Nursing Home Neglect and Abuse
Nursing homes are required to follow specific rules and regulations in the care of their residents....
Speak Up and Stay Alive
Speak up and stay alive is all about your healthcare and the need for you to...
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...
