When you’re looking for a surgeon, you want someone who has focused experience handling your specialized needs. You wouldn’t ask your family practice doctor to perform open heart surgery, and you wouldn’t ask a geriatrics doctor to give you a face lift. But why not? After all, they’re all doctors. Everyone knows that medicine is […]
The cost of the medical tests or medical care should never deter a doctor from seeking the solutions needed to keep patients alive and healthy. Unfortunately, that is what recently happened in Pittsburgh. A woman was sentenced to 30 days in jail because getting pregnant apparently violated the terms of her work release. While she […]
Our last post discussed recent changes to the ways in which the Department of Health and Human Services handles its records on doctors. The HHS database contains anonymous information about every doctor who is licensed to practice. Although doctors are not identified by name, each doctor’s profile contains general information about his her age range, […]
We often think that doctors who are punished for medical malpractice will no longer be able to work. After all, if a doctor has his or her license revoked by a hospital, how could that doctor get rehired at another hospital? Unfortunately, it’s not that straightforward. It is not unheard of for doctors to transfer […]
We’ve written several posts about how important it is for doctors to pay attention to their patients. Medicine is a science that requires a doctor’s full concentration. However, doctors, nurses and surgeons are increasingly distracted when they are with patients. There have been several campaigns against drivers who use their cellphones behind the wheel. Distracted […]
Individuals who suffer from TBIs often fear they have a lifetime of physical and occupational therapy ahead. In many situations, people in Pittsburgh and throughout the country feel as though they have little hope for a full recovery. Thankfully, there are people who show that this doesn’t need to be the case. The following story […]
Scientists have been studying the importance of sleep since the early 1900s, and researchers keep reaching the same conclusions. Our bodies need sleep, and lack of sleep leads to irritability and difficulty concentrating. It is also known that sleep-deprived individuals may struggle to complete even basic tasks. Recent studies have even shown that drowsy driving […]
In the last year, we’ve written a few posts about Michael and Christina. Almost a year ago, Michael learned that a kidney transplant was his best hope for survival. He had undergone dialysis for months before learning that his girlfriend could donate one of her kidneys. Little did he know that a series of surgical […]
Our last two posts discussed the series of medical mistakes that led to the death of a 14-year-old boy. Read those two posts to understand the mistakes the doctors made before this point. When the thoracic surgeon arrived, he said he couldn’t operate on the boy because he did not have the team or equipment […]
