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When you go into the hospital, you expect care that will help you to improve. You don't expect that you are going to suffer more harm during your stay than what you had when you were admitted. If you develop bedsores while you are in the hospital, you might opt to...
Working with patients in a health care setting is among the most important jobs one can have, and it carries some of the biggest responsibilities. Whether the health care worker is a physician, a nurse, or even a pharmacist they are required to pay very close...
Many people are told that they are allergic to penicillin based on reactions they had as children. While it is important to stay away from medications that you are actually allergic to, it has come to light that some people who think they have a penicillin allergy...
A study was recently carried out to ask doctors if they thought it was fine to hide a mistake, even if they knew that the mistake could injure or harm the patient. A full 78 percent said that this was never acceptable to do so. With such a stark majority, why is this...
Most birth injuries occur as the baby transits through its mother's birth canal, and fortunately, most are minor that resolve without the need for treatment. Medical advances have greatly reduced the frequency of these incidents, but they do still occur on occasion....
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...