(Natural News) Don’t always listen to your doctor’s orders. Even though they’ve been advised “to stop giving antibiotics to patients with sore throats,” the drugs are still being prescribed to patients instead of paracetamol, which is more effective. According to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), the National Health Service’s (NHS) watchdog, and Public Health […]

(Natural News) In a recent study, scientists have suggested that patients who have undergone a colonoscopy may develop appendicitis a week after the procedure. The finding, which was published in JAMA Surgery, offers a new perspective on appendicitis and whether certain people are predisposed to it. While cases of appendicitis have been generally declining for the past couple of years, it […]

(Natural News) While most women are considering giving birth by caesarean section (C-section), not many of them are aware that infants born via this procedure “are 50 [percent] more likely to be obese before the age of five.” A review looked into the long-term risks of C-sections by examining 79 large scientific studies, and findings determined that […]

(Natural News) Medical horror stories come in many forms, but few are as disturbing as those involving botched surgeries and other mishaps during medical procedures. As a patient, you entrust doctors and other healthcare professionals with your body and your well-being; to have your health taken away by a careless mistake is nothing short of […]

(Natural News) On Jan. 27, 2018, an Indian man died after he was sucked into a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine at Mumbai’s BYL Nair Hospital. According to reports, 32-year-old Rajesh Maru and other members of his family were accompanying a female relative for a test. The victim’s uncle claimed that Maru was asked to […]

(Natural News) Hospitals are places where doctors and nurses give you everything you need to get better – at least in theory. Unfortunately, the sad reality is that many of the meal replacement drinks commonly given to patients in American hospitals are full of dangerous ingredients like refined sugar. There are lots of cases where […]

(Natural News) Dr. Theodore Gerstle, M.D. of Lexington, KY was held in the Fayette County jail on January 15, on public intoxication charges. Dr. Gerstle allegedly attended his only surgery that day intoxicated. The hospital staff at Baptist Health Lexington called the police after they became suspicious that Dr. Gerstle was drunk. After being confronted […]

(Natural News) When will you die? It’s a morbid question that no one is able to answer with certainty; but a new artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm can. Developed by researchers from Stanford University, the AI is said to be capable of predicting the time of a patient’s death with terrifying accuracy. Tests have shown it […]

(Natural News) In one of the more bizarre cases of medical malpractice to hit headlines, a “top surgeon” from the United Kingdom has been convicted on two counts of “assault by beating” after he was caught branding his initials into the liver of one of his patients during a procedure. The woman whose liver was […]

(Natural News) Patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) of any medical facility are often subject to various severe and life-threatening illnesses. Aside from the severity of their conditions, these patients must also deal with the surgical pain caused by “clinical, disease-related concerns, unknown encounters after surgery, quality of sleep, [and] restrictions in position after.” […]