A study conducted in 2017 determined that more than 251,000 deaths every year are the result of medical errors. This means that medical errors are the third leading cause of accidental death in the United States. With this worrying statistic in mind, you need to take immediate action if you suspect that you have been…
Since the nature of cancer is still so widely misunderstood, it is one of the most commonly misdiagnosed diseases. A cancer misdiagnosis could potentially have devastating consequences for the patient because when cancer, such as breast cancer, is mistakenly identified, or not identified at all, the time for receiving critical, life-saving treatment has passed causing…
When you go to the hospital, your expectation is to be properly treated for a pre-existing illness, not to develop further complications. In recent years, however, hospital-acquired infections have become an increasing risk to patients’ health. Necrotizing fasciitis and MRSA are some of the most potentially life-threatening infections patients can pick up in hospitals and…
There are many different types of medical malpractice, but one of the most unsettling problems involves errors in diagnosis. A delay in a proper diagnosis means the medical condition has time to worsen or even become terminal. A misdiagnosis can also lead to a patient getting unnecessary medical treatments rather than the ones they need….
Luke Bell, the renowned country music maestro, died of an accidental fentanyl overdose. Nearly a month after he went missing, his cause of death was finally revealed. An autopsy report showed traces of a fentanyl patch in his system, confirming the reason. Bell was found unresponsive by a passerby in a parking lot in Tucson,…