Tagged: Misdiagnosis Subscribe to feed

Bowel cancer kills woman misdiagnosed with chronic pain

Feilding woman Elizabeth Howan died of bowel cancer, following six years of doctors telling her that her chronic pain was 'in her head'.

UN Advises Ending Use of Commercial Blood Tests for TB

New York – The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) today recommended ending the use of commercially available blood test kits to detect active tuberculosis (TB), saying that reviews have shown they lead to high rates of misdiagnosis, mistreatment and can potentially harm public health.