When Is a Nicked Bowel or Colon a Solid Case?

If something goes wrong during a medical surgery, you expect that your medical team will identify the problem and take immediate steps to correct it. Unfortunately, that doesn’t always happen. Various types of abdominal surgeries—including those for hysterectomy, hernia repair, colonoscopy, prolapse repair, and gallbladder surgery—carry a risk that the surgeon will mistakenly nick or…

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Back to School Safety Tips

As schools in Virginia Beach and across the state reopen for the 2024-2025 school year, it is important to review simple safety tips before sending your child off for the day. Walking to or from school, riding bikes, or riding the bus increases your child’s risk of suffering potentially serious personal injuries in an accident….

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Serious Safety Concerns Associated with Drugs Like Ozempic

In a recent report published in Cureus, researchers from Miller Scientific—a boutique research organization—identified over 287,000 adverse events associated with glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs). These drugs, such as Ozempic, Rybelsus, Byetta, and Victoza, are prescribed to treat type 2 diabetes. The events included death, life-threatening events, prolonged hospitalizations, and persistent or significant disability. If…

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