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Medical doctors play an important role in the health and well-being of humans. They have access to testing equipment and can refer patients out to specialists when they need specific types of treatment. They can prescribe medications that can help people treat an...
A missed diagnosis – where a doctor dismisses symptoms of a serious medical condition as nothing important – can happen to anyone. However, women may be particularly prone to a certain failure in modern health care known as “medical gaslighting” which makes a missed...
A misdiagnosis can be highly detrimental in a hospital setting. Someone may be having an emergency, such as a heart attack. If a doctor tells them that they’re just suffering from heartburn and sends them home, that person won’t get the emergency care they need and...
A dual diagnosis is common when a person has more than one condition that could be affecting the way they feel or the way their body works. Often, dual diagnoses are related to drug addiction or alcohol abuse, mental health conditions and physical disorders. For...
When someone's having stroke symptoms, they may not realize what's happening. All they know is that they don't feel well -- and they rely on the doctor at the nearest hospital to tell them what's wrong. For the most part, they get the help they need -- but doctors do...
The leading cause of death in American hospitals may surprise you. It isn’t heart disease, cancer or anything similar. It’s sepsis, an overwhelming immunological response to infections, usually bacterial. Sepsis is behind as many as 35% of all hospital deaths in this...
80,000 people die per year in the U.S. due to the wrong diagnosis of their condition, and 34% of medical malpractice cases resulting in death or permanent disability are caused by misdiagnosis. A study carried out by the John Hopkins University found the most common...
Radiology plays a crucial role in the clinical care of many people in the Bronx and Brooklyn. Doctors rely on a variety of imaging modalities to help them make accurate diagnoses. Over the past few years, a proposal to introduce artificial intelligence into radiology...
Figuring out why our bodies are betraying us can be tricky. But then, reliable medical diagnosis is a primary reason modern medicine exists. Sometimes, medicine is supposed to be hard. A jury in Pennsylvania recently awarded $9.6 million to a girl who first sought...
The birth of a new baby is a unique anticipation. Expectant mothers are feeling many emotions, including joy, impatience and nerves. There is a lot of unknown about the process and what will happen during birth. During a pregnancy and birth, so much focus is placed on...