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In the U.S., pregnant women and women who have just given birth are at higher risk for injury and death than women in any developed country. Our country's annual mortality rate for pregnant women is 700 to 900, while an additional 65,000 pregnant women develop...
Whether you are a patient or the loved one of a sick family member, you put your trust in medical professionals to determine what's wrong - and fix it. Unfortunately, it's far too common for errors to occur during the diagnostic phase of designing a treatment plan....
Medical error kills more people in the United States than accidents, strokes, Alzheimer's disease or suicide. Yet medical error is rarely talked about in those terms and as a result, doesn't get the public attention it deserves.This is the conclusion of a brand new...
U.S. hospitals are the scene of between 700,000 to one million falls each year, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Patient falls can be very dangerous, and hospitals need to do more to prevent them.Patients who fall can suffer injuries...
Cerebral palsy is a birth injury caused by partial oxygen deprivation to the brain of the fetus. It can be the result of medical malpractice at numerous points during the birthing process. While the financial cost of raising the child is not a parent's first thought...
Each year, hundreds of thousands of Americans are killed or injured by avoidable medical errors. And yet, very few injured patients file medical malpractice lawsuits.Researchers from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine found that a lawsuit was filed on behalf...
Rude comments in high-pressure medical settings could have potentially deadly consequences for patients, according to a new study.The study, "The Impact of Rudeness on Medical Team Performance", was published in the September issue of Pediatrics. The study showed...
The FDA is warning doctors, pharmacists and patients about how easy it is to mix up drugs that have similar brand names. Specifically, the FDA reports there has been confusion between the antidepressant Brintellix and anti-blood clotting medication Brilinta that has...
Over and over we hear that doctors are so afraid of being sued that they feel forced to practice "defensive medicine". The implication is that doctors are so fearful they order unnecessary tests or unnecessary hospital admissions, thus raising health care costs for...
We've all seen the commercials pushing robotic surgery as the latest and greatest technological advance in medicine. But study after study has been chipping away at the hype.The latest study in November's issue of Obstetrics & Gynecology compares robotically...
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