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In my almost 40 years of helping consumers with health-care problems, the number-one reason that people have contacted me is to find out where to file a complaint about a doctor, hospital, nurse or pharmacist. In most cases, the individual is not...
Doctors at the Ochsner Clinic Foundation in New Orleans have started a campaign against two conditions that are responsible for 10% of...
New hospitals under construction will likely have only private rooms. Reason: Patients in private rooms have up to 45% lower risk for...
It wasn't so long ago that a Cat scan-a computerized X-ray technique, also called a CT (for "computed tomography&...
Few things are worse than having an unnecessary surgical procedure. Yet every year, millions of Americans have operations they do not need....
Having plastic surgery, endoscopies and other minor surgeries in a doctor's office is risky, a study says. "Our research...
Each year, up to 40% of Americans who are seen in an emergency room or intensive care unit are misdiagnosed. In some...
Many medical tests become unnecessary as we get older. A test should be ordered only if the potential benefit outweighs the potential...
We all have little things that we would like to ask our doctors-but we don't want to waste their time...
In the US, the typical doctor's office visit lasts seven to 10 minutes. During that time, the doctor reviews your...
Medical doctors are trained to treat illness, injury and disease with medication, surgery and/or hospitalization - but they rarely have time...
