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Recovery after a cesarean section, or c-section, is no doubt a painful procedure. According to the Mayo Clinic, the c-section… Continue reading Are Opioids Being Prescribed to Women Following a Cesarean Section at Too High of a Rate?

Those who live in more rural parts of the United States, including rural Pennsylvania and New Jersey, are diagnosed with… Continue reading What’s Behind the Fact that Cancer Death Rates Are Higher in Rural Areas?

A landmark study, published in the Medical Journal of Australia, reveals some haunting statistics regarding the number of preventable nursing… Continue reading Study Finds Number of Preventable Nursing Home Deaths Quadrupled Over Past Decade

Most people have heard of the infant mortality rate, the rate of death for infants under one year of age,… Continue reading Negligence in Childbirth Leading Cause of Maternal Death

A dream vacation turned into a horror story when Liz Fairclough, a mother of four, wife, and grandmother of one… Continue reading Mother of Four Dies After Sepsis is Misdiagnosed

Breast cancer is a terrible disease, and one that takes the lives of thousands of woman every year. To be… Continue reading More Cases of Breast Cancer Are Diagnosed, And The Survival Rate Increases

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has recently announced that a rare form of lymphoma, which refers to a cancer… Continue reading Breast Implants May Increase Risk of Lymphoma

Cardboard baby boxes have been praised as one of the safest things that new mothers can use as an alternative… Continue reading Are Cardboard Baby Boxes As Safe As We Think?

It is not uncommon for a patient in a hospital to be handed off from one doctor to another, or… Continue reading The Dangers of Patient Handoffs

Nursing homes have a high duty of care – after all, they are the facilities in which we trust our… Continue reading Nursing Homes Throughout the United States Fall Short of Standards

Autism is a mental condition that begins during childhood and has an effect on socialization, communication, and understanding of societal… Continue reading Children With Autism Could Lose Benefits Under Proposed Healthcare Legislation

When you are in need of medical care, especially care for a serious condition, how do you choose your hospital?… Continue reading Two Kinds of Hospitals – One Could Be Lifesaving