Posted on November 19th, 2019 by Elizabeth
All aspects of an infant’s care need to be handled meticulously when they are born prematurely or with complications. The neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) is supposed to be one of the safest places in a hospital, but at Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, Pennsylvania, three infants died after being fed infected breast milk in […]
Posted on September 23rd, 2019 by Elizabeth
The opioid epidemic kills over 130 Americans every day. But who’s to blame? Federal authorities have pointed the finger at pharmaceutical companies and the doctors who profit because of them, committing medical malpractice (and other crimes) in the process. According to a recent expose in the Detroit Free Press, highly addictive opioids kill more people […]
Posted on August 27th, 2019 by Elizabeth
When your doctor tells you to fast before a checkup so they can do bloodwork and review your cholesterol levels, it’s important to follow their instructions to ensure that the test results are as accurate as possible. But the blood tests aren’t just about checking to see if your cholesterol is too high – it’s […]
Posted on August 23rd, 2019 by Elizabeth
A woman counts down her pregnancy, hoping to make it to 36 weeks when the risk of health complications is significantly decreased. Then she counts to 40 weeks, which is considered full term, and anxiously awaits baby’s arrival. Carrying a fetus beyond 40 weeks, however, is not welcome. A post-term pregnancy, in fact, increases the […]
Posted on June 21st, 2019 by Gerald Thurswell
When people seek medical treatment, they expect their medical professionals to provide the best possible care. Unfortunately, that is not always the case. According to patient safety experts at Johns Hopkins, medical errors caused more than 250,000 deaths per year. They further stated that medical error is the third greatest cause of death in the United […]
Many doctors recommend a daily aspirin to patients who are at a high risk of heart attack. Now, daily aspirin has been tied to a...
Not only are c-sections risky at the time of delivery, they could have repercussions decades later. A new Harvard study published in JAMA Network Open...
Many women who have given birth by Cesarean section are delighted to discover that they might qualify for a vaginal birth with their next child....
