
  • Esomeprazole shown to be effective in controlling gastrointestinal side effectgs caused by non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
  • Essential tremor information
  • Ethnic groups have poorer control of cholesterol levels
  • Ethnicity, socio-economic status and education all affect the risk of death from cancer
  • European Union funding research into developing drugs to treat depression
  • Evidence supports use of electroconvulsive therapy to treat major depression
  • Excess alcohol consumption during pregnancy can result in fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
  • Excess selenium may promote Type 2 Diabetes
  • Excess Vitamin E can be dangerous
  • Excess weight is linked to a myriad of diseases
  • Excessively flexible joints may be a symptom of a rare disorder called Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
  • Exciting discovery of high levels of certain antibodies discovered in Alzheimer's patients
  • Excruciating headaches leaves girl bedridden for 5 years
  • Exelon effectively reduces dementia symptoms in Parkinson's patients
  • Exercise improves breast cancer outcome
  • Exercise is often a trigger for an asthma attack
  • Exercise is the key to bone health in the elderly
  • Exercise may improve cancer recover and reduce risk of reoccurrence
  • Exercise more beneficial for white women in diabetes prevention
  • Expanding waistlines inducing heat disease
  • Experimental gene therapy leads to patients death
  • Experimental weight-loss drug shows multitude of health benefits
  • Experts debate over whether ED drugs should be used as a lifestyle enhancement drug as well
  • Exposure to indoor pool airborne chemicals may increase asthma risk in children
  • Exposure to mould increases risk of childhood asthma
  • Extended use for breast cancer drug
  • Eye allergy response caused by a newly discovered protein
  • Eye doctors can pick up a variety of diseases from an eye examination
  • Eye management in diabetes

    F

  • Face lift lead to woman's death
  • Facilities are inadequate to cope with increasing allergy rates
  • Factors involved in Primary biliary cirrhosis
  • Facts about Kawasaki disease
  • Facts on Gestational Diabetes
  • Failure to diagnose broken back leads to $2.5 million lawsuit victory
  • Failure to diagnose in a timely man allegedly led to death
  • Failure to diagnose lung cancer in famed professor results in lawsuit for two Boston hospitals and three doctors.
  • Failure to diagnose meningococcal septicemia results in infant death
  • Fairfield County Weekly
  • Familial bipolar disorder traits dictate disease presentation
  • Familial hypercholesterolemia
  • Family appalled at paltry compensation for woman’s death after misdiagnosis
  • Family compensated when man dies after untrained doctor delivers fatal painkiller overdose
  • Family files wrongful death suit over baby's alleged death due to negligence
  • Family pleads with woman not to undergo gastric bypass surgery
  • Family receives nearly $1 million from hospital without even going to trial
  • Family set to receive $10 million after bungled birth leaves daughter severely handicapped
  • Family sues after man’s feeding tube misplacement results in death
  • Family Sues One Year After Actor’s Death Following a Misdiagnosis
  • Farm children less likely to suffer from asthma
  • Fast food diet linked to diabetes risk
  • Fast food linked to weight increase and diabetes
  • Fat consumption affects memory and learning abilities
  • Fat intake not related to incidence of stroke
  • Fat pills only a component of weight loss therapy
  • Fatal cardiac disease prevented by taking aspirin
  • Fatalities from medication errors increases significantly at the beginning of each month
  • Father does time for murder of son who had died from an undiagnosed condition
  • Father of man who committed suicide fails in medical malpractice case
  • Fatigue associated with MS alleviated by yoga
  • Fatty acids benefit mother and child
  • Fatty liver disease becoming popular
  • Fatty liver disease not linked to cancer development
  • FDA approval of weight loss pill is not necessarily good news
  • FDA approved drug being studied for use in prevention of brain injury and seizures in infants.
  • FDA approves new osteoporosis drug
  • FDA approves new pulmonary arterial hypertension drug
  • FDA approves Prozac use by children
  • FDA bans sexual stimulant diet supplement
  • FDA chastises Pfizer over false advertising of Viagra
  • FDA fails to approve testosterone patch for women
  • FDA finally acknowledges suicide risk associated with antidepressant use in children
  • FDA warns consumers about dietary supplements that treat erectile dysfunction
  • Fears of legal action result in 20 percent increase in breast clinic referrals
  • Fecal DNA test more effective than standard test for detecting colorectal cancer
  • Federal Government promises inquiry into contaminated polio vaccine
  • Female smokers risk breast cancer
  • Fentanyl overdose leads to $1.4 million verdict
  • Fertility post cancer therapy
  • Fetal alcohol syndrome needs to be diagnosed and treated
  • Fetal alcohol syndrome, common yet ignored
  • Fetus's birth defect misdiagnosed even after surgery to correct the defect
  • Fiber may assist statin action in reducing cholesterol
  • Fibre reduces risk of heart and cardiovascular disease
  • Fibroid tumors don't always require treatment
  • Fibroymalia is an underdiagnosed condition which is finally gaining recognition
  • First long term survivor of CJD saved by experimental drug
  • First Vioxx trial set for May
  • Fish oils improve child behavior
  • Fish oils preventative effect on childhood asthma discovered
  • Fitter people have an improved blood pressure response to stress
  • Flawed asthma studies promote long-term use of potentially harmful asthma drug
  • Flu pandemic expected to hit this winter
  • Flu vaccination recommended for children with conditions
  • Foetus dies after mother suffers gastric stapling complications
  • Folate intake linked to reduced risk of hypertension
  • Folic acid prevents neural tube defects
  • Food allergies often confused with food intolerance
  • Food allergy vaccine effective in dogs
  • Food allergy: Eosinophilic esophagitis
  • Food industry protected against obesity lawsuits
  • Food pyramid now deemed to promote unhealthy diets
  • Food pyramid to be revised
  • Foods high in water are more conducive to weight loss
  • For 2 months man believes he is dying of pancreatic cancer
  • Four patients die after one doctor performed the same operation on three of them
  • Four patients injected with wrong medication survive
  • Fragile X syndrome underdiagnosed due to symptoms ranging from mild to severe
  • Fries factor in breast cancer
  • Fruit and vegetables do not reduce cancer risk
  • Fruit and vegetables do reduce cancer risks
  • Fruit and vegetables reduce risk of breast cancer in post-menopausal women
  • Fruit and vegetables stave off cancer
  • Fruit skin compound may be effective against COPD, asthma and arthritis
  • Future risk of heart disease predictive with pregnancy
  • Fybromyalgia has a broad range of symptoms common to other diseases therefore diagnosis difficult.

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  • Gas problems in babies
  • Gastric cancer preventable
  • Gastro-esophageal reflux disease linked to obstructive sleep apnea
  • Gay woman sues hospital for partner's misdiagnosis of breast cancer
  • Gel may reduce need for surgery to treat cervical cancer
  • Gel to protect against HIV trialled
  • Gender-specific health differences need further examination
  • Gene mutation identified in autoimmune conditions
  • Gene mutation responsible for Rett Syndrome discovered
  • Gene presence determines migraine susceptibility
  • Genes may revolutionize medication regimes
  • Genetic biomarkers has potential to diagnose psychiatric disorders
  • Genetic mutation passed on by mother may influence risk of metabolic syndrome
  • Genetic profile test determines if breast cancer victims need chemotherapy
  • Genetic testing for eye conditions
  • Genetic testing improves hearing loss diagnosis in children
  • Genital herpes facts
  • Genital wart vaccine on the way
  • Gestational diabetes may predispose children to diabetes
  • Getting 'back on the horse' with cardiac rehab
  • GI diet to assist cystic ovary disease
  • Ginseng berry may be fruitful for obesity and diabetes sufferers.
  • Girl dies from epileptic seizure at nursing home
  • Girl dies from oxygen starvation when accidentally given nitrous oxide by a doctor
  • Girl dies of meningitis after being sent home by doctors with flu
  • Girl in embassy bombing dies from undiagnosed broken ankle infection
  • Girl struggles with school because of undiagnosed learning disabilities
  • Girls misdiagnosis leads to development of computer system to assist doctors in diagnosing patients
  • Girls mystery symptoms diagnosed as latex allergy
  • Girl’s body rejects organ donation as it was wrong blood type
  • Glaucoma awareness needs to be heightened in the Philippines
  • Global influenza resistance to medications
  • Glycemic Index diet has superior results over low fat diet
  • Gold used to direct radiation in prostate cancer
  • Good blood glucose level control by diabetics means less likelihood of nerve damage later.
  • Good carbohydrates mean good diet
  • Good hygiene wards off parasites
  • Good patient-doctor communication and awareness of colon cancer ensures greater participation in colon cancer screening programs
  • Government advisors advise of possible link between prostate cancer and pesticides
  • GP faces disciplinary inquiry after telling a dying man’s partner that he would be fine
  • GP held responsible when a 2 year old boy starves to death after his father dies from methadone overdose
  • Grape farmers more prone to respiratory problems
  • Greater awareness needed of cardiac conditions that can cause sudden death
  • Greek children have a disproportionate level of depression
  • Green tea benefits forgetfulness
  • Green vegetables may prevent cervical and other cancers
  • Grey hair research may assist in development of melanoma cure
  • Guidelines for mercury limits under review in Canada
  • Guidelines for obesity and hypertension in children
  • Guillain-Barre syndrome and influenza vaccinations
  • Guillain-Barre syndrome can have lethal consequences
  • Gulf War Veterans want more studies done to determine link between their symptoms and their service in the war
  • Gut infection becoming common and deadly

