New Mexico residents may be interested to learn about a recent contamination scare at a children's hospital in Washington. Seattle Children's Hospital's Bellevue Clinic and Surgery Center sent letters to 12,000 families of children who might have been exposed to HIV...
New Mexico residents might be surprised to learn that more than 10 percent of hospitalized patients suffer an unexpected circumstance such as a preventable infection, a punctured organ or oversedation. While some patients suffer severe injuries as a result, others...
Teens in New Mexico and around the country who frequently consume energy drinks may have a higher risk of suffering a traumatic brain injury according to a study published on Sept. 16. Researchers came to this conclusion after looking at survey information provided by...
New Mexico residents may be interested in learning more about some of the factors that typically cause the rate of pharmacists' errors to increase. Generally speaking, between providing counsel for patients, working alongside insurers and filling prescriptions, most...
New Mexico parents may be interested in a study done in Boston that discussed the risk factors associated with skin cancers other than melanoma in children. Risk factors are essential to establishing a diagnosis, and dismissing them may result in a faulty diagnosis...
People in New Mexico who get prescriptions filled at a busy pharmacy should take care to confirm that they have received the proper medication. Physicians are not the sole source of medication errors, which also arise at pharmacies. A study published by researchers in...
Because a misdiagnosis can be difficult to identify, New Mexico health officials may not have clear statistics about the frequency of such occurrences. In some cases, a misdiagnosis may not do any harm because the treatment selected by a physician still works for the...
Many New Mexico residents contract pneumonia each year. This illness could be caused by a virus or bacteria. It affects the lungs and can cause an excess production of mucus that blocks airways, which may lower oxygen absorption into the blood. There are several ways...
A recent report by the American Lung Association on the subject of pneumonia may be of interest to New Mexico residents. Besides outlining the symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of the sickness, the report offers several recovery tips. A person who is suffering with...
New Mexico residents whose loved one or friend is recovering from a traumatic brain injury might be interested in reading about the effects of the injury and ways to assist the victim. Several tips may assist friends and relatives to understand what these people are...
