Congenital heart defects are responsible for between three and 7.5 percent of infant deaths. Because a heart defect diagnosis is often a life-saving discovery, scientists have been trying to improve the tools and methods available for diagnoses. One such testing...
Month: May 2012
Chiropractors’ Treatment Of The Neck Can Cause Stroke, Death
Recent studies have linked chiropractic manipulation of the neck to strokes and sudden death. The most recent study, conducted by a group of neurosurgeons, concludes that "chiropractic manipulation of the cervical spine can product dissections involving the cervical...
Transvaginal Mesh Has Caused Thousands Of Women To Suffer
For many years, surgical mesh was routinely implanted in women who underwent pelvic organ prolapse (POP) or stress urinary incontinence (SUI) surgery. Mesh manufacturers boasted that their products were wondrous: Improving the success of surgeries while reducing...
Debate Continues On, Which Is More Deadly: Warfarin or Pradaxa?
People who are at high risk for stroke are in a difficult situation. Strokes can be deadly, and even when victims survive they often suffer from partial paralysis, speech problems or brain damage. Yet, anti-stroke medications such as warfarin and Pradaxa present...