Much care should be taken when using x-rays on pregnant women and infants because of the potential for a slight increase in the risk of children developing cancer, a new study says.
The study is consistent with what doctors have long suspected, and why women of childbearing age are always asked about the possibility of pregnancy [...]
Parents are still giving over-the-counter cough and cold medicine to children under 2, despite warnings and a recommendation by the US Food and Drug Administration against doing so.
Research has linked over-the-counter cough and cold products to poisoning or death in hundreds of children, ages 2 and younger. And studies have shown that these medicines do [...]
Despite recent advances using checklists and other safety protocols, doctors and hospitals are still committing too many preventable errors according to a recent study. The study found medical mistakes ranging from undergoing the wrong operation at the wrong operating table to undergoing surgery on the wrong side of your body.
A recent Archives of Surgery report [...]
At 37 weeks of pregnancy when the big day is drawing near, when a mother is likely to experience hormone-related anxiety about her baby and a father may have read one too many articles about birth injuries, expecting parents should ask their doctor or midwife about CALM. CALM is a web-based software used to predict [...]
The Florida Bar prohibits lawyers from guaranteeing results. However, even absent that prohibition I would not guarantee anything, especially in a medical malpractice case. Studies show that medical malpractice cases are among the most difficult type of case to win in court, second only to products liability cases. Depending on the study, only 27-36 percent [...]
If you are an expectant mother who would like to avoid the pain and extended recovery time attendant with an unnecessary Cesarean surgery as well as reduce your hospital bill, make sure your obstetrician knows about the new fetal monitoring guidelines published by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
If you give birth in America, [...]
Some doctors are now intentionally inducing hypothermia in newborn infants to treat brain injuries they receive from not getting enough oxygen during childbirth. The tactic is similar to that famously used to save Buffalo Bills tight end Kevin Everett from potentially fatal paralysis.
The cooling method has been used successfully since the 1950s in to reduce [...]
