Much of modern medicine involves the use of prescribed medication. Doctors can recommend prescription drugs based on an individual's symptoms or the medical condition causing those symptoms. Prescribed medications are controlled substances that people can only access...
Medical mistakes can occur under a variety of different circumstances. Primary care physicians seeing a regular patient might rush through a conversation and make a diagnostic mistake. An emergency room doctor might fail to notice contraindications and administer a...
The choice to prescribe medication to a patient is one of the more common solutions for someone's symptoms. There are medications that can help people lose weight, control their blood sugar or lower their blood pressure. Medications can significantly improve someone's...
Medical malpractice manifests in many forms. Sometimes it looks like a doctor coming to work under the influence of drugs or alcohol and doing something very dangerous. Other times, it might be negligence on the part of a physician that leads to someone having a bad...
After 40 weeks of gestation and possibly a day or longer in labor, a new mother will want nothing more than to hold her healthy newborn baby. Unfortunately, some mothers who have just gone through the trials of childbirth learn shortly thereafter that something went...
Every physician who plans to practice human medicine after graduation from medical school takes the Hippocratic Oath. They agree to avoid doing harm to their patients above all else and to treat every patient the same regardless of their background or beliefs. The...
You may feel vulnerable when visiting a doctor to discuss your sensitive medical issues. What may make this situation worse is when that same medical professional gives you the wrong prescription during this interaction. Knowing more about prescription errors and why...
When an elder loved one requires constant care, the time comes to place faith in the hands of a nursing home. Unfortunately, research by the World Health Organization indicates that 1 in 6 people over 60 experience some form of abuse. While physical and emotional...
When you are expecting a baby, prenatal care and routine tests help ensure that your child is born healthy. Even in the best of circumstances, however, some infants receive injuries during childbirth. Erb's palsy occurs in about one or two of every 1,000 live births....
Health care providers face a high risk of exhaustion due to their occupation's high-stress levels. As reported by the U.S. National Institutes of Health website, nearly one out of three doctors experience burnout during any given moment, a statistic that may account...