A little sleep cuts errors by doctors, study finds
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WASHINGTON -- Young doctors made far fewer mistakes when their hours were restricted to let them get some sleep, according to the first study to directly examine the issue.
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Cutting the grueling work hours of doctors-in-training had little effect on reducing patient deaths, according to two large studies.
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Americans have a harder time than residents of several other countries getting after-hours appointments with a nurse or primary care physician without going to an emergency room, a study released yesterday found.
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A new study shows that many doctors waste patientsâ time in office visits by interjecting irrelevant information about themselves.
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You&#39;re less likely to remember important tasks when you&#39;re stressed out, Yale Medical School researchers confirm. While this may come as little surprise to busy moms, business executives and college students, the scientists now have an explanation.
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NEW YORK  - People who spend more pre-bedtime hours using the Internet or watching television are more likely to report that they don't get enough sleep, even though they sleep almost as long as people who spend fewer pre-bedtime hours in front of a computer or television screen, survey findings show.
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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.
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Doctors eager to pare back their hours and find more time for themselves and their families are helping fuel an &quot;alarming&quot; trend toward even greater doctor shortages, concludes a major new study.
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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.
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Office nappers now have the perfect excuse: New research shows that a little midday snooze seems to reduce the risk of fatal heart problems, especially among men.
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NEW YORK  - Among a group of children with enlarged tonsils and adenoids who were suspected of having disordered breathing during sleep, those who snored a lot and spent less time in bed did less well on certain mental tests, according to a new study.
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Napping at least three times a week for a half-hour is associated with a significantly decreased risk of death from heart disease, a new study suggests.
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Rules designed to prevent doctors in   training from having to work hours on end with little sleep   have failed to reform the practice, researchers said on   Tuesday.
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Sometimes the march of technology can lull us to sleep.
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When woken numerous times throughout the night, healthy volunteers had trouble regulating their blood sugar.
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A daily doze?  Scientists say we need to wake up to the benefits of naps.  According to a recent study in the Archives of Internal Medicine, people who napped 30 minutes a day, three times per week, were 37 percent less likely to die of heart disease.
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The medical profession has a costly, little-known secret: Many treatments don&#39;t work all that well for many -- even most -- people.