The aim of this study was to investigate the psychosocial impact of a Compensation Tribunal in women with an iatrogenic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. Eighty-three women diagnosed with an iatrogenic HCV infection were recruited, 19 women were Pre-Tribunal and 64 women were post-Tribunal. Both standardised and disease specific psychological measures were used. A series of t-tests revealed no...

Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) is a rare and rapidly progressive, invariably fatal neurodegenerative disorder believed to be caused by an abnormal isoform of cellular glycoprotein known as the prion protein. The disease develops in very different ways, such sporadic, familial, iatrogenic. Although there no means prevent sporadic familial CJD outbreaks, iatrogenic can prevented since transmissi...

(Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2021t;155:8–12) Iatrogenic preterm delivery, also known as provider-initiated birth, is a planned delivery before 37 weeks of gestation. As the science obstetrical and neonatal care practice progresses, globally iatrogenic has increased. Now, constitutes nearly 50% births increasing worldwide. Provider-initiated birth may be induction labor or cesarean without rupture me...

Introduction Radioiodine is a safe and effective treatment for Graves’ disease. Iatrogenic hypothyroidism is very common after treatment, but its onset is unpredictable. Even a short episode of hypothyroidism can result in significant morbidity and ideally should be avoided. In Newcastle a standard dose of radioiodine (400MBq) is used, but for historical reasons two different protocols are used...

There is substantial scientific evidence to support the notion that bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) has contaminated human beings, causing variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD). This disease has raised concerns about the possibility of an iatrogenic secondary transmission to humans, because the biological properties of the primate-adapted BSE agent are unknown. We show that (i) BSE ca...