"Cherry picked and very misleading information."That is how an executive with a well-known doctors organization terms the marketing tactics promoting robotic surgical systems over traditional surgeries in hysterectomy operations and other procedures involving soft...
Month: March 2013
On Dangerous Defective Auto Parts
In the event of a car accident, it is often assumed that one of the drivers involved was responsible for the collision. This, however, is not always the case. Some car accidents are the fault neither of the driver nor any other person close to the accident, but rather...
Slip-and-Falls After a Storm
If you live in the tristate area, chances are you've slipped on a patch of ice in the last few months. Most of the time, these slips lead only to minor scrapes and mild embarrassment, but unfortunately there are occasions when more severe injuries occur....
Sponges, other items left in patients: Inexcusable and preventable
So-called "never events" in the realm of health care are aptly termed and well hinted at in just those two words: Certain patient outcomes are so egregiously wrong that they should simply never happen.Even without elaboration on such medical errors, many readers can...
Male breast cancer: often, a failure in timely diagnosing
Close to a quarter of a million cases of invasive breast cancer are diagnosed in women in the United States each year. For men, breast cancer is much more of an anomaly, being diagnosed at a rate that amounts to less than one percent of the rate seen in women. In...
Researchers: Communication problems leading cause of misdiagnosis
Millions of people across the country routinely say that they do not like going to a clinic to see a doctor. The reasons for that certainly vary, but a number of studies and accounts readily reveal that many persons receiving out-patient care find the clinical...