If a loved one is not able to live with us, we try to find them exceptional caregivers and a community full of people who we trust to take as good of him or her as we would. What we never want is for our loved one to be victims of elder abuse, something that...
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Why to monitor your child’s social media following an accident
When your child is involved in an accident, you likely have a thousand thoughts running through your head. As a concerned parent, you may be anxious to understand the severity of your child’s physical injuries—and the recovery process. You may also be...
How to keep your children safe this Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving may seem like an innocuous enough time of year. You're surrounded by family and friends, indulging in delicious food. Safety may be the furthest thing from your mind.However, a lot can--and does--go wrong at this time of year, quickly turning a happy...
Jury awards $4.2 million dollars for kidney failure misdiagnosis
Last week, a judge awarded $4.2 million dollars to a woman in a medical malpractice lawsuit. The woman, who is now in her twenties, required a kidney transplant almost a decade ago after her doctors failed to diagnose her kidney failure as a child.The plaintiff began...
Early discharge from the hospital is a complex matter
Being admitted into the hospital means that you have something going on that's serious enough to require intensive treatment or monitoring. Even if you are admitted to have a baby, you and the newborn still need to be monitored to ensure nothing is going wrong....
Beware of toxic agents used in MRIs
When most of us go to the doctor or to the hospital for routine procedures, we want to be able to trust the medical professionals working with us to be cautious, to use the right techniques and to avoid using methods and materials that are inherently dangerous. For...
New car seat safety recommendations for parents
When you have a baby, there are suddenly a whole slew of safety concerns you’d never before considered. Is your furniture properly baby-proofed? Is the crib free of suffocation hazards? Is the baby within reach of anything they could potentially choke on?And...
$130 Million Won For Cerebral Palsy Victim
It is always tragic when a child is discovered to have cerebral palsy. Although the parents' love for their child doesn't change, the fact of the challenges to come in the family's future is unmistakable.The challenges of cerebral palsy are all the more tragic when...
DaVita dialysis center kills three patients
Kidney disease is an increasingly common medical condition. In the majority of cases, doctors advise patients suffering from this disease to begin a dialysis regimen. Patients must regularly visit a dialysis clinic to undergo a blood filtration process that removes...
Robotics in the medical field are beneficial but still risky
Many surgeries use machines to assist the surgeons who are performing the procedure. While this is a good thing in most instances since machines aren't as likely to make mistakes as humans, there is still a chance that errors will be made.One thing that patients must...