Considering the amount of medications each of us is swallowing during the lifecycle, one would assume that the pharma industry is tremendously flourishing. Indeed, the total volume of the pharmaceutical market...
Have you ever doubt your doctor’s decision? If so, you are not the only one. Even doctors nowadays doubt the efficiency of healthcare system advising patients not to trust physicians “any...
You should always do what your doctor is telling you, it’s a must. That is what we are persistently told. Medication compliance (sometimes referred to as “medication adherence”) normally is defined...
People who once struggled through stroke are persistently chased by a burning question: shall it ever happen again? How can I avoid it? Obviously there are some worrying signals of potentially...
Stroke is one of the leading causes of deaths taking away 650.000 lives in Europe annually [1]. After the first warning signs (e.g., sudden headache, weakness of an arm or leg,...
The definition of a medical error is a subject of debates. According to Wikipedia: “a medical error occurs when a health-care provider chooses an inappropriate method of care or improperly executes...