"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...
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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...
Pediatric stroke: Not uncommon, yet diagnosis often missed or delayed
In the realm of birth injuries, certain conditions or occurrences seem to be reported and receive media coverage more often than other adverse outcomes. Those commonly include things like cerebral palsy, bone fractures, spinal cord injuries, fetal asphyxia and...
Mayo Clinic study on “July Effect,” alleged link to patient harm
A new study is debunking the widely held notion that patients can face a seasonal increased risk of hospital malpractice due to factors operative within what is known as the "July Effect." These supposed risk factors are attributed to the new wave of inexperienced...
Car Accidents, Distracted Driving, and Winter Weather
In the wake of a storm, car accidents abound. Although the recent, so-called Blizzard Nemo has come and gone, its hazardous residue remains: icy streets, snow covered roads, displaced trees and debris, and so on. In light of this, Breslin and Breslin would like to...
Electronic health record copy/paste practice a growing concern
The term "sloppy and paste" might intuitively seem most aptly attached to a student's mediocre writing efforts or media plagiarism.The description also applies, though, to a practice in the medical field that many commentators are drawing attention to and voicing...