    H

  • Hair loss is common in females too
  • Hairdressers’ lungs affected by hair chemicals
  • Half of $118,000 settlement over baby's death eaten up by costs
  • Half of thyroid disease sufferers are undiagnosed
  • Half of UK population has high cholesterol
  • Hashimoto's thyroiditis and hypothyroidism
  • Having diabetes increases a persons risk of developing liver and pancreatic cancer
  • Headache medications not very effective on migraines
  • Headache was undiagnosed glaucoma
  • Headaches may be a symptom of depression
  • Health Canada approves bone building medication for treatment of osteoporosis
  • Health Canada issues warning against the use of Thermonex
  • Health Canada warns consumers about various COX-2 inhibitor NSAIDs
  • Healthy adolescent bones rely more on exercise than calcium intake
  • Healthy diet can slow onset of AIDS
  • Healthy diet leads to man suffering mercury toxicity
  • Healthy diet staves off breast cancer recurrence
  • Healthy man dies of complications from undiagnosed heart problems
  • Healthy young people can die suddenly from pulmonary embolism
  • Hearing test may determine response to depression drugs
  • Heart attack risk may be determined by testing blood pressure after exercise
  • Heart attack risk not increased with short term analgesic use
  • Heart attack survivors risk stroke
  • Heart attacks prevented with new drug regime
  • Heart disease and stress
  • Heart disease can occur in people with few cardiovascular risks
  • Heart disease established from embryonic stage
  • Heart disease increasingly underdiagnosed in women
  • Heart disease influenced by poor oral hygiene
  • Heart disease killing the young
  • Heart disease link to impotence
  • Heart disease patients may benefit from blood pressure medication
  • Heart disease underdiagnosed in women
  • Heart failure and thiamine deficiency link
  • Heart failure sufferers improve dramatically with stem cell therapy
  • Heart failure survival increased with surgery
  • Heart medication not a restrictor to sex life assistance
  • Heart operations in childhood require lifelong maintenance
  • Heart suffers from diet pill
  • Heart transplant drug gives additional anti-rejection cover
  • Heart transplant has a good prognosis despite difficult journey
  • Heart tumours plague members of family until Carney complex is diagnosed
  • Heartburn is common but avoidable
  • Heartburn medication may interfere with HIV medication
  • Heat, a real killer
  • Hepatitis C is a highly prevalent but treatable disease if detected early
  • Hepatitis C transmissibility between mother and child
  • Hepatitis is a contagious often misdiagnosed disease
  • Herbal dietary supplement promises treatment of many conditions
  • Herbal drug, gugulipid, may render some prescription drugs ineffective
  • Herbal medicines and nutritional supplements can cause significan ocular side effects
  • Herbal supplement delivers promise of new hope in prostate cancer treatment
  • Herbal supplements prove their worth as a prostate cancer treatment
  • Hereditary spastic paraplegia is a frequently misdiagnosed neurological disorder
  • Herpes and syphilis infections increase risk of Hepatitis B in women
  • Herpes screening unwarranted for pregnant women
  • Herpes vaccine trial is about to begin
  • Herpes virus found in almost all healthy individuals
  • Hib vaccination trial a success in 3rd world
  • Hibiscus flower extract controls animal cholesterol levels
  • Hibiscus flower extract may protect against heart disease
  • High blood pressure added to the list of diseases blamed on soft drinks
  • High blood pressure associated with analgesics use
  • High blood pressure drugs slow kidney damage in diabetics
  • High blood pressure helped with low-fat milk
  • High blood pressure in blacks not due to genetics
  • High blood pressure may be improved by meditation
  • High blood pressure may cause brain lesions similar to those seen in dementia and stroke patients
  • High blood pressure not caused by coffee intake
  • High blood pressure sufferers should be wary of decongestant use
  • High blood sugar levels in diabetics linked to increased risk of cardiovascular disease
  • High cholesterol and blood pressure may be linked to dementia
  • High cholesterol in women needs to be given more attention
  • High cholesterol reduced by exercising and consuming plant sterols
  • High fat diets can cause cognitive decline
  • High fibre diet
  • High folate intake may reduce high blood pressure
  • High GI foods increase the risk of type 2 diabetes
  • High incidence of brain tumours and lung cancer amongst people with mental illness is explained
  • High levels of vitamin C in breast milk linked to lower allergy risk
  • High numbers of children with asthma remain undiagnosed
  • High pressure may be reduced by a protein found in milk
  • High proportion of American adolescents with depression
  • High protein diet may be the answer for type 2 diabetes sufferers
  • High risk of injury in pregnancy
  • High risk of stroke for diabetics
  • High salt consumption can cause a range of health problems
  • High use of steroids increases risk of heart disease
  • Higher cholesterol found with decaffeinated coffee drinkers
  • Highlight on five potential drug recalls
  • Hispanic women generally receive late diagnosis and treatment of breast and cervical cancer
  • Hispanic-Americans at greatest risk of diabetes
  • Hispanics seem to disproportionately suffer health problems compared to white people
  • HIV child refused compensation
  • HIV incidence increasingly rapidly in the UK with many cases undiagnosed
  • HIV Misdiagnosis Leads Woman to Sue Hospital
  • HIV patients face increased risk of diabetes and dementia
  • HIV prevention in breast milk
  • HIV/AIDS diagnosed in more than 600,000 children each year
  • Hives can be alleviated or prevented with simple remedies
  • Hockey player off ice for over a year with misdiagnosed condition
  • Hodgkin's sufferer told he was suffering from groin strain
  • Home birth may result in a malpractice suit
  • Home blood pressure monitoring is an advantage
  • Honey and health
  • Hormone therapy associated with increased risk of ovarian cancer
  • Hormone therapy may prevent many premature births
  • Horse riding helps children with developmental problems
  • Hospital accidentally gives cancer patient excess radiation
  • Hospital and paramedics win medical malpractice lawsuit over boys death
  • Hospital antibiotic resistant bacteria prevalent in the community
  • Hospital apologises when millenium bug results in inaccurate Down’s Syndrome testing.
  • Hospital changes procedures after study finings on medical errors
  • Hospital claims that man's death was unrelated to a medication error
  • Hospital drug error caused 91 year olds’ death
  • Hospital errors reported
  • Hospital medical error settles out of court
  • Hospital mistreatment causing patient deaths and unnecessary grief
  • Hospital over prescribe steroids for cold patients
  • Hospital reproached over unnecessary hysterectomy death
  • Hospital responsible for second death due to medical error
  • Hospital settles after undiagnosed cervical cancer patient dies
  • Hospital settles out of court over negligence claims during birth
  • Hospital sued for undiagnosed heart condition
  • Hospital sued over sister's death
  • Hospitalisation for depression and bipolar disorder linked to dementia risk
  • Hospitals provide funding for educating children about heart disease
  • Hospitals surgical sanitation procedures under question
  • Hot tub can cause lung infection
  • Household chemical linked to asthma risk
  • How much is really known about the safety of statins
  • HRT may help men with prostate cancer without the negative side effects
  • HRT not for prevention of menopause
  • Hurricane Katrina now risks health
  • Husband fails in lawsuit over wife's death following a sudden birth
  • Husband settles for $675,000 after wife’s hernia surgery proves fatal
  • Husband sues after his wife dies from meningitis following a misdiagnosis.
  • Husband upset over woman's brain tumor being misdiagnosed as depression
  • Hyperemesis symptoms similar to morning sickness
  • Hyperglycemia linked to increased mortality amongst critically ill patients
  • Hyperglycemic episodes can result in mental function and mood impairment
  • Hypertension escalates as Malaysians modernize
  • Hypertension linked to cognitive decline in young people
  • Hypertension needs rapid attention
  • Hypertension risk may be lowered by high folate intake
  • Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: A sudden killer in young adults
  • Hypochondriacs are difficult to diagnose and treat
  • Hypogonadism may be linked to type 2 diabetes
  • Hypothyroidism and heart disease
  • Hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism symptoms mimic other diseases
  • Hypothyroidism frequently misdiagnosed or undiagnosed
  • Hysterectomies can cause sexual dysfunction
  • Hysterectomies often show a significant improvement in patients depression and pelvic pain

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  • Imaging radiation risk and health
  • Impending sense of doom for heart victims
  • Implanted device alleviates previously untreatable seizure problems
  • Impotence and hypertension
  • Improved blood sugar control with weight lifting
  • Improved cancer therapy increases cure
  • Improved immunosuppressants for transplant recipients
  • Improved treatment for osteoporosis
  • Improvement in hospital labeling could prevent many medical errors
  • Improvement in monitoring prostate cancer
  • Inadequate diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension
  • Inadequate monitoring of residents at a care facility results in man’s death
  • Incidence of sexually transmitted disease is threatening Belgian's
  • Include family in bipolar treatment
  • Incorrect medicine given to child
  • Increase in cancer diagnosis
  • Increased sensitivity for blood pressure readings
  • Increasing alcohol consumption is causing younger people to get acute pancreatitis
  • Increasing awareness of cancer symptoms by doctors and patients may improve diagnosis
  • Increasing fruit and vegetable intake may save lives.
  • Increasing incidence of chronic disease, not just for the elderly
  • Increasing number of medications risks mix-up
  • Increasing numbers of British men are turning to diets to curb their weight problems
  • Indecent assault charges brought against psychologist by a patient
  • Indian spice prevents cancer
  • Indian women disproportionately suffer from osteoporosis
  • India’s rate of diabetes is soaring
  • Indigestion can be caused by eating to fast
  • Indoor air purifiers produce dangerous levels of ozone
  • Inexperienced nurse and understaffing caused patient death
  • Infant dies of meningitis after hospital helpline suggests colic
  • Infant fits and link to epilepsy
  • Infant receives Zyrtec instead of Zantac
  • Infants highest risk of accidental drug ingestion
  • Infertility associated with cancer
  • Inflammatory breast cancer often misdiagnosed or undiagnosed
  • Influenza medication overdose is common
  • Inhaled insulin provides competition for injected insulin
  • Inhaled steroid use may also be linked to cataracts
  • Inhaled steroids may increase risk of osteoporosis
  • Inherited heart defects greatly underdiagnosed and misdiagnosed
  • Inherited high cholesterol may be subdued by omega-3 fat
  • Inmate paralysed after doctor fails to diagnose spinal injury
  • Inoperable liver cancer treatable with ablation therapy
  • Inquiry finds doctor not guilty of negligence
  • Instant diagnosis for cancer and heart disease coming soon
  • Insufficient magnesium may increase the risk of osteoporosis
  • Insulin resistance, a predictor of type 2 diabetes
  • International research aims to determine if cow's milk increases risk of type 1 diabetes
  • Internet chat rooms frequented by depressed people
  • Internet company ordered to fully refund customers for diet patches due to misleading claims
  • Interstitial cystitis is a painful bladder condition
  • Intranasal steroid therapy doesn’t stunt children’s growth
  • Investigation follows 46 year old’s death after cerebral angiogram
  • Iodine deficiency becoming less prevalent worldwide
  • Irish people are not taking advantage of available medication to achieve total control of their asthma
  • Iron deficiency too prevalent to ignore
  • Iron storage disorder
  • Irritable bowel link to allergies
  • Irritable bowel syndrome treated by dietary changes
  • Islet cell transplant surgery reverses woman’s diabetes
  • Islet cell transplants prove internationally successful
  • Isoflavones in soy may inhibit development and spread of breast cancer
  • It's not enough to take calcium supplements to ward off osteoporosis

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  • Jailed man given lethal dose of methadone
  • Judge refuses to seal details of misdiagnosis case
  • Juice with supplements provides natural alternative to Celebrex and Vioxx
  • Jury still out on IVF and stem cell research
  • Juvenile arthritis can affect infants
  • Juvenile bipolar still misunderstood

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  • Kawasaki disease effects reduced with steroid treatment
  • Kidney disease due to autoimmunity
  • Kidney disease goes in hand with obesity
  • Kidney disease is a seriously underdiagnosed condition in Australia
  • Kidney stone risk increased by obesity
  • King/Drew hospital allegedly suffers from serious patient safety problems
  • Knee or hip replacement surgery may be a better option than living with the risks of long-term anti-inflammatory use

