C. Diff Becoming An Increasingly Deadly Hospital Infection
Hospital infections remain one of the dark secrets of American hospitals. Rather than becoming rarer, hospital infections seem...
Surgical Errors: Mistakes in the O.R.
I came across this pretty astounding surgical error: a Toledo area nurse tossed out a healthy...
Medical Ethics: Dollars for Doctors
When you last visited your doctor, did you see a pharmaceutical salesperson with a large briefcase...
Cerebral Palsy information
Cerebral Palsy (CP) is often caused by preventable birth injuries. There are various forms and causes...
For Consumers, Caps on Damages Are Not The Answer
A recent article in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) acknowledges what advocates for consumers of healthcare...
Hospital Negligence: Tubing Misconnections
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published an alert last month related to hospital negligence: multiple reports...
More Tools for Prompt Diagnosis of Heart Attacks
The Archives of Internal Medicine reports that a simple blood test can accurately rule in or...
Healthcare Does Not Fit Into A Mass Production Model
The New Yorker recently published an article by a Harvard surgeon in which he contended that the Cheesecake...
Screening Athletes to Prevent Sudden Heart Attacks
Every sports fan knows the thrill of looking forward to a new season, as media coverage...
