New Mexico parents may be interested in learning more about recent research that links traumatic brain injuries to attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. A survey of adult residents in Canada indicates that people with a history of TBI might benefit from being...
New Mexico readers may be interested to learn that a team of researchers has issued diagnosis recommendations for a rare and often misdiagnosed mitochondrial disease. Their findings were published in the Chinese Medical Journal. The disease, known as mitochondrial...
Many women in New Mexico have electronic fetal monitoring, which is where the physician continuously monitors the baby's heartbeat, during labor and delivery. Studies have repeatedly shown, however, that continuous electronic fetal monitoring does not reduce the...
In August 2015, the Federal Drug Administration approved extended-release Oxycontin as an appropriate pain medication for children between the ages of 11 and 17 in New Mexico and across the nation. The agency specified that the medication should only be used in...
Many New Mexico infants are treated with aminoglycoside antibiotics after they are admitted to the neonatal intensive care units of hospitals. In fact, 80 percent of the 600,000 infants treated in NICUs across the United States every year receive aminoglycosides...
Research has indicated that a class of drugs known as anticholinergics may delay a patient's recovery from a brain injury. Such drugs are commonly used to treat bladder issues, insomnia and depression in older people. A study published in Brain Injury followed 52...
Errors made by doctors or hospitals in New Mexico and around the country lead to approximately 85,000 medical malpractice lawsuits being filed each year. Physicians and medical facilities risk being ordered to pay substantial damages, and malpractice lawsuits could...
As some New Mexico residents may know, surgical mistakes are a small but real risk to patients. One lawmaker is saying that patients should be allowed to record their surgical procedures. In addition, a black box similar to the ones used on airplanes and motor...
A new blood test has been developed that could help doctors quickly diagnose a traumatic brain injury, or TBI, in the emergency room. The test could lead to better treatments for TBI patients in New Mexico and nationwide. According to the lead author of the study,...
On July 31, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a safety alert to consumers in New Mexico and nationwide regarding the brand name drugs Brintellix and Brilinta. Apparently, the similarity of the drugs' names has led to dozens of reported cases of medication...
