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To many expectant parents, the most exciting medical visits are the ones where the mother undergoes an ultrasound. They can hear the heartbeat of their unborn child or even get a glimpse of their developing body. Parents have such emotional responses to these tests...
People who have surgery, as well as those who have a serious injury, may need a blood transfusion. The process for making this happen isn’t as simple as grabbing blood and getting the IV going. Instead, the patient’s blood type has to be determined so the blood bank...
Wintry weather is a normal fact of life in New York at this time of year, but it’s one that can lead to serious challenges when you’re driving. Most people here are comfortable driving in the snow, but that comfort can’t transfer over to driving on ice. Driving on icy...
Missing a diagnosis could put a patient’s life at risk, which is why it’s so important that medical providers know what to look for when a patient comes in with the signs of a stroke. There are three kinds of strokes, so being able to identify which one a person is...
Your risk on the road constantly fluctuates. Everything from the density of vehicles on a section of road to the weather conditions will influence your likelihood of getting into a crash. There are certain factors that increase your risk. Some of them are personal...
There are many kinds of cancers that can form in the body, but one that has symptoms that might be ignored or brushed off is esophageal cancer. This kind of cancer occurs in the esophagus between the throat and stomach. When this cancer forms, it often causes symptoms...
When you hear about a “wrong-site” surgical error, you likely think of a surgeon amputating the wrong leg or operating on the wrong organ. However, in the medical profession, “wrong site” is also used to describe a procedure performed on the wrong patient or the wrong...
Labor and delivery are largely natural processes. Women have had babies without medical intervention for millennia. Even some mothers today find themselves having babies at home or on the way to the hospital when labor progresses more quickly than they expect. Most of...
You’ve heard about people getting the wrong pills -- or the wrong dose of the right pills -- but what are the odds that something like that could happen to you? Would you believe it’s about one out of five? That’s how many Americans have experienced medication errors...
Not everyone understands the rules about distracted driving involving the manual use of a mobile phone. It is illegal to text while driving in New York, and most people know it is not safe to do even if they don't know the law. Unfortunately, distracted driving due...