When it comes to any type of cancer, one of the keys to successful treatment and remission in a patient is to catch the disease as early as possible. Not only is recovery more likely, the treatment itself is often less invasive and patients can often undergo those...
There is really no difference between a failure to diagnose an illness and a misdiagnosis. You are either diagnosed with an incorrect illness or diagnosed as "nothing wrong." Either way, the consequences can be serious. Also, physicians are not the only ones in New...
Right now, rookie physicians are only allowed to work for 16 hours in a row. After they get through that first year, they may be allowed to take longer shifts, such as 24-hour ones. However, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education just put forth a...
Patients who are proactive about their medications and dosages can be the final barrier between themselves and a potentially lethal medication error. Learn how you can identify and prevent potential dosages disasters. -- Learn about each medicine you regularly take,...
An article published this summer in JAMA Surgery journal reported that preventable, critical surgical errors are still occurring all over America's hospital systems. Research indicated that approximately .01 percent of surgeries result in foreign bodies like sponges...
The systemic problems that have plagued the Veterans Affairs health care system appear to have come to a head here in New Mexico. Democratic congresswoman Michelle Lujan Grisham recently stated that she was not impressed by the new VA hospital director's leadership....
When you are going to have a procedure done by your doctor, you should be told what the benefits and risks are for the procedure. This is known as informed consent. When you are harmed by a procedure in a manner that wasn't told to you beforehand, you might opt to...
Malpractice can occur in any type of medical field. This includes plastic surgery. So, one of the types of medical malpractice claims a patient could find themselves bringing is a claim against a plastic surgeon. What type of claim against a plastic surgeon is most...
Many things are critical when a person suffers a heart attack. One is them promptly getting the right care. The quality of care a heart attack victim gets at a hospital can have major implications on whether the heart attack proves fatal or not. A recent study further...
