PET Scan Use In Diagnosing Alzheimer’s Disease
April 26, 2012
One of the greatest fears among the elderly and adults approaching advanced age is the loss of cognitive function and memory due to Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia. While it is not uncommon for people without dementia to sometimes forget where they had placed their car keys, oth[...]
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48 Million Without Health Insurance In U.S. In 2011
April 23, 2012
According to the recently released results of a survey of 2,100 adults between the ages of 19 ad 64 in the U.S., about 48 million Americans (26%) were without health insurance for at least part of the year during 2011. Of those who had a gap in health insurance coverage in the U.S. in 2011, 69% we[...]
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Lyme Disease In Maine During 2011
April 22, 2012
Lyme disease is transmitted to people through the bite of a deer tick (Ixodes scapularis) infected with the bacteria Borrelia burgdorferi. The first documented case of Lyme disease that occurred in Maine was in 1986. Lyme disease in Maine has increased each year from 2003 to 2011 (except for 2010, [...]
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Colorado Medical Malpractice Verdict Finally Paid
April 21, 2012
When a 34-year-old woman arrived at a local Fort Collins, Colorado hospital Emergency Department in December, 2006, she complained to the emergency room doctor that she had the worst headache of her life and that she was weak and dizzy. The emergency room doctor diagnosed the woman’s condit[...]
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Oklahoma Nursing Home Abuse: What A Hidden Camera Revealed
April 20, 2012
In a disgusting and very disturbing case of nursing home abuse caught on camera, two Oklahoma nursing home caregivers responsible for the care of a 96-year-old resident were allegedly caught on video abusing the woman: one was seen hitting the woman in the face with rubber gloves and placing the gl[...]
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Surgical Fires
April 18, 2012
The last place you would expect to suffer burns from a fire would be while lying on a table in an operating room. But that is just what happened to a New York woman who was undergoing a Cesarean-section delivery of her baby on March 12, 2010. While she was under the influence of local anesthesia w[...]
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Maine Medical Malpractice Verdict For Methadone Overdose
April 17, 2012
Earlier this month, a medical malpractice jury in Maine deliberated for less than two hours before unanimously awarding a woman compensatory damages in the amount of $1,912,934 for her alleged brain damage caused by her doctor over-prescribing methadone that resulted in her experiencing an episode[...]
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