If your newborn has a cone-shaped head or swelling beneath his or her scalp, doctors may have given you a hard-to-understand diagnosis: caput succedaneum. According to Stanford Medicine, this medical term, which is Latin, simply means your infant has localized...
The last thing parents want is for their newborn to suffer a birth injury. Unfortunately, birth injuries can result from defects, accidental trauma or medical malpractice. Newborn cephalohematoma is just one of the many risks associated with birth. What is it? Newborn...
Perhaps your elderly mother is living in a nursing home. She has some mobility issues but is healthy overall. Recently, there was an infection outbreak and your mother’s well-being is a concern to you. Here are three of the most common infections in nursing homes...
