For the 17 million people worldwide living with cerebral palsy and their 350 million relatives and caregivers, October 6 isn’t just another Friday. Tomorrow marks…
Category: Birth Injuries
How to Prevent Medical Errors: A 10-Step Guide for Doctors and Patients
In a 1999 report entitled “To Err Is Human,” the Institute of Medicine estimated that up to 98,000 hospital patients were dying every year from…
New Infant Mortality Data Released: Are Minorities at Higher Risk of Preventable Birth Injuries and Deaths?
Among developed nations, the United States maintains 1 of the highest rates of infant death in the world. Infant health and care is improving, and…
8 Signs Your Doctor Isn’t Safe: How to Avoid Costly, and Deadly, Medical Mishaps
Imagine that 3 jumbo jets were to crash, killing everyone on board, every single day of every year. A death toll of such a magnitude…
National Birth Defects Prevention Month 2017: How to Promote Awareness of Birth Conditions this January
Birth defects – medical conditions that occur just before, at, or before birth – affect 1 in 33 babies in the United States. In fact,…
One Surgeon, Two Operations? New Senate Report Condemns ‘Concurrent Surgery’
How would you feel if you were in surgery, and your surgeon kept running in and out of the room to work on someone else?…
365,000 Dead Each Year: The Horror of Medical Error Is Finally Being Realized
You may have heard by now that medical errors are currently the 3rd leading cause of death in the United States. And, yet, in spite…
What You Need to Know about Deadly Open-Heart Surgery Infections
Because of a faulty medical device, open-heart surgeries have just become a whole lot more dangerous. The use of contaminated heater-cooler devices, most frequently manufactured…
How One Hospital Is Using Surveillance to Combat Deadly Medical Errors
It’s hard to believe, but one of the leading causes of death in the United States can be attributed to the very people who are…