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  • Lack of awareness of Lupus is resulting in deaths
  • Lack of follow-up on x-ray result leads to man's death from cancer
  • Lack of personal action plans is proving a killer for asthma sufferers
  • Lack of response to treatment means more patient monitoring is required when treating patients for depression
  • Lack of sleep influences illnesses
  • Lack of translators at hospital put immigrant’s lives at risk
  • Lactoferrin helps prevent bone loss as well as promoting bone growth
  • LADA frequently misdiagnosed as type 2 diabetes
  • Laparoscopic technique reduces pain and recovery time for hysterectomy patients
  • Laser therapy takes over arthritis drugs
  • Last resort leukemia drug receives FDA approval
  • Late diagnosis of ovarian cancer ensures poorer prognosis
  • Late stage diagnosis of oral cancer demands screening
  • Latex allergy
  • Latex allergy sufferers may also react to poinsettias and some tree fruits
  • Latinos have high rates of eye disease
  • Lawsuit follows woman’s death after back surgery
  • Lawsuit involving Atkins diet has received approval for trial
  • Lawsuits begin soon after Vioxx taken off market
  • Lawyers disproportionately suffer from stress, depression and alcohol abuse
  • Lawyers to appeal $10 million malpractice case
  • Leg lost to flesh-eating disease necrotizing fasciitis
  • Leptin linked to multiple sclerosis
  • Less deforming surgery may be just as effective in the treatment of chondrosarcoma
  • Less known reflux affects throat
  • Less sleep with age not normal
  • Life expectancy to reach 100 over next two generations
  • Life expectancy varies between men and women
  • Lifestyle factors are the biggest cause of cancer
  • Limonoids found in citrus fruits could be a potential cancer destroyer
  • Link between asthma and increased risk of bacterial complications
  • Link between high carb diet and breast cancer is misleading
  • Lipitor of little benefit to diabetics with renal failure
  • Liposuction may cure many life-threatening illnesses in obese people
  • Liposuction more effective in conjunction with healthy eating and exercise
  • Liposuction provides no health benefits
  • Litigation on the rise by firemen exposed to asbestos at work
  • Liver damage implicated in high blood pressure
  • Liver disease is one of the biggest killers amongst diabetics
  • Liver disease not harmed or improved with milk thistle
  • Liver disease prevented with hot beverages
  • Liver transplant recipient back into the swing of things
  • Living with juvenile diabetes
  • Long term asthma treatment may have negative effects
  • Long term asthma treatment may have negative effects on asthma
  • Long term cancer survivors have lower risk of cancer recurrence
  • Long term effects of antidepressants being investigated
  • Long term effects of obesity surgery examined
  • Long term medications need to be carefully assessed to determine health benefits
  • Long term NSAID use linked to serious gastrointestinal problems
  • Long term use of heartburn drugs increase risk of respiratory diseases
  • Long-term effects anti-retroviral treatment for AIDS being studied
  • Long-term effects of artificial sweetener consumption still unknown
  • Long-term offspring health may be affected by mother's diet during pregnancy
  • Lorry driver suffering from blackouts kills family after being given all clear by GP
  • Loss of limbs from artery disease
  • Loss of right eye earns teenager $2.2 million
  • Lou Gerhig's disease or Lyme disease?
  • Low birth weight linked to range of adult deficits
  • Low Carbohydrate diet works better for men then women
  • Low dose antioxidant may reduce cancer risk in men
  • Low dose radiation exposure increases risk of cancer
  • Low doses of chemotherapy reduces chances of positive outcome
  • Low GI diet does not promote weight loss
  • Low salt diet may be inappropriate for elderly people
  • Low-fat diet may have protective effect against Alzheimer's disease
  • Low-fat dieters tend to maintain their weight loss better
  • Low-glycaemic-index diet assists weight loss
  • Low-glycemic-load diet offers more benefits than traditional low-fat diet
  • Lund disease may be linked to diabetes
  • Lung cancer may be an inheritable conditon
  • Lung cancers due to asbestos are not being diagnosed
  • Lupus awareness increasing
  • Lupus can be difficult to diagnose because of it's multitude of symptoms
  • Lupus diagnosis often takes 7 to 10 years
  • Lupus has greater impact on minority women
  • Lupus often misdiagnosed as MS or rheumatoid arthritis
  • Lupus sufferers find relief for skin lesions
  • Lupus treatment has improved over the years
  • Lupus treatment shows promising results
  • Lupus treatment shows promising results for SLE sufferers
  • LVH may increase the risk of adverse events in hypertensive patients
  • Lyme disease frequently misdiagnosed
  • Lymph node enlargement disease: Kikuchi disease

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  • Mad cow disease may be misdiagnosed as dementia or Alzheimers
  • Magnesium has a preventative effect on type 2 diabetes
  • Magnesium sulphate infusion reduces hospitalization for asthma attacks
  • Magnetic pulse therapy may help depression sufferers where drugs fail
  • Magnetic stimulation of brain may treat major depression
  • Maintaining a healthy brain may reduce dementia risk
  • Major health organizations pleased with newly released Dietary Guidelines
  • Male breast cancer undiagnosed
  • Male cancers influenced by breast cancer gene
  • Male depression frequently misdiagnosed
  • Male menopause - a very real problem
  • Males suffer more eye injuries
  • Malnutrition can cause brain development problems
  • Malnutrition is a growing problem
  • Malpractice awarded to parents after child developed cerebral palsy
  • Malpractice case fails
  • Malpractice cases could be reduced if more doctors apologised
  • Malpractice causes death
  • Malpractice lawsuit over cause of cerebral palsy nearly finished
  • Malpractice suit filed on gynecologist
  • Malpractice suit for orthopedic surgeon
  • Man active lifestyle destroyed after suffering a heart attack allegedly because of Vioxx use
  • Man awarded $1 million for unnecessary surgery performed on him
  • Man awarded $200,000 over negligent handling of his colonoscopy
  • Man awarded $3 million in malpractice suit
  • Man changes his mind about sex change operation and starts legal action
  • Man claims to have a natural, effective and inexpensive way to cure heartburn
  • Man diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s disease believes he has Lyme disease
  • Man dies 5 weeks after wrong kidney removed during operation
  • Man dies after having surgery soon after suffering a heart attack
  • Man Dies Due to Hospital Error
  • Man dies from complications of undiagnosed broken neck
  • Man dies in agony after doctors misdiagnose a heart attack as inflamed shoulder
  • Man dies of cancer 9 months after last visit to doctor
  • Man dies of colorectal cancer after misdiagnosis
  • Man dies of undiagnosed Type 1 diabetes
  • Man dies while donating blood
  • Man fails in bid to have disciplinary action brought against doctor
  • Man fed up with hospitals alleged inadequate care
  • Man feels deceived by Atkins diet
  • Man Fights to Ensure a Disciplinary Hearing Occurs After his Wife’s Death
  • Man in coma after being taken to hospital with epileptic seizure
  • Man led to believe he is HIV positive for 8 years
  • Man lives with wrong diagnosis for 21 years
  • Man loses his sight while going through several misdiagnoses
  • Man loses leg after being misdiagnosed with the flu
  • Man misdiagnosed many times before colon cancer finally discovered
  • Man orders doctor to perform a test which could have ultimately saved his life
  • Man receives $100,000 when surgical equipment left in his stomach after operation
  • Man receives $3.3 million after he loses his sight following unnecessary heart surgery
  • Man receives 192,000 pounds for throat cancer misdiagnosis
  • Man refuses quarantine and infects 56 people with tuberculosis - many members of his own family
  • Man seeks $1.5 million damages over wife and unborn child's death
  • Man seeks $1.5 million damages over wife and unborn child's death_1
  • Man seeks action against the surgeon who misdiagnosed his late wife
  • Man self-diagnoses Behcet's disease after rejecting doctor's depression diagnosis
  • Man spends 20 years believing he has Alzheimer’s
  • Man sues after being diagnosed with another patients terminal condition
  • Man sues after doctors misdiagnose him twice and then claim that they don't know what he has
  • Man sues for loss of leg and livelihood
  • Man sues for loss of leg due to undiagnosed cancer
  • Man sues hospital after catheter wrongly inserted causes heart attack
  • Man suffers from misdiagnosed broken hip for 18 months
  • Man suffers intense gall bladder pain for 4 years before it ruptures.
  • Man unable to have children wins a 30,000 pound settlement
  • Man with Asperger’s spent 2 decades believing he was mentally ill
  • Man with heart and kidney problems dies after hospital cancel his surgery twice
  • Man wrongly diagnosed with HIV by false test result
  • Man's bladder removed due to cancer misdiagnosed as bladder infection
  • Mans lymphedemia undiagnosed for 20 years
  • Manslaughter for infants death
  • Manufacturers of cholesterol drugs seek non-prescription status
  • Many asthmatics have GERD but present with no symptoms
  • Many cancers are preventable
  • Many celiacs remain undiagnosed
  • Many diabetes sufferers suffer psychologically from their condition
  • Many diets not based on scientific facts
  • Many Pakistani workers were being blatantly exposed to asbestos from rocks
  • Many people suffering from fainting spells may actually have heart conditions
  • Many possible triggers for depression
  • Many promising new cancer drugs are in late-stage trials
  • Many UK students are suffering from undiagnosed eye problems
  • Many women may be suffering from undiagnosed ADHD
  • Man’s case against doctors over his leg amputation fails
  • Man’s leg amputated after being given double strength thyroid tablets
  • Man’s misdiagnosis and mistreatment continues for a decade
  • Man’s misdiagnosis lead to death
  • Marijuana provokes mental illness
  • Marijuana uses shown to induce short-lived schizophrenia like symptoms
  • Mass hepatitis misdiagnosis
  • Mastectomy-only raises risk of breast cancer recurrence
  • Maternal exposure to solvent may influence child's language skills and behavioral development
  • Maternal smoking influences adult asthma
  • Maternity mistake causes new parents grief
  • MBL protein level linked to heart attack risk in diabetics
  • Medical error causes girls death following routine surgery
  • Medical error in surgery causes debilitating death
  • Medical error is the leading cause of death in the US
  • Medical error results in no harm
  • Medical errors still prevalent in the US
  • Medical expert denies any proven link between salt consumption and hypertension
  • Medical interpreters not to be children
  • Medical malpractice charge on anesthetist due to asphyxiation during surgery
  • Medical malpractice insurance reform plan
  • Medical malpractice lawsuit filed but doctor can't be found
  • Medical malpractice lawsuits could be reduced by doctors being willing to apologise and talk to victims
  • Medical malpractice over brain damage in delivery 10 years ago
  • Medical malpractice over neglected surgical instrument in patients' abdomen
  • Medical malpractice prevents doctor from practising
  • Medical misconduct denied over seizure
  • Medical mistake in removal of wrong kidney
  • Medical mistakes owned by pro-active British physicians
  • Medical negligence allegedly ends in boy's death from shock
  • Medication and hypertension
  • Medication change and lack of monitoring result in permanent brain damage
  • Medication concern for osteoarthritis
  • Medication error blamed on doctors
  • Medication error has no long term effect on patient
  • Medication error involving malaria medication results in over $202,000 being awarded
  • Medication error lead to exacerbation of schizophrenia
  • Medication errors result in elderly deaths
  • Medication is ineffective on stress urinary incontinence
  • Medication overdose for heart patients
  • Medications can cause potentially fatal Stevens Johnson Syndrome
  • Meditation improves blood pressure even in children
  • Mediterranean diet is a positive step towards good health
  • Mediterranean diet put to the test
  • Melanoma know how.
  • Melanoma, a recurring cancer
  • Melatonin a treatment for abdominal condition
  • Melatonin gives asthmatics a better nights sleep
  • Melatonin not helpful in most sleep disorders
  • Melbourne Hospital delays informing patients of possible exposure to CJD
  • Memory loss is not a normal part of aging
  • Men and osteoporosis
  • Men can suffer PMS too
  • Men less likely to seek help for depression than women
  • Men taking hypertension drugs can also safely use Viagra
  • Meningitis claims a young victim
  • Meningitis death from hospital mismanagement
  • Meningitis misdiagnosis often fatal
  • Meningitis warning
  • Meningococcal test offers hope
  • Mental abilities may be compromised by high blood pressure
  • Mental disorders can be detected in young children
  • Mental illness being reassigned to prison
  • Merck faces 465 lawsuits so far
  • Merck faces nearly 500 lawsuits over Vioxx
  • Mesothelioma death leads to ?180,000 settlement
  • Mesothelioma expected to increase over the next 40 years
  • Metabolic syndrome (X)
  • Metabolic syndrome and heart disease risk
  • Metabolic syndrome can be treated with a low carbohydrate diet and exercise
  • Metabolic syndrome mechanism defined
  • Micropenis may be corrected by surgery
  • Midwife sued over brain damaged infant
  • Midwives under scrutiny as 2 home deliveries die
  • Migraine sufferers face increased stroke risk
  • Migraines frequently misdiagnosed and underdiagnosed
  • Migraines more than just a headache
  • Mild asthma can be controlled without preventers
  • Military ignores symptoms of a young soldier suffering from a brain eating disease
  • Military technology used to diagnose breast cancer
  • Milk fatty acids prevents cancer and arthritis
  • Minimally invasive laser surgery and stents provide effective treatment for blocked areteries
  • Minor illnesses contributing to pressure in the ER
  • Miracle baby for cancer victim
  • Mirtazapine can greatly reduced depression rates in stroke patients
  • Miscarriage influenced by excess weight
  • Misdiagnosed aneurysm leads to wife's vegetative state
  • Misdiagnosed cancer in 12 year old boy
  • Misdiagnosed heart attack leads to young man's death.
  • Misdiagnosed jailed man sues
  • Misdiagnosed lupus sufferer improves after diagnosis and treatment
  • Misdiagnosed Lyme disease leaves man with severe neurological damage
  • Misdiagnosed melanoma means young man has to start a fight for life
  • Misdiagnosed meningococcal disease leads to death
  • Misdiagnosed ovarian cancer leads to poorer prognosis
  • Misdiagnosed spinal cyst leads to paraplegia
  • Misdiagnoses of mental illness
  • Misdiagnosis appeal reduces $2,66 million to $675,000
  • Misdiagnosis at birth leads to kidney donations from boys mother and aunt
  • Misdiagnosis can leave the real problem undetected for years
  • Misdiagnosis common for joint disease
  • Misdiagnosis in female ADHD
  • Misdiagnosis leads to wrongful death suit
  • Misdiagnosis of acute appendicitis almost costs patient their life
  • Misdiagnosis of drug allergy ends in $1 million award for medical malpractice
  • Misdiagnosis of fetal death during pregnancy nearly results in live baby's death
  • Misdiagnosis of heart condition causes heart ache
  • Misdiagnosis of meningitis results in boys leg amputations
  • Misdiagnosis of rare brain tumor
  • Misdiagnosis of shoulder injury causes lawsuit
  • Misdiagnosis results in unnecessary hysterectomy
  • Mistaken breast removal
  • Mixing grapefruit and cholesterol reducing drugs can be lethal
  • Mobile phone use not found to cause cancer
  • Moderate asthmatics do not benefit from an aggressive initial treatment approach
  • Moderate caffeine consumption is not harmful
  • Moderate drinking has protective effect against type 2 diabetes
  • Moebius syndrome
  • More and more children are being diagnosed with type 1 diabetes
  • More available treatments for dementia
  • More negative views on Atkins diet
  • More options now available for kidney stone removal.
  • More than 1 million people in UK suffer from a pain disease often misunderstood or ignored by doctors
  • More than 29 people die of AIDS due to late detection.
  • More than half of IPF sufferers misdiagnosed
  • More that 10 percent of Americans being treated for depression
  • More to diabetes diagnosis
  • More to smoking than just cancer
  • More Vioxx lawsuits
  • More women than men suffer from sexual dysfunction
  • More women using natural hormones for menopause therapy
  • Morphine error leads to man's death
  • Mortality Due to Hospital Errors Are Underestimated
  • Most people seek alternative therapy to beat cancer
  • Mother allegedly withheld insulin from dead daughter
  • Mother awarded $60,000 after a failed abortion
  • Mother awarded 25000 pounds after baby's wrongful death
  • Mother receives $8,269.50 for allegedly botched birth leading to brain damage
  • Mother survives pregnancy with leukemia
  • Mother wrongly told her newborn was suffering from brain damage
  • Mother's chances of survival at 7 percent due to delayed diagnosis of cancer
  • Mother's diagnosis of meningitis
  • Mother’s diet affects children’s leukemia risk
  • MRI dangers with carelessness
  • MRSA caused coma in woman
  • MS cause coming to light
  • Multi-resistant bacteria found in hospital patients
  • Multiple sclerosis inhibited in those with greater exposure to younger siblings
  • Multiple sclerosis occurs in 1.1 million people worldwide
  • Mum threatens to take legal action over daughter’s death

