Wrong Diagnosis In The News

its a crisis alright and it isn’t helped by society thinking it can push the mentally ill into public housing ghetto’s, and worse, co-opting everyone into the big pretense that nothings wrong with these people. Collectively we need to really examine mental health issues, not just housing dilemas and infrastructure.

Right diagnosis, wrong cure The New Zealand Vice-Chancellors’ Committee (NZVCC), representing the country’s eight universities, has released overnight a “nine-point plan” for government policy in the sector.

Amid the review and recriminations following the death of Baby P, an experienced social worker describes a caseload so overwhelming that tragedy is a daily possibility

N athan Suerdieck thought it was all a dream.

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- Jay Cutler is refusing to be sacked by diabetes or John Elway's legacy. The Broncos' third-year pro is taking both challenges head-on.

The owner of a local puppy store says she stopped purchasing dogs one year ago from a Minnesota breeder who has come under fire recently for animal abuse.

Wanganui Hospital is investigating a misdiagnosis which saw a toddler with meningococcal septicaemia sent home, where he died within a day.

On Thanksgiving, millions of Americans will see the changes a year makes in their family -- how the children have grown, how relatives have aged.

It’s a well-known that in a lot of cases if you give someone a medical dictionary, they’ll probably have a read and decide they show symptoms of one or more serious ailments. In some cases, you get hypochondriacs, who are always worried about being ill and mis-diagnose problems as much more serious than is actually [...]

A family want answers after their 23-month-old boy died a day after being sent home from Wanganui Hospital.