Medical abbreviations 'pose risk'
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Doctors are warned that ambiguous abbreviations in medical notes are putting patients' lives at risk.
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Drug-coated stents may carry a delayed risk of potentially dangerous blood clots, according to a new report.
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According to an advisory published on security firm Secuniaâs website, a critical vulnerability exists in Microsoft Word, which can be exploited by a malicious code to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and potentially compromise a user&#39;s system.
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Latest variant poses a risk to home and small office users.
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More and more foods bear a mishmash of warnings that they might accidentally contain ingredients that could seriously sicken people with food allergies. Yet there are signs that the labels are creating confusion among families that should heed them &#151; even as new testing shows there is a real, if probably small, chance that foods with even the most vaguely worded warnings truly pose a risk.
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The antibiotic is erythromycin. And the complication is sudden death. This is an antibiotic that most of us have been prescribed at some time or the other in our lives.
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London, England, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- Medical letters typed in India for doctors in England often contain hilarious typographical errors, but could lead to deadly mistakes, Sky News said Thursday.
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WASHINGTON: The American medical research community has sounded a heavy metal warning against ayurvedic cures. Herbal products from the Indian system of medicine sold in the US contain dangerous levels of
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US drug giant Johnson &amp; Johnson added to concerns over drug safety yesterday by announcing that its arthritis drug Remicade would have its labelling revised to reflect a higher risk of blood cancer for patients.
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SUNDAY, Sept. 26 (HealthDayNews) -- For men, flagging potency can be a red flag that something's not right in the cardiovascular system. And experts say men who rush to fix the problem with impotence drugs may be ignoring a bigger threat to their health.
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The complex nature of drug names can cause prescription errors and be harmful to patients, academics say.
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Violations appears to be commonplace, even though professionals agree it is risky.
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A report last week tying the Type 2 diabetes pill Avandia to increased risk for heart attack and heart-related deaths prompted a flood of calls to local doctors and Internet postings from patients seeking advice about whether to continue taking the commonly prescribed medication.
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Doctors may be giving the wrong doses of adrenaline because of confusing labelling, a study suggests.
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This has not been an especially good year for regulatory government agencies, with their accompanying acronyms. Let&#39;s begin with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which can&#39;t quite make up its mind which drug will kill us first - or how quickly.
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Workload and doctors who don&#39;t have enough time for patients are cited as causes of medical errors. By Lee Bowman / Scripps Howard News Service.