Individuals are becoming much more accustomed to having smart systems such as Siri, Alexa and Cortana provide assistance, guidance or advice on a daily basis. As this technology increases, more healthcare providers are exploring the viability of artificial...
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Defensive Medicine: The Undoing of Sound Medical Practice
"I will prescribe regimen for the good of my patients according to my ability and my judgment and never do harm to anyone." Hippocrates. This is the oath that every physician is bound to follow. Over the years, however, some members of the medical profession have been...
Hospital negligence: Failing to perform due diligence when hiring
Negligently hiring a doctor or surgeon with a checkered past could result in a hospital being held liable for injuries that come to patients. Hospitals that don't consider the people they hire put their patients at risk, which is unacceptable. When a hospital is held...
What to know about physical therapy
After surgery, your primary source of information on your recovery tends to be your physical therapist. They know your timelines and recovery estimates and see you a few times a week. But is that enough for you to truly know how your recovery is progressing? Physical...
Lung Cancer Diagnosed or Else
Today, this year, there is little excuse for an individual to die as a result of a lung cancer not being diagnosed when proper diagnostic procedures are in place. Physicians' know that a patient who develops lung cancer and has it diagnosed at an early stage can be...
Lung Cancer – Immunotherapy report
A recent report indicated a woman with Stage IV lung cancer was cured when she was treated with immunotherapy - she had reached a five year survival. Wonderful news for her but... Her progress to cure would have been better if she were diagnosed with Stage I or Stage...
Healthcare Insurance Trap
Walk into a hospital emergency room and you will likely be given a pile of documents which you will only have a brief time (if any time) to review and then sign. The problem is that by signing these documents you may subject yourself to a financial commitment to pay...
Don’t Die Of Lung Cancer (If Found In Time It Can Be Cured)
I just attended a semi-annual meeting to discuss progress made in the screening for lung cancer, the finding of lung cancers and the treatment and CURE of lung cancer victims. 1. SCREENING: It is available for long term smokers and the insurance companies and Medicare...
Lung Cancer Can Be Cured
In the 1990's two Mt. Sinai physicians started a program for CT screening of long term smokers and discovered that early diagnosis of a malignant lung lesion could lead to definitive treatment and a cure for the patient. In 2013 the United States Preventive Services...
The Dangers of Removing Pacemaker and Defibrillator Wires in a Cath Lab.
Pacemakers and implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICD) are small devices that are placed in the chest or abdomen to help control abnormal heart rhythms. They both use pulses or shocks to help control these life-threatening arrhythmias and both consist of two...