If you had to guess the third most common cause of death in the United States, what would it be? Maybe cancer? Cardiovascular disease? Surprisingly enough, the answer is medical errors. A recent study says that medical mistakes cause more than 250,000 Americans to die each year. Other reports say the number is higher–440,000 deaths due to medical errors. Why are mistakes…
Sleep apnea is a serious medical condition that can continue to haunt someone’s days long after the restless nights are over. Many of those who suffer from sleep apnea fit the general description of many long-distance truckers: They’re sedentary, they smoke, they have a poor diet and their sleep patterns are often disrupted. Trucking is generally a difficult, lonely job…
Many people in the Cleveland area believe that they do not need to research highly ranking nursing homes as thoroughly as lower ranking facilities. However, you should not rely on ratings alone to determine if your loved one should become a resident. Nursing home abuse and neglect happen in assisted living and nursing homes all over the country. Some of…
It’s estimated that birth injuries are fairly common — but not every birth injury is noticed right away. If you’ve recently given birth and you’re worried that your child may be injured because of the difficulties surrounding his or her delivery, there are a few things you need to keep in mind: 1. There are usually early signs that point…
Medical malpractice can be deadly. These days, when it occurs in connection with opioids and other restricted prescriptions, it can result in criminal charges as well as lawsuits. Two years after the police turned the office of an Ohio doctor upside down looking for evidence that the he was trafficking drugs to his patients, the physician has been charged with…
Accidents involving commercial trucks are often far more severe than an accidents involving passenger vehicles alone — simply because the average commercial truck far outweighs the average passenger vehicle. The crushing force of all that metal on the truck is a huge threat to the occupants of passenger cars. However, the size of the vehicles involved and the severity of…
Few medical mistakes are as scary as the ones that involve surgery. Surgical errors are devastating events that one would hope would never occur. When a doctor makes a mistake during surgery, it is generally a sign there are serious safety issues. There are plenty of different types of surgical mistakes and the same goes for what causes them. Below…
Patient abandonment occurs any time your doctor abruptly discontinues your care and leaves you without available time or resources to find suitable replacement care. It’s a serious form of medical malpractice. It doesn’t matter if your relationship with the doctor was long-standing, like with a primary care physician you’ve had for years, or recent — even sudden, like with an…
Employers naturally want to get injured workers back on the job as quickly as possible – but going back to work on a light-duty assignment isn’t always the best thing for your body if you happen to be that injured worker. The best thing you can do to fight a light-duty position that’s going to disrupt your healing process is…