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Overexposure to Radiation: When The Treatment Is Worse Than The Disease

December 9, 2015
Los Angelas Lawyer
Every day, each of us is exposed to certain levels of radiation. Radiation is in our air, our food, our water, the ground, and can even be produced by our own bodies. While low levels of radiation are normal and relatively harmless, many patients with cancers and other diseases are exposed to hundreds of times...

Study Shows Hospital Naming Practices Can Cause Patient Mix Ups, Errors in Newborn Infants

December 7, 2015,
What’s in a name? As it turns out, maybe the key to preventing over a third of hospital errors made with newborns. A new study published in the medical journal Pediatrics reported that the way hospitals refer to newborn babies may cause up to 36% percent of medical errors made with the infants. The majority...

State Audit Says California Medical Records Databases Are At Risk for Hacking or Disruption

December 4, 2015
In the past several years, cyber hacking has created billions of dollars of economic damage and has allowed chaos to reign. From Sony Pictures, to Target’s credit card customers, to the U.S. government, cyber criminals have succeeded in breaching the online defenses of many of the country’s biggest companies and organizations.  Now, the California state...

California Hospitals Report Thousands Of “Adverse Events” Last Year

December 3, 2015
How likely is it that your hospital will make a mistake? Could you fall victim to a careless mistake or serious surgical error? Over the past four years, California hospitals have reported 6,282 “adverse events” to the California Department of Public Health. These adverse events range in severity from bed sores to objects left behind...

Bed Sores and Pressure Ulcers: When Are These Preventable Conditions Malpractice?

December 2, 2015, ,
No one expects to enter a hospital or care facility and get sicker. Unfortunately, many older adults develop complications like pressure ulcers, also known as bed sores, during longer stays in the hospital or nursing home. For many years, these pressure ulcers were viewed as an inevitable part of long-term bed rest. Now, doctors, nurses...

Risk Factors For Pre-Term Babies Which Can Lead to Cerebral Palsy

November 30, 2015,
Baby crying black and white
All preterm babies face a difficult road. Being born prematurely puts infants at risk for a host of medical complications and issues, including cerebral palsy. Not all premature babies are born with cerebral palsy. However, nearly half of babies born with cerebral palsy were premature. There is a connection between early birth, low birth weight,...

CA Doctor Lied to Patients, Government After Using Cheaper, Unapproved IUDs In Women For Years

November 27, 2015
Depressed woman
A central California doctor is facing up to 20 years in prison after he pled guilty to implanting cheap, unapproved birth control devices in unknowing patients from 2008 through 2012. Dr. Paul S. Singh, an OB-GYN from Tehachapi, California, spent four years purchasing copper intrauterine devices (IUDs) online from overseas vendors. The devices were not...

California Neurosurgeon Accused of Using Marijuana While At Work and On Call

November 25, 2015
Marijuana leaf
Some jobs do not take much skill or concentration. For these workers, smoking marijuana while at work may not be dangerous at all. Most of these people, however, are not neurosurgeons. In September, the Medical Board of California filed a complaint against a UC San Diego doctor who they accused of smoking marijuana daily, even...

Study Shows Type of Treatment for Gestational Diabetes May Affect Risk of Birth Complications

November 24, 2015,
Newborn baby sleeping in the bed
During pregnancy, a woman’s body changes in a myriad of ways. While the majority of these changes benefit both the mother and her baby, some women’s bodies react to the changes of pregnancy poorly. The body may begin reacting differently to normal hormones, which may affect the success of the pregnancy. For nearly 18% of...

Catching Appendicitis Early Is Key to Treatment And Recovery

November 23, 2015
Woman experiencing tummy ache lying in couch
Abdominal pain is one of the most common reasons that patients visit the emergency room. While many times these pains are related to gastric distress, reproductive system disorders, or other relatively benign causes, sometimes this pain is actually coming from an inflamed or ruptured appendix.   Because abdominal pain is so common, doctors can miss...
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