Doctors can miss heart attack signs in both men and women, but statistics show that this happens to female patients far more often, especially if they're young. This is problematic on many levels, first and foremost of which is that misdiagnosis may cause that patient...
Many patients never meet the radiologist who has studied their mammogram, ultrasound, MRI or another type of scan. They may just see a name at the bottom of a report – if they even see that. Radiologists are highly trained professionals whose findings doctors rely on...
Easily one of the worst – and too often deadly – types of car crashes is one caused by a wrong-way driver. Here in the Las Vegas valley, wrong-way crashes have been a serious problem for the past five years. State officials are concerned with the number of wrong-way...
Patients in hospitals count on doctors and nurses to take good care of them. They don’t think that they’ll be harmed because those professionals are negligent. Unfortunately, medication errors do occur in these facilities. Patients can try their best to remain safe by...
Parents want their children to remain as safe as possible. One of the best ways to do this in a vehicle is to have the child in a proper restraint. For younger children, this means having them in a booster seat or car seat, depending on their height and weight. One...
