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Although hospital dramas on television often overdramatize surgery and other medical treatments, the truth is that even the most routine surgery is complex and not without risk. As the patient, your body and your health are on the line, and you've placed your trust in...
Could your disease have been caught earlier? Were you prescribed the wrong medicine? Was an error made during surgery? These are the questions on people's minds after being harmed by a missed diagnosis or operating room injury. Uncovering a doctor or surgeon's mistake...
Every year, more than 12,000 women in the United States will be diagnosed with cervical cancer. More than 4,000 will die. While these statistics are scary, it's important to remember that cervical cancer is one of the most preventable and treatable types of cancer -...
LEE S. GOLDSMITH, M.D., LLB When I was in medical school, in my third year of training, we were assigned a month of training in obstetrics and gynecology. On my third evening, on call, about one o'clock in the morning we received a call from the Emergency Room that a...
According to numerous scientific studies, heart attacks increase on Christmas and New Year's Day. In fact, heart-related deaths are five percent more common during the holiday season. Heart attacks are also one of the 10 most commonly misdiagnosed medical problems....
A surgeon has a choice. A diseased gall bladder can be removed through laparoscopic surgery or if there is a problem, or even a potential problem the surgery can be converted from laparoscopic surgery to an open surgery. Robotic removal of the gall bladder is being...
During November - or Movember - many men grow their facial hair to raise money and awareness for men's health. While it's fun to throw out the razor, it's important not to overlook the real message: every year, men die from cancers that would have been highly...
A patient is wheeled into the operating room. The surgeon is present. The anesthesiologist appears and then a new group appears with computers and electronic monitoring equipment. You have probably not been told who they are before you entered the room and it will...
A recent article in the New York Times raised the question of a patient's right to obtain copies of their own medical records and the difficulty in doing so. Representing patients we have experienced the same frustration. It would appear that everyone can get...
At a lecture some years ago, a psychiatrist described one of his patients whose problems were felt to be instructive to the group. To draw a complete picture for the audience, certain physical characteristics were included in the overall description. By the time the...
