Drug doctors 'failed patients'
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Seven doctors from a drug addiction clinic failed in their duty to their patients, a disciplinary hearing was told.
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Two-thirds of chronically ill patients failed to tell their doctors they would have to skimp on their medicines because of cost, according to a new study published yesterday.
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Drug regulators should warn physicians and patients that antidepressants not only cause some children to become suicidal but most also fail to cure their depression.
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Doctors deny older people treatments they would offer younger patients, a study says.
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Many junior doctors do not understand many common hospital laboratory tests, and are putting patients at risk as a result, claim biochemists.
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British medical regulators urged physicians on Monday to show greater caution in prescribing antidepressant drugs and said they should be clearly labeled with warnings about their use.
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The government announces proposals to improve patient safety as a study finds current safeguards are failing.
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Convictions mark downfall of controversial doctor whose treatment methods attracted loyalty from many patients and scrutiny from area medical boards.
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Lessons on drugs have not worked and more must be done about smoking and alcohol, advisers say.
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Research finds most patients who think they have had their drinks spiked tested negative for drugs.
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New research from a survey conducted in Israel suggests that doctors often give inactive "placebo" pills to their patients and, in most cases, tell them they're getting a real drug.
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Many chronically ill patients never  tell their doctor or nurse they've had to cut back on  prescription drugs because they are too expensive, and many  physicians never ask if the drugs are unaffordable, a study  said on Monday.
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The body assessing new drugs and therapies for the NHS should be rejecting more treatments, say economists.
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A Senate hearing about money and gifts that drug makers routinely provide to doctors did not go well for the drug industry Wednesday.
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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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A study reveals most doctors do not believe changes to out-of-hours services have improved patient care.
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Basic errors made by doctors, including tests ordered too late or not at all and failure to create follow-up plans, played a role in nearly 60 percent of cases in which patients were allegedly hurt by missed or delayed diagnoses, a study found.