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The Trouble with Plastic Surgery Malpractice
As with any type of surgery, those that are cosmetic in nature come with health risks and possible danger to the patient. Plastic surgeons are also just as capable of committing malpractice as any ot… more →
What Would You Do? What Others Said.
doctorblue wrote 1 hour ago: (The next in a series of blogs on my quest for competent health care.) What would you do to get trea … more →
Nurse Junkie
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whatthehealthbeat wrote 1 week ago: Ficticious character Jackie Peyton grinds seven Percocet pills into a powder, while preparing her ki … more →
mjmcgaunn wrote 2 weeks ago: So Checklists Aren’t Important? How right I was on implementing checklists in a veterinary pra … more →
This is bad on so many levels.
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Amy wrote 3 weeks ago: Check out this super-scary article from the Times: at a VA hospital, one of the doctors made an asto … more →
Oral Surgeon Operates on Wrong Side of Mouth
Dave Austin wrote 1 month ago: Officials at Hasbro Children’s Hospital in Rhode Island have admitted that an oral surgeon performin … more →
240 747 Jets Are Going to Crash This Year, What Time is Your Flight?
drkevdc wrote 1 month ago: The Institute of Medicine (IOM) released a report in 1999 stating that 98,000 people die per year fr … more →
Is Health Care Reform The Lesser of Two Poor Choices?
doctorblue wrote 2 months ago: I don’t think anyone knows if government-run or private-run health care is the answer. Both seem to … more →
Quote of the Day...4/30*
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Doraz wrote 2 months ago: Embarrassing Medical Exams 1. A man comes into the ER and yells ‘My wife’s going to hav … more →
TV's Interference in Medical Education
medliorator wrote 3 months ago: Tom Blackwell: Intubation is the insertion of a tube down the windpipe, usually so a patient can be … more →
Medical Errors: 5th Leading Cause of Death in the United States
jatahealth wrote 3 months ago: by Juanita Street An article was published in the Institute of Medicine in April of 1999 called … more →
COBRA - Stimulus or Bureaucracy?
jimmy1920 wrote 4 months ago: Does Congress really think they are doing anyone a favor with the new COBRA subsidy provision in the … more →
Polls the Pols aren't watching
jimmy1920 wrote 5 months ago: Two recent polls, barely noticed in the mainstream media, remind us that the public is very much beh … more →
The Stimulus and the right wingers on health care
jimmy1920 wrote 5 months ago: In discussing the nation’s health care system, “broken