Doctors Rarely Note Sleep Problems of Elderly
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THURSDAY, Jan. 11 (HealthDay News) -- More than two-thirds of older patients report sleep problems, but doctors rarely note these complaints in the patients' charts, a Northwestern University study finds.
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Lack of equipment leaves calls unmonitored Primary care trusts are not adequately monitoring out of hours telephone calls, according to a committee of MPs.â¦
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Doctors are missing key information they need to make decisions for cancer patients because some drug companies are not publishing clinical trials.
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America's doctors-in-training are committing serious errors as a result of being forced to work over 80 hours a week, says new research which suggests the U.S. medical community has been slow to tackle sleep deprivation in its staff.
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NEW YORK  - Many people with epilepsy --  even those with mild forms of the condition -- also experience  depression, but do not always discuss those symptoms with their  physicians, study findings show.
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Many doctors refuse to admit that simple chance is a factor in how well some of their patients do.
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Doctors diagnose worst case of sleep apnoea in UK for man who slept 14 minutes a night for two decades
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Senior doctors are warning that emergency Caesareans are often not needed.
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Obesity surgery has helped many patients lose weight and improve their health, a panel of experts told US regulators Thursday, but they added there was not enough data on how well it has worked for elderly patients covered
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People with advanced cancer may  suffer substantial emotional distress, but relatively few may  be discussing it with their doctors, new research suggests.
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Most Americans over the age of 42 misjudge their need for long-term medical care and the costs entailed, a dangerous ignorance, the senior lobby AARP said in a study released on Wednesday.
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A provocative study from Harvard Medical School suggests that, as a group, older doctors know less, provide lower-quality care, and may expose patients to greater risks than physicians recently out of medical school, a conclusion that an accompanying editorial declares should be "a wake-up call to the medical profession."
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Many people are not being treated properly for a common illness that is a silent killer, a watchdog says.
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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 central issue only now being systematically addressed is why some people age well and others do not.
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More than half of doctors who are physically or verbally abused by patients do not report it, figures show.
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Imagine you&#39;re lying unconscious on the operating table and before the surgery is over, you wake up. But the doctors and nurses can&#39;t tell you&#39;re awake because you still can&#39;t speak or move a muscle.