Medical errors, including wrong diagnoses, botched surgeries and medication mistakes, are the third leading cause of death in the United States, a new study suggests. Scientists from Johns Hopkins ...

BOSTON (CBS) - Researchers say medical mistakes should be listed as the third leading cause of death in the United States. The study, led by a Johns Hopkins surgeon, estimates that more than ...

Medical errors are the No. 3 cause of death in U.S. hospitals, according to a new tally by researchers at Johns Hopkins University. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times) By Deborah Netburn Staff Writer ...

Researchers believe medical errors may be third cause of death in U.S. — -- Medical errors may be responsible for far more deaths than previously realized, according to a new study published ...

Medical errors encompass a range of potentially harmful mistakes a provider or hospital system could make: misdiagnosis, administering the wrong dosage of a medication or neglecting the care of a ...

Preventable medical errors reported by full-service hospitals in Massachusetts grew 60 percent last year, a rise partly attributed to problems detected in a single hospital’s dialysis unit ...

Medical Errors Are Leading Killer After Heart Disease and Cancer, Study Finds Mistakes cost a quarter of a million lives a year in the U.S., Johns Hopkins reports, up from famous estimate of ...