Complications are common. The virus may cause pneumonia or an encephalitis or inflammation of the brain and there may be secondary infection by bacteria causing both bronchitis and pneumonia.
If complications do not develop, the symptoms subside after four or more days but the person feels weak and listless for a week or two or even [...]
Are operations such as appendicectomies, hysterectomies and tonsillectomies being done excessively in those private practices based on fee-for-service.
The allegation is worrying many doctors, politicians and the public, and peer review has been suggested as the answer.
This means that an individual doctor’s work would be reviewed by his fellow practitioners and compared with what is generally [...]