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  • Narcissistic personality disorder
  • Narcolepsy often undiagnosed for a long time
  • Native Americans at significant risk for heart problems
  • Natural celery based product pushed as a replacement for Vioxx
  • Natural cholesterol lowering drug has now side effects
  • Natural disaster continuing death toll
  • Natural treatment for high cholesterol
  • Naturally occurring gas causing 20,000 lung cancer deaths in Europe
  • Naturopath sued for wrongful death
  • Nearly 20 percent of people erroneously believe they have a food allergy
  • Necrotizing Fasciitis destroying lives
  • Need for unnecessary prostate cancer may be reduced with new risk assessment technique
  • Negligence lawsuit over undiagnosed blood clot death fails
  • Negligence over young boy’s death in hospital
  • Negligent general physician sued over breast cancer
  • Negligent lawsuit filed against hospital over false HIV-positive
  • Neonatal herpes proposed tracking
  • Neuropathic pain is may be difficult to diagnose
  • New 'type' of medicine harming patients.
  • New Advexin tumor shrinking drug developed
  • New age for prescriptions
  • New allergy test approved by the FDA
  • New anthrax test proven to be accurate and very quick
  • New antiviral treatment proposed for asthmatics
  • New appetite suppressant has good results
  • New asthma drug has novel approach
  • New beta blocker safer for treating high blood pressure in diabetics
  • New bipolar drug subsidized by the Australian government
  • New bladder cancer surgery technique carries fewer risks
  • New blood pressure drugs overwhelmingly more effective than older drugs
  • New blood test enable diagnosis of Devic's syndrome
  • New blood vessel plaque removal system results in better outcomes.
  • New bowel cancer screening anticipates greater participation
  • New BPH drug has fewer side effects
  • New brain cancer treatment improves prognosis
  • New breakthrough in spinal cord injury recovery
  • New breakthrough with chemotherapy technology for childhood bone cancer
  • New breast cancer drug faces imminent approval
  • New breast cancer drug more successful than tamoxifen in postmenopausal women
  • New breast cancer drug show promising results
  • New breast cancer treatment being utilized
  • New breast cancer treatment offers another option for sufferers
  • New cancer drug full steam ahead with commercial development
  • New Chinese herbal drug claims to treat wide range of skin disorders
  • New device allows rapid testing for hypothyroidism
  • New device assists patients with heart failure
  • New device permits painless anesthesia delivery prior to vascular treatment
  • New diabetes drug improves existing treatments
  • New diabetes type 1 vaccine to begin human trials
  • New diagnostic technique for pre-diabetes
  • New diet wonder drug - Accomplia
  • New diet works by counting mouthfuls
  • New Dietary Guidelines support numerous research results
  • New discovery on cause of type 2 diabetes
  • New disorder discovered that causes adult tremors
  • New drug aimed at providing a tan, improving sex life and reducing weight
  • New drug approved for treatment of nerve damage pain
  • New drug approved for treatment of pain associated with diabetic neuropathy
  • New drug can assist in reducing deaths from food allergies
  • New drug can assist in reducing the deaths from food allergies
  • New drug for Crohn’s disease sufferers
  • New drug prevents vision loss
  • New drug promises asthma cure
  • New drug provides hope for mesothelioma sufferers
  • New drug proving effective in reducing cancer cells following chemotherapy
  • New drug receives approval for use against only one type of cancer
  • New drug strategy for asthmatics
  • New drug treatment for Wilson's disease show's promise
  • New dual therapy for cancer treatment
  • New Ephedra alternative aimed to promote weight loss
  • New eye disease detection equipment receives FDA approval
  • New eye test may be able to correctly diagnose ADHD
  • New fast anthrax test approved by the FDA
  • New gain in Chronic Fatigue awareness
  • New Heart Disease risk factors
  • New Hep C diagnostic test
  • New impotence drug safer for cardiac patients
  • New in utero tests on offer
  • New intravenous catheter component identified as infection source
  • New live rabies vaccine developed
  • New long-lasting epidural injection provides better pain control
  • New lung cancer drug offers longer survival hope
  • New mesothelioma drug shows promising results in mice
  • New monthly oral pill for osteoporosis treatment due for release
  • New mother dies from midwife's error
  • New MS drug hits the market in 2005
  • New mum’s breast cancer diagnosed as mastitis
  • New non-invasive treatment for fibroids
  • New option for throat cancer surgery helps save voice
  • New options for treatment of GERD can reduce dependence on medication
  • New osteoporosis drug may prevent many fractures
  • New pancreatic cancer drug trial provides hope for improved survival rates
  • New potato contains fewer carbohydrates and calories
  • New practice for knee replacements
  • New prostate cancer marker encouraging
  • New radiation technology may be capable of detecting malignancy
  • New research confirms previous findings about cancer and pregnancy
  • New research shows lung blood clots can lead to pulmonary hypertension
  • New research suggests that low birth weight is not linked to increased risk of high cholesterol in adults
  • New results on Bextra implicates whole cox-2 inhibitor class of drugs
  • New risk factors may be associated with cardiovascular disease risk
  • New rules governing operating rooms designed to prevent errors
  • New sign for heart attack
  • New skin cream claims to be the most effective yet
  • New skull bone tissue grown from fat-derived stem cells
  • New studies show that previously determined numbers of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome sufferers were underestimated
  • New surgery treats fibroids effectively without invasive surgery
  • New surgical interventions for osteoporosis
  • New surgical treatment for ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms saves lives
  • New surgical treatment for Small Jaw Syndrome
  • New topical oil therapy for rosacea and acne developed
  • New treatment for esophageal cancer involves laser light
  • New trial shows benefits of low carbohydrate diet
  • New uterine fibroid treatment drug show promising results
  • New weapon being developed against metastatic cancer
  • New website offers information that should raise competitiveness of drugs
  • Newborn accidentally given methadone milk
  • Newborn dies when 100 times normal dose of morphine injected
  • Newborn screening expanded in Australia
  • Newborn size determined by level of sugar control in diabetic mothers
  • Niacin increases HDL levels thus reducing heart disease risk
  • NIAID talks down concerns over HIV/AIDS drug
  • Nicotine levels in suicide victims higher than average
  • Nicotine levels in suicide victims higher than average on autopsy
  • Niemann Pick Disease
  • Night-time splinting effective symptom relief for carpal tunnel syndrome sufferers
  • No consensus reached on how often women should have breast cancer screening done
  • No damages awarded in wrongful death suit
  • Nobel Prize for Medicine to discoverers of bacteria causing ulcers
  • Non-alcoholic beer may inhibit cancer
  • Non-Hodgkin’s disease link with autoimmune conditions
  • Non-hormone osteoporosis drugs taking over hormonal drugs
  • Non-invasive method of testing for HIV invented
  • Non-invasive option available for women suffering from heavy periods
  • Non-steroid eczema cream may prevent development of asthma
  • Non-surgical treatment for reflux
  • Nondiagnosis of a newborn's condition results in developmental delays and huge costs.
  • Normal pressure hydrocephalus frequently misdiagnosed in the elderly
  • Nose surgery ended in brain damage
  • Not enough mammogram clinics or professionals to interpret them
  • Novel cancer treatment saves man from amputation
  • Novel migraine cure devised by dentist
  • Novel treatment for matastatic prostate cancer being developed
  • NPH often misdiagnosed as Alzheimer’s
  • Nurse sued over morphine mistake
  • Nurse suspended from aged home for drug errors
  • Nurse warned over medication errors
  • Nursing home blamed
  • Nutrition is a vital element in fighting mesothelioma
  • Nutritional supplements improves efficacy of antidepressants in many

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  • Obese dieters are not prone to eating disorders
  • Obese women might be misdiagnosed with asthma
  • Obesity also risk for cancer
  • Obesity causing dramatic increase in diabetes
  • Obesity increases risk of complications during pregnancy
  • Obesity increasing the bottom line
  • Obesity is associated with an increased risk of many conditions
  • Obesity is the cause of surging diabetes figures
  • Obesity leads to liver disease
  • Obesity linked to esophageal precancerous condition
  • Obesity linked to reflux diseases and esophageal cancer
  • Obesity shows no signs of abating
  • Obesity surgery carries risks
  • Obstetrician cleared of negligence in cerebral palsy case
  • Obstetrician sued for cerebral palsy baby in historic settlement
  • Obstetrician suspended for a year and another doctor reprimanded for misdiagnosis
  • Obstetrics and litigation backlash
  • Occupational exposure to asbestos results in death
  • Occupational exposure to pesticides link to cancer
  • Occupational lung disease is the lead cause of work-related illness in the US
  • Oil company allegedly hides truth behind man's illness
  • Oily fish helps prevent asthma in children
  • Old drug once ruled unsafe now proving useful
  • Old ingredient has new use for skin cancer
  • Older women unaware of osteoporosis risk
  • Omega 3 may be the key to unlock postnatal depression
  • Omega-3 fatty acids may improve mental health as well as prevent heart disease
  • One million children die unnecessarily every year because they don’t wash their hands
  • One quarter of all Indians have diabetes
  • Onions may help prevent cancer
  • Only 200 people world wide diagnosed with rare disorder
  • Only certain vegetables and fruits may have cancer fighting properties
  • Only one quarter of women benefit from Rogaine hair loss treatment
  • Only some of breast cancer causes are known
  • Open heart surgery for 2 year old
  • Operation options for obesity
  • Optimistic people tend to live a longer healthier life than pessimistic people
  • Oral allergy syndrome
  • Oral cancer not considered important risk factor by smokers
  • Oral contraceptive use may increase risk of high blood pressure
  • Oral estrogen directly increases the risk of ovarian cancer
  • Oral health and overall wellbeing
  • Oral health can be utilized to diagnose osteoporosis
  • Oral health linked to hospital-acquired pneumonia in elderly patients
  • Oral health problems more prevalent in diabetics with poor sugar level control
  • Organ rejection drug helps lupus patients
  • Organ rejection drug helps renal lupus patients
  • Organisation prevents awareness of PCOS symptoms
  • Orthopedic surgeon may have to face over 70 lawsuits
  • Osteoarthritis benefits from natural products
  • Osteoporosis and 'the pill'.
  • Osteoporosis can be avoided by taking precautions
  • Osteoporosis detectable in nails
  • Osteoporosis drug (Forteo) can increase bone mass by 15 percent in two years
  • Osteoporosis drug effective even in the very elderly
  • Osteoporosis drug had preventative effect against breast cancer
  • Osteoporosis drug may be effective in breast cancer prevention
  • Osteoporosis drug may reduce knee damage from osteoarthritis
  • Osteoporosis is a 'silent' disease affecting many women
  • Osteoporosis is a serious disease often undiagnosed
  • Osteoporosis prevention begins in childhood
  • Osteoporosis rates expected to increase with reduced useage of HRT
  • Osteoporosis risk defined for degenerative disease treatment being developed
  • Osteoporosis threat increases as it continues to be underdiagnosed
  • Osteoporosis, a burdening disease
  • Osteoporotic drugs fight on bones
  • OTC cholesterol drug proposal rejected by FDA
  • OTC NSAIDs put aspirin users at greater risk
  • Ovarian cancer detection delayed
  • Ovarian cancer diagnosed in woman a decade after a hysterectomy
  • Ovarian cancer symptoms often subtle until disease progresses
  • Over the counter drugs and older drugs should not necessarily safe
  • Over the counter emergency contraception
  • Overweight asthmatics should be encouraged to lose weight
  • Overweight children being underdiagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes
  • Overweight children face increased risk of adult cancer
  • Overweight children face increased risk of adult cancer proportional to BMI
  • Overweight men risk having their prostate cancer misdiagnosed
  • Overweight pregnant mothers risk future obesity in offspring
  • Overweight women more likely to fall pregnant while on the Pill
  • Ozone pollution linked to increased death rates

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  • Packaging of iron supplements reduces poisonings
  • Paediatrician acknowledges his mistake led to a two year old boy's death
  • Pain in elderly people may actually be associated with symptoms of depression
  • Pain medicine often prescribed for arthritis sufferers may prove beneficial for prostate cancer sufferers.
  • Pain more than just a sensation
  • Painkiller overdose kills man after horseback injury
  • Pancreas transplants improve diabetes and complications
  • Pancreatic cancer link to processed meats
  • Pancreatic cancer surgery less common in black men
  • Pancreatic cells implicated in PCOS
  • Paracetamol a safe and effective alternative to other anti-inflammatories
  • Paralysis and Guillain-Barre Syndrome
  • Parasites help heal stomach disorders
  • Parasites infect up to half of aboriginal population
  • Parents awarded $225,000 after baby dies at fourth foster home
  • Parents freed after son dies through lack of medical attention
  • Parents jailed for allowing cancer to ravage daughter's body
  • Parents need to be educated on how to control their child’s asthma
  • Parents need to be more aware of Rotavirus
  • Parents of snakebite victim have their day in court
  • Parents sue hospital for malpractice when girl dies of easily treatable bacterial infection
  • Parents sue over botched circumcision
  • Parents told daughter had fatal Batten's disease but discover it was epilepsy
  • Parents want answers for dead children.
  • Parkinson disease-like side effects of anti-dementia drugs
  • Parkinson's disease
  • Parkinson's disease association with insecticides
  • Parkinson's disease can be diagnosed by testing sense of smell
  • Parkinson's symptoms improved with gene therapy
  • Parkinsons drug may prove effective against fibromyalgia symptoms
  • Parry Romberg Syndrome
  • Partially blind, color blind surgeon continues to practice despite lawsuits
  • Passive smoking during childhood increases risk of adult lung cancer
  • Paternal age also factors in Down’s syndrome risk
  • Pathologist at hospital not punished for a litany of errors
  • Pathologist tries to hide misdiagnosis
  • Patient obesity can cause imaging results to lead to misdiagnosis or no diagnosis
  • Patient-controlled analgesia prone to medication error
  • Patients angry over cessation of clinical trials for a Parkinson's drug
  • Patients in Sri-Lanka are receiving inadequate care after having a stroke
  • Patients need to be more aware of the effectiveness of various colorectal cancer screening options
  • PCOS alleviated by diabetes drug
  • PCOS may be improved by the diet drug Xenical
  • Peanut allergy
  • Peanut allergy recurrence prevented by regular peanut consumption
  • Pelvic floor exercises helps men with erectile dysfunction
  • Penicillin allergy more prevalent in women
  • People about to begin an exercise program as well as athletes need to be checked for heart abnormalities
  • People need to be aware of stroke symptoms and prevention
  • People who faint regularly need to have their heart checked
  • People who received blood transfusions prior to 1975 may have been infected with Hepatitis C
  • People with certain conditions should be wary of smallpox vaccines
  • Performance of blood pressure drug being questioned
  • Period pain
  • Peripheral artery disease affects one third of diabetics over 50
  • Peripheral neuropathy is a common complication of stomach stapling to treat obesity
  • Persistent pulmonary hypertension needs rapid diagnosis and treatment
  • Persistent vegetative state still difficult to diagnose
  • Personalities do not affect cancer risk
  • Pertussis vaccine booster recommended
  • Pesticides may cause lung cancer
  • PET scans have a 91 percent accuracy for Alzheimer's diagnosis
  • Pfizer denies and problems with Celebrex
  • Pfizer releases Bextra risks information
  • Pharmaceutical company wins one case and pays $250,000 in another diet drug case
  • Pharmaceuticals company presenting information on drug trial for Lupus renal disease treatment.
  • Pharmaceuticals company shows results of a study done on a new drug treatment for IBS
  • Pharmacist dispenses wrong drug
  • Pharmacy gives infant heart drugs 10 times the prescribed dosage
  • Phthalates in plastics linked to childhood allergies
  • Physical activity significantly improves breast cancer outcomes for patients
  • Physician has license suspended following the investigation of four abortion cases
  • Physician loses medical license after illegally prescribing drugs
  • Physician re-tried for misconduct over chest examination
  • Physicians claim that taking Vioxx was taking health risks
  • Picotamide may be more effective in diabetics than aspirin
  • PID misdiagnosis can have serious consequences
  • Pig disease affecting humans
  • Pill-sized camera allows never seen before footage of the esophagus
  • Plaintiff awarded $115,000 in diet drug case
  • Plant derived drug helps alleviate menopausal symptoms
  • Plant protein may protect against some human diseases
  • PMS symptoms reduced with pill
  • Pocket card calculated risk of dying
  • Poland syndrome, a rare disorder
  • Policosanol more effective and safer than statin drugs
  • Pollution effects minimized by blood-pressure drugs
  • Polypharmacy in the elderly
  • Pomegranate juice beneficial for developing brains
  • Poor compliance of elderly with antihypertensives
  • Poor diet and lack of exercise a close second in the number of deaths it causes.
  • Poor eyesight, not ADHD causing bad behavior at school
  • Poor fetal outcomes a sign of lupus
  • Poor follow-up of survivors of stroke
  • Poor glucose control in teenage diabetics may compromise their bone formation
  • Poor glucose monitoring in diabetic women during pregnancy reduces the chances of a good outcome
  • Poor rural Chinese have never even heard of depression
  • Poor screening results for ovarian cancer detection
  • Poor women are undereducated about cancer screening
  • Popular asthma drug may increase risk of death
  • Possible cause of tissue damage in diabetics found
  • Possible predictor for prostate cancer found
  • Post-operative pain reduce through new pump delivery of pail relief
  • Post-operative stroke results in court case
  • Postnatal depression and colic
  • Postoperative death results from undiagnosed condition
  • Postpartum depression is a commonly misdiagnosed disorder affecting 10 - 17 percent of women
  • Potassium deficiency may be linked to rheumatoid arthritis
  • Poverty driving up anemia rates
  • Power lines may increase risk of childhood leukemia
  • Powerful brain scans may be able to diagnose bipolar disorder
  • Predictors of meningitis
  • Preeclampsia is a serious condition faced by some pregnant women
  • Preeclampsia sufferers at greater risk of HELLP syndrome during pregnancy
  • Pregnancy complications higher for rheumatoid arthritic mothers
  • Pregnancy diet could increase the risk of cancer in offspring
  • Pregnancy has no effect of skin cancer growth
  • Pregnancy syndrome risks maternal and fetal death
  • Pregnancy-induced hypertension predicts metabolic syndrome in later life.
  • Pregnant diabetics at higher risk for birth defects
  • Pregnant women need to manage their asthma control adequately
  • Premature birth increases diabetes risk
  • Prematurity brings complications
  • Prescription error lands hospital in court over cerebral palsy boy
  • Preservation of fertility in cancer patients
  • Pressure-lowering eye drops effective against glaucoma
  • Prevention is the key to controlling surging numbers of HIV/AIDS
  • Prevention of osteoporosis in cystic fibrosis
  • Prisoners complain of inadequate health care
  • Problem of shortage of islet cell donors
  • Prolonged diagnosis causes loss of testicle for adolescent
  • Prolonged NSAIDs usage implicated in increased cancer risk
  • Prolonged use of HIV treatment leads to heart disease and stroke
  • Promiscuity linked to prostate cancer
  • Promised label warning on heart drug still not done after 1 year
  • Promising drugs raise dilemma of whether benefits outweigh the risks
  • Proposed over the counter cholesterol drug still under doubt
  • Prostate cancer active surveillance
  • Prostate cancer incidence increasing in Nigerian men
  • Prostate cancer often caused by lack of exposure to natural sunlight
  • Prostate cancer prognosis may be predicted by measuring levels of beta-catenin
  • Prostate cancer recurrence linked to obesity
  • Prostate cancer risk reduced in diabetics
  • Prostate cancer risk reduced in patients with long term diabetes
  • Prostate cancer screening dilemma
  • Prostate cancer treatment has negative effect on sexual and urinary functioning
  • Prostate cancer vaccine improves survival rates
  • Prostate cancer victims need more focus on osteoporosis prevention
  • Prostate enlargement treatment options
  • Prostate enlargement treatment research
  • Protein biomarkers for lupus have been identified
  • Protein implicated in mental disorders has been discovered
  • Protein responsible for longevity has been discovered
  • Proximity to old toxic waste storage sites may be linked to increased risk of conditions such as respiratory disease
  • Prozac combined with “talk therapy” most effective in treating teenage depression
  • Prozac may be effective against chemo resistant tumours
  • PSA test to determine presence of prostate cancer is proving ineffective
  • PSA tests are not as "useless" as the inventor claims
  • PSA tests not clear on prostate cancer risk
  • Pschological disorder incidence higher in diabetics
  • Pulmonary arterial hypertension awareness needs to be raised
  • Pulmonary hypertension often misdiagnosed
  • Pulmonary hypertension often misdiagnosed as asthma or heart disease
  • PVD sufferers show improvement after trialing new drug
  • Pycnogenol helpful in asthma therapy study

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  • Rabies kills 30,000 people in India each year
  • Racial discrepancy with diet and breast cancer
  • Radiation seed therapy a new option of prostate cancer treatment
  • Radio Frequency procedure effective against chronic pain
  • Radio waves to be assessed as a potential cancer therapy
  • Radioactive chip kills cancer cells
  • Radiologist faces medical malpractice case
  • Rare condition puts doctors at risk of malpractice
  • Rare conditions: venous malformation
  • Rare disease shows huge range of symptoms which are often misdiagnosed
  • Rare genetic disorder misdiagnosed for three years
  • Rare heart disorder often fatal if undiagnosed
  • Rare overeating disease
  • Rare sexually transmitted disease re-emerging
  • Rare STD expected to infect America
  • Rare surgery changes boys life
  • Rate of erectile dysfunction increases after a kidney transplant in men
  • Rates of breast cancer increasing, but fatalities decreasing
  • Reader's Digest 10 Diseases Doctors Miss
  • Reason for increasing incidence of type 1 diabetes is a mystery
  • Reason for man's death misdiagnosed
  • Recall for Breast Cancer screening
  • Recent studies involving contraceptive pill risks may be flawed
  • Recently discovered gene defect may be the cause of some types of depression
  • Reckless teen behavior and depression link
  • Recognising Poland Syndrome
  • Recommendation for screening of newborns for cystic fibrosis often leads to better prognosis
  • Record amount awarded for medical malpractice leading to death
  • Recurrent nosebleeds to be taken seriously
  • Red meat consumption in older women linked to diabetes
  • Red meat consumption linked to higher risk of type 2 diabetes
  • Red wine and dementia prevention
  • Red wine may half the risk of prostate cancer
  • Red wine reduces lung cancer risk
  • Redefining autism
  • Reduced libido could be caused by a number of conditions
  • Reduced-fat diary diet to lower blood pressure
  • Reflux can cause severe or even fatal complications
  • Reflux in detail
  • Reflux medication tied with Clostridium gut infection
  • Regional block performed without consent leads to a $1.5 million verdict
  • Regular immune therapy reduces pollen allergy and hence asthma
  • Rehydration solutions for children with gastro
  • Relationship established between diabetes and cancer
  • Repetitive strain injury in mobile phone users
  • Reports on children’s ADHD symptoms from parents just as accurate as those from teachers
  • Research examines ginger’s effect on nausea
  • Research finds inappropriate treatment of adolescent depression
  • Research has reported scientific proof to support benefits of chamomile tea
  • Research indicates that chronic fatigue syndrome is not a psychiatric disorder
  • Research into HIV vaccination impresses scientists
  • Research shows asthma inhaler recommendation unbeneficial
  • Researcher impressed by short-term results of Atkins diet
  • Researchers aim to develop a blood test to determine presence of cancer
  • Researchers compare two diets
  • Researchers developing ways of halting onset of diabetes.
  • Researchers discover altered gene activity in people with depression
  • Researchers discover how radiation causes gut damage
  • Researchers discover new gene variations that increase breast cancer risk
  • Researchers discover part of brain that is partly responsible for weight control
  • Researchers evaluate a range of weight loss diets
  • Researchers examine how to reduce toxoplasmosis encephalitis in HIV patients
  • Researchers examine relationship between prostate cancer and high cholesterol
  • Researchers find that urine protein measurement can determine preeclampsia risk
  • Researchers investigate relationship between depression and menstrual cycle
  • Researchers point out the high antioxidant level in peanuts
  • Researchers report on how to reduce asthma risk in children
  • Researchers reprogram measles virus to target cancer cells
  • Researchers study the ideal health diet
  • Researchers successfully treat children's cancer with herpes simplex virus
  • Researchers test benefits of osteoporosis drugs on arthritic knees
  • Researchers to test Viagra's effectiveness in treating enlarged hearts
  • Resistant hypertension soon to be manageable
  • Respiratory infections can cause asthma attacks
  • Restaurant cops bill for Salmonella poisoning
  • Restless leg influenced by lack of iron
  • Restless leg syndrome is an unrecognized and underdiagnosed condition
  • Restless Leg Syndrome still difficult to diagnose
  • Restless legs syndrome affects mood
  • Rett Syndrome misdiagnosed as developmental delay
  • Review of trials establishes link between HRT and stroke
  • Rheumatoid arthritis and heart disease link
  • Rheumatoid arthritis influenced by genetics and tobacco
  • Rheumatoid arthritis sufferers face greater risk of silent heart disease
  • Rhinosinusitis diagnosis needs clearer diagnosis guidelines and more research
  • Risk factors for postnatal depression defined
  • Risk of bleeding increases when COX-2 inhibitor use is combined with warfarin
  • Risk of IVF inducing birth defects small
  • Risk of sinus infection increases with Autumn
  • Risky obesity operations
  • Risky obesity surgery
  • Roaccutane a possible link to teens suicide death
  • Robot fights medication errors
  • Robotic surgery provides noninvasive fibroid treatment alternative to hysterectomy
  • Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever on the move
  • Rotavirus vaccine development
  • Rules for sore muscles
  • Running and jumping better than swimming and cycling for building bones
  • Rural blacks fare the worst with regards to diabetes and hypertension

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  • Sadness or grief is not depression
  • Safe sex does not necessarily prevent STDs
  • Salt intake linked to heartburn risk
  • Salt-water aerosol may help spread of certain infectious diseases
  • Salvage radical prostatectomy benefits outweigh the risks
  • Sarcoma’s often misdiagnosed or undiagnosed until it reaches late stages
  • SARS can be spread through tears
  • SARS vaccine to begin human trials
  • Saudi’s who consume locusts to treat diabetes may be risking poisoning
  • Schizophrenia and bipolar disorder have more in common than first though
  • School student receives wrong medication
  • Sciatic: symptom not disease
  • Scientific models explain Cox-2 inhibitor risks
  • Scientists believe in more types of diabetes
  • Scientists develop synthetic protein that may be capable of killing cancer
  • Scientists discover way to give schizophrenia patients individualized treatments
  • Scientists examine effects of lack of activity
  • Scientists find exercise secrets in order to develop a pill to take the place of exercise
  • Scientists may have found clue to cause of depression
  • Scientists reveal how protein causes resistance to anti-cancer therapies
  • Scientists try to develop methods to avoid toxic side effects of chemotherapy
  • Scoliosis causing pain in adults
  • Seafood carries many health benefits
  • Seasonal affective disorder: a winter illness
  • Secret to lung cancer development revealed
  • Selenium may have preventative benefits against certain cancers
  • Self diagnose depression
  • Self harm undiagnosed link to psychological disorder
  • Self-diagnostic allergy kits now available
  • Sense of taste may influence our weight
  • Sensitive tests detect Down’s Syndrome earlier in utero
  • Sensorimotor neuropathy and autonomic neuropathy from diabetes
  • Series of hospital blunders leads to young woman's death
  • Settlement of $1.35 million for premature infant’s stoke
  • Settlement of $500,000 after elderly resident falls 8 times
  • Settlement reached in case where stillborn baby disposed of as hospital waste
  • Settlement reached in medication error case
  • Shaken baby syndrome de facto taken to court
  • Shark cartilage gives false hope as a cancer cure
  • Shocking new treatment for depression
  • Short term use of AST to treat prostate cancer provides survival benefits without significant impact of side effects
  • Shortened life expectancy with hypertension
  • Side effects of prostate cancer treatments may be evident 5 years later
  • Sigmoidoscopy insensitive screening tool for bowel cancer in women
  • Significant improvements have occurred in the area of reducing infections associated with central-line
  • Similar risk factors for kidney infection and urinary tract infection
  • Similarity between some symptoms of asthma and depressive disorders may lead to misdiagnosis
  • Simple procedure alleviates allergy symptoms
  • Simple test usually reserved for those over 50 could uncover genetic emphysema
  • Simple treatments exist for menorrhagia
  • Simple urine test being developed to diagnose kidney cancers
  • Simpler technique being developed to check for breast cancer spread
  • Single use anemia test available free of cost to people at risk of chronic kidney disease
  • Sinusitis factor in prolonged cough
  • Sinusitis symptoms overdiagnosed in child cases
  • Size of waist linked to diabetes
  • Skin cancer rate increasing in Australia
  • Skin cancer risk for children
  • Slaughterhouses are failing to adhere to guidelines which reduce the risk of mad cow disease
  • Sleep apnea can cause depression and high blood pressure
  • Sleep apnea can result in serious health problems
  • Sleep apnea causes 1400 fatalities in America each year
  • Sleep apnea commonly misdiagnosed
  • Sleep apnea is a frequently undiagnosed condition in obese children
  • Sleep apnea poses risk of complications during surgery
  • Sleep deprivation linked to obesity
  • Sleep disorders are a neglected health problem
  • Sleep disorders may be a symptom of mental disorders rather than a cause of it
  • Sleep problems may be linked to mental illness
  • Sleeping disorders may create or worsen asthmatic and ADD symptoms
  • Sleeping position can alleviate effects of acid reflux
  • Sleeping problems pose high risk for adverse health effects
  • Small clinical trial of phenoxodiol shows it may be very effective in improving survival of prostate cancer patients
  • Small strokes cause of dementia
  • Smelling machine to detect lung cancer
  • Smoken' campaign
  • Smokers lose 10 years of their life
  • Smoking addiction
  • Smoking also linked to stomach cancer
  • Smoking and salt increase the risk of acid reflux
  • Smoking can cause oral cancer as well as other serious mouth conditions
  • Smoking can seriously affect vocal cords
  • Smoking increases asthma risk in adults
  • Smoking increases risk of death from COPD
  • Smoking increases the risk of development of hereditary pancreatic cancer
  • Smoking is an escalating world wide problem
  • Smoking may cause Type 2 Diabetes
  • Smoking may trigger familial pancreatic cancer
  • Smoking reduces effectiveness of asthma inhalers
  • Smoking-related deaths increasing worldwide
  • Snoring can be a sign of sleep apnea
  • Snoring children have higher prevalence of asthma
  • Sodium nitroprusside safety in children untested for high blood pressure
  • Software allows accurate visual diagnosis
  • Software can reduce medication error significantly
  • Solarium tanning exposes people to greater skin cancer risk
  • Some allergies can increase the risk of certain blood cancers
  • Some antipsychotic drugs linked to increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes
  • Some epileptics appear to suffer from potentially fatal heart rhythm abnormalities during seizures
  • Some health facts about diet soda
  • Some herbal medications found to contain toxic levels of heavy metals
  • Some OCD symptoms not as recognized as others
  • Some stroke patients may not benefit from immediate surgery
  • South African cactus used to develop appetite suppressant
  • South African cancer risks being defined by research
  • Soy allergy sufferers need to be wary of many foods
  • Soy diet indicated in heart disease
  • Soy health benefits for your prostate
  • Soy reduces incidence of hot flashes in menopausal women
  • Soy, vitamin E and folate are essential for prevention of certain cancers
  • Spartan diet dramatically introduces length of life
  • Spate of shaken baby syndrome offences increases awareness
  • Special milk alleviates insomnia
  • Spina bifida can be avoidable with vitamin supplements
  • Spinal surgery resulting in paraplegia leads to $16 million award
  • Sponge left in man’s arm following surgery
  • St John’s Wort can have a negative effect on many prescription drugs
  • Staph infection outbreak among inmates at jail goes untreated for months
  • Statin drugs carry low risk of muscle damage leading to kidney failure
  • Statins have dual benefit of lowering cholesterol and preventing certain cancers
  • Statins improve heart attack recovery
  • Statins may benefit people at low risk of heart disease
  • Statins to be trialed as asthma drug
  • Statins use with cholesterol and cancer
  • STDs can be transmitted through oral sex as well
  • Stem cell transplant has cured urinary incontinence in small trials
  • Stem Cell transplant study provides hope for severe Lupus sufferers.
  • Stepwise guide to managing asthma
  • Steroid drugs used to treat nephritic syndrome do not affect bone mass
  • Steroid use leads to hysterectomy for one woman
  • Steroids adverse in head trauma
  • Stillborn delivery leads to $375,000 settlement
  • Stimulation treatment aids stroke rehabilitation
  • STI’s becoming a new aged fad
  • Stockpiling anti-flu drug discouraged
  • Stomach cancer originates from bone marrow cells
  • Stomach microflora found to be responsible for allergen tolerance
  • Stomach surgery may increase risk of laryngeal cancer
  • Stress and depression during pregnancy can affect children
  • Stress can trigger short term and long term responses in asthmatics
  • Stress increases risk of heart disease in diabetics
  • Stress is linked to a shorter life
  • Stress provokes exacerbation of diabetes
  • Strict guidelines need to be followed for an accurate blood pressure reading
  • Stroke patient sues doctor for negligence
  • Stroke risk detected with blood tests
  • Stroke sufferers benefit from decrease in blood pressure
  • Studies compare hysterectomy techniques
  • Studies increasingly pointing to diet as a culprit for cancer
  • Studies link chronic kidney disease to increased risk of cardiovascular disease
  • Studies provide more information about relationship between diet and cancer
  • Studies show that pain sufferers are also very prone to depression
  • Study compares Novartis hypertension drug to Pfizer's
  • Study linking asthma to use of cleaning products is misleading says The Soap and Detergent Association
  • Study links ear infections to asthma
  • Study of acne treatment causing depression
  • Study on effects of ephedrine supports FDA's recommendation to ban dietary supplements containing the product
  • Study on new diabetes drug prove effective
  • Study proves that exclusive breastfeeding has protective effect against asthma
  • Study shows 88-140,000 people may have suffered from cardiovascular problems caused by Vioxx
  • Study shows oral contraceptives taken before menopause may reduce risk of cancer and heart disease
  • Subsequent mental illness greater risk for girls with ADHD
  • Sudafed no longer attractive to illicit drug manufacturers
  • Sudden death confronting fit teens
  • Suicide in the elderly
  • Suicide is the main cause of injury deaths in Australia
  • Suicide risk greater in men of less intelligence
  • Sun exposure improves skin cancer survival rates as well as reducing risk of lymph gland cancers
  • Sunscreen protection effective for people with UV-induced lupus erythematosus
  • Superior health within everybody's reach claims a holistic nutritionist
  • Supplemental oxygen improves healing time
  • Surgeon leaves sponge in patient during hysterectomy
  • Surgeon still operating after botched rectal cancer surgeries
  • Surgeon sued for gastric bypass surgery misdemeanors
  • Surgeon sued for misdiagnosis
  • Surgeons poor success rate for kidney transplants being investigated
  • Surgery a viable option for elderly obese
  • Surgery delivers better weight loss than dieting
  • Surgery for prostate cancer benefits younger men
  • Surgery is Being Shown to be a Killer
  • Surgery may reduce asthma
  • Surgery to treat GERD is effective in only 40 percent of children
  • Surgical tools used during spinal operation were soaked in hydraulic fluid
  • Surgical treatment for asthma a posibility
  • Surgical treatment for asthma a possibility
  • Surviving with lung cancer
  • Survivors of 911 may now be at risk of mesothelioma
  • Suspension of Aleve comes as a surprise
  • Suspicion of asthma
  • Symptoms and causes of erythema multiforme
  • Symptoms diagnostic of thyroid disease
  • Symptoms of bipolar depression
  • Symptoms of bipolar disorder defined
  • Symptoms of dipolar
  • Symptoms of old age may be similar to many other treatable conditions
  • Symptoms of ovarian cancer should not be ignored
  • Symptoms of Tourette's Syndrome can have different frequency, form and intensity of symptoms
  • Syndrome X in children

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  • Tailor made anti-hypertensive drugs to order
  • Targeting high blood pressure in young men
  • TB Misdiagnosis in Saudi Arabia
  • Technology contributing to teen eyesight problems
  • Teen allergy results in disability
  • Teen dies from ‘cot death’
  • Teen sex issues
  • Teenage depression solved through therapy rather than medication.
  • Teenage hormone therapy affects fertility
  • Teenager Sues NHS for Misdiagnosis
  • Teenagers and cancer
  • Teenagers are becoming increasingly overweight and their parents are becoming increasingly oblivious
  • Teens choking for a rush
  • Teens fail to protect themselves from HIV
  • Temperature control of feet can prevent ulcers in diabetics
  • Tens of thousands of deaths in hospitals caused by medical errors
  • Terminally ill incapable of delaying their deaths
  • Test for iron overload disease received FDA approval
  • Testicle removal to treat prostate cancer may increase osteoporosis risk
  • Testosterone deprivation treatment in prostate cancer patients causes memory impairment
  • Tests of cocoa substance as a cough suppressant
  • Thai doctors charged with murdering patients to harvest organs
  • Thalidomide surprises cancer victim with remission
  • The 'know how' to cholesterol
  • The 'pill' also prevents ovarian cancer
  • The aftereffects of breast cancer surgery can be treated with exercise
  • The Atkins diet has positives also
  • The cause of anorexia needs to be determined to deliver effective treatment
  • The depression treatment Cymbalta is not safe for some to use
  • The effective breast cancer treatment, Femara, only subsidized for those with advanced cases of the disease
  • The elderly and Native Americans are underrepresented in clinical trials
  • The foods we eat are causing our health problems
  • The Oleic acid component of the olive oil used in the Mediterranean diet may be responsible for breast cancer prevention
  • The poor in the UK are more prone to asthma
  • The probable cause of gestational diabetes has been discovered as a gene variation
  • The UK is trying to stamp out antidepressant use in children and teenagers
  • The whole body toll of high blood pressure
  • The world faces a weight problem of epidemic proportions
  • Therapy to reduce allergies to cats
  • There are natural, harmless treatments available to treat arthritic pain
  • There is an urgent need for Osteoporosis to be considered as a man's and woman's disease.
  • ThermoRods reduce PSA levels in men with prostate cancer following radiation therapy
  • Three doctors cleared of manslaughter charges in meningitis death
  • Three medical malpractice cases brought against different doctors
  • Three new clinical drug trials attempt to find a way of stemming the rise in HIV infections
  • Three new drug trials related to HIV about to commence
  • Three tests fail bring cervical cancer to doctors attention
  • Thyroid disease can affect cholesterol levels
  • Thyroid disease frequently undiagnosed
  • Thyroid disorder underdiagnosed and misdiagnosed
  • Thyroid disorders frequently undiagnosed especially in women
  • Time taken from diagnosis of prostate cancer to surgery not influential on recurrence
  • Timing of antibiotics can have a huge effect on wound infections
  • Toddler overcomes cerebral palsy misdiagnosis
  • Tooth loss in older women may contribute to hypertension
  • Top sportsman returns to professional sport after kidney transplant
  • Tourette Syndrome affects about 1 percent of population
  • Toxic mould syndrome frequently wrongly diagnosed
  • Traditional breast cancer pill no longer the best choice
  • Traditional herbal remedies being studied provide positive results
  • Trans fats may cause memory and learning decline
  • Treatment being developed for female sexual dysfunction
  • Treatment may now be possible for early diagnosed cases of Niemann-Pick disease
  • Treatment options are available for excessive menstrual bleeding
  • Trials involving epilepsy drug as obesity and diabetes treatment cease over safety concerns
  • Trials with mice shows hope for human muscular dystrophy sufferers.
  • Trichotillomania is a rare compulsive hair pulling disorder
  • Triple test proposed for prostate cancer screening
  • Tuberculosis in children may be diagnosed using simpler test
  • Tumor recurrence in mesothelioma patients may be prevented by chemo prior to surgery
  • Turkish deaths from bird flu not pandemic
  • Two cancer patients suspected of spreading TB to 19 other people
  • Two hospitals agree to a $31 million and $395 million settlement
  • Two hospitals faced lawsuits over undiagnosed cancer leading to death
  • Two medical mistakes performed in same hospital
  • Two new drugs approved by FDA
  • Two people sue over wrongful sex-change
  • Two rare but painful conditions often misdiagnosed
  • Two sisters face different prognosis due to late diagnosis
  • Two thirds of thyroid problems undiagnosed
  • Two women develop chronic Lyme disease because doctors were unable to diagnose their condition

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  • UK aging population will stretch cancer resources in the future
  • UK Autopsy Study of Misdiagnosis
  • UK government gets serious about averting high salt consumption
  • Ulcers can be mild or severe.
  • Ultrasound treatment may cure prostate cancer
  • Ultrasounds do not affect a child's growth or development
  • Umbilical cord blood may provide allergy clues
  • Uncontrollable Vomiting is an Illness
  • Uncontrolled diabetes can have serious consequences
  • Uncontrolled diabetes increases complications in later life
  • Undergoing a vaginal delivery following a previous cesarean poses only a small risk
  • Underweight arthritic patients are more prone to death from cardiovascular disease
  • Undiagnosed ADHD could lead to obesity
  • Undiagnosed brain tumour put down to stress
  • Undiagnosed brittle bone disease in infants may lead to allegations of abuse by parents
  • Undiagnosed broken hip caused death
  • Undiagnosed diabetes can lead to heart problems
  • Undiagnosed endometriosis misdiagnosed as depression results in hysterectomy
  • Undiagnosed golden staph leads to death of healthy young man
  • Undiagnosed iron overload disease proves fatal
  • Undiagnosed ruptured intestine after car accident kills woman one week later
  • Undiagnosed treatable tropical disease Strongyloides is resulting in deaths
  • Undiagnosed woman dies of pneumonia
  • Undiangosed kidney disease a common problem
  • Unhealthy lifestyles and stress are wreaking havoc on Chinese men’s health
  • Unmade beds can exterminate dust mites
  • Unnecessary surgery for asthma misdiagnosed as dissecting aorta
  • Untreate Hepatitis B can lead to liver cancer or liver failure
  • Untreated anaphylaxis can be fatal
  • Untreated appendicitis can lead to death
  • Untreated asthma affects male and female fetuses differently
  • Untreated gastroesophgeal reflux disease leads to poor quality of life
  • Untreated heartburn can lead to serious conditions
  • Up to 1/3 of infected people remain unaware they had AIDS
  • Up to 24,000 Canadians die every year because of medical errors
  • Up to ¼ of bipolar disorder sufferers attempt suicide due to delayed diagnosis
  • US has highest rate of medical malpractice
  • Use of estrogen by women with hysterectomies may increase the risk of gallbladder disease
  • Uterine biopsies are a poor diagnostic tool for uterine cancer because of the level of dissension over the results.
  • Uterine cancers can be symptomatic or asymptomatic
  • Uterine fibroids linked to failed fertility
  • UVB increases number of moles in mice

    V

  • Vaccination a life saver against meningitis
  • Vaccination prevents whooping cough deaths
  • Vaccine for cervical cancer
  • Vaccine for late onset shingles
  • Vaccine hope for food allergies
  • Vaccine to prevent cervical cancer
  • Vaginal birth following prior cesarean does not significantly increase risk of complications
  • Vaginal hysterectomies have a shorter recovery time than traditional hysterectomies
  • Valtrex may be used to treat shingles, genital herpes and cold sores
  • Varicose vein laser approved for use in superficial leg veins
  • Varicose veins can be treated using a simple procedure
  • Vegetable compound to be tested for its effect on cervical cancer
  • Vegetarian diets can include all required vitamins and nutrients
  • Vegetarians have lower rates of hypertension than non-vegetarians
  • Very young children can and do suffer from depression
  • Viagra provides significant benefits for sickle cell anemia patients with secondary pulmonary hypertension
  • Victims of partner violence at greater risk of long term health problems
  • Victory reversed after inadmissible evidence used in medical malpractice suit
  • Vioxx approved for treatment of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis
  • Vioxx costing Merck millions
  • Vioxx heart troubles fixed with aspirin
  • Vioxx is officially banned
  • Vioxx lawsuits to be filed in Britain
  • Vioxx makers face another lawsuit
  • Vioxx may have contributed to 27,785 heart attacks and deaths
  • Vioxx tended not to be used by targeted group
  • Vioxx to prove that short term use not harmful
  • Viral meningitis claims young victim
  • Virus cures cancer
  • Vision disorder can severely handicap learning
  • Vision disorder symptoms similar to ADHD and learning difficulties
  • Vitamin B12 levels linked to success of depression treatment
  • Vitamin C intake may reduce risk of Rheumatoid Arthritis
  • Vitamin C supplementation during pregnancy may increase the risk of wheezing but vitamin E may decrease the risk
  • Vitamin C's newly discovered action may have an anti-cancer role
  • Vitamin D deficiency increases diabetes risk
  • Vitamin D essential for more than just bone health
  • Vitamin D level is linked to incidence of diabetes in white people but not in blacks
  • Vitamin E and lycopene may provide a preventative measure against prostate cancer
  • Vitamin E levels linked to level of depression
  • Vitamin E may assist in eye disease prevention
  • Vitamin E scare may affect prostate cancer prevention trials
  • Vitamin K accidentally administered instead of potassium chloride
  • Vocal cord disorder commonly mistaken for asthma
  • Vulvodynia is a common but frequently misdiagnosed condition

    W

  • Waist size and not weight could be a predictor for diabetes risk
  • Waist to hip ratio important in assessing cardiovascular health
  • Walnuts may reduce risk of heart disease
  • Warning signs of a heart attack
  • Warnings highlight possible risk associated with anemia drug
  • Water bourne disease, Legionnaires disease
  • Water claims to provide up to 80 percent of RDI of calcium
  • Website offers broad range of information about prescription drugs
  • Weight loss drug, orlistat, proves itself in trials
  • Weight loss in older people may be a sign of approaching dementia
  • Weight problems can lead to fertility problems
  • Weighty issue for men
  • Weighty issue with prostate cancer
  • Western diet increases diabetes risk
  • Western diet increases prostate cancer risk
  • Western scientists hope to unlock secrets of Chinese herbal medicines.
  • When is a breast lump cancer?
  • When talking is a problem
  • When to further investigate UTI's in under fives
  • White people more prone to melanomas
  • WHO concerned over chronic disease spread
  • WHO concerned with increase incidence in stroke and heart disease
  • Whole grain diet wards off heart disease
  • Widow fails in medical malpractice case over husband’s death
  • Wife dies of misdiagnosed bowel cancer
  • Wife loses litigation cases over husbands delayed diagnosis
  • Wife sues after her husband is treated for Lung cancer but dies of another cancer
  • William's syndrome
  • Wilson’s disease is a rare and frequently misdiagnosed condition
  • Winter asthma threat increased by upper respiratory infections
  • Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome
  • Wolf-Hirschhorn Syndrome, rare genetic disease
  • Wolf-Hirschhorn Syndrome_1
  • Woman adjusts her medical malpractice claim to $800,000 following the outcome of a similar trial
  • Woman allegedly dies of potassium overdose in hospital
  • Woman and daughter sue over cancer misdiagnosed as growing pains
  • Woman deemed to have died from natural causes and not pain killer overdose
  • Woman dies after alleged fatal drug interaction caused by medical error
  • Woman dies after being accidentally injected with antiseptic soution
  • Woman dies after doctor cuts into her brain during nasal surgery
  • Woman dies after misdiagnosis of DVT
  • Woman dies after receiving blood transfusion
  • Woman dies after she was told she was too young to have breast cancer
  • Woman dies during wisdom tooth surgery
  • Woman dies from cancer under advice from an alternative medicine practitioner
  • Woman dies from disease contracted during growth hormone treatment
  • Woman dies from Hantavirus misdiagnosed as urinary tract infection
  • Woman dies from tomato allergy
  • Woman dies from undiagnosed septicemia
  • Woman dies of undiagnosed brain haemorrhage
  • Woman dies of undiagnosed brain tumour
  • Woman dies of undiagnosed lung cancer
  • Woman has baby after being given antidepressants instead of contraception
  • Woman has ovary transplanted into arm
  • Woman has ovary transplanted into arm_1
  • Woman involved in drug scandal sold diet pills to nurses
  • Woman left in vegetative state after caesarian
  • Woman lives with celiac for a decade before being diagnosed
  • Woman may never see her $400,000 medical malpractice award
  • Woman misdiagnosed with 7 conditions before the real culprit of her disabling symptoms was discovered
  • Woman prescribed headache pills for malignant brain tumour
  • Woman receives 1.2 million pounds for unnecessary leg amputation
  • Woman receives 4.1 million pounds for undiagnosed brain haemorrhage
  • Woman receives 50 million over ineffective treatment of her leprosy
  • Woman sent home with golden staph endocarditis
  • Woman so tired she fell asleep standing up
  • Woman sues after becoming a paraplegic
  • Woman sues after pharmacy medication error allegedly causes husband’s death
  • Woman sues over misdiagnosis of brain tumor
  • Woman to receive compensation after gross misdiagnosis leads to unnecessary surgery
  • Woman waits for six years before correct diagnosis reached
  • Woman with breast cancer told she had Lyme disease
  • Woman with irregular heartbeat told woman are prone to nervousness
  • Woman with lung cancer misdiagnosed with pneumonia and bronchitis
  • Woman wrongly diagnosed and treated for HIV
  • Woman wrongly diagnosed as dead
  • Woman wrongly pronounced dead by paramedics
  • Woman's bowel cancer was not diagnosed until after her death
  • Woman's ulcers misdiagnosed as cancer
  • Woman's worrying weight loss took years to be diagnosed
  • Woman’s brain surgery to correct depression ends up in disaster
  • Woman’s brain tumour receives 35 different misdiagnoses over 20 years
  • Women can benefit from moderate exercise during breast cancer recovery
  • Women considering abortion are being misguided about link to breast cancer
  • Women display different heart attack symptoms to men leading to misdiagnosis
  • Women face greater hardships with AIDS
  • Women face greater risks with epilepsy
  • Women needlessly scared off using HRT
  • Women overestimate risk of infertility caused by cancer treatment
  • Women suffer differently from heart disease to men
  • Women Suffer From Heart Disease in a Different Way to Men
  • Women suffer too when their male partners have erectile dysfunction
  • Women suffers severe medical conditions on top of misdiagnosed myasthenia gravis
  • Women too are at risk of lung cancer
  • Women twice as prone to depression as men
  • Women with lupus more prone to abnormal pap smears
  • Women's blood pressure benefit from Viagra
  • Women's heart attacks poorly diagnosed compared to men
  • Workplace stress, sickening
  • Worm treatment for asthmatics
  • Wrong infusion causes woman’s death
  • Wrong medication could have proved fatal
  • Wrongful death claim over methadone prescription fails
  • Wrongful Death suit filed against doctor
  • Wrongly diagnosed cancer leads to unnecessary removal of lung lobe

    Y

  • You're never too young to have osteoporosis
  • Young children are susceptible to depression
  • Young docs scrutinized after patient death
  • Young fit woman dies suddenly from undiagnosed aortic aneurysm
  • Young girl battles brain tumor
  • Young man misdiagnosed several times after having a stroke
  • Young teen dies unexpectedly from undiagnosed juvenile diabetes
  • Young teens cancer misdiagnosed
  • Young woman dies after taking abortion pill
  • Young woman dies as birthmark destroys second half of her lung
  • Young woman suffers multiple misdiagnoses before early onset Parkingson’s diagnosed
  • Young women are also prone to bone thinning disease
  • Youngest testicular cancer survivor
  • Your Autistic child

    Z

  • Zinc supplementation may prevent some cancers
  • Zyrtec more effective in symptom relief than Allegra

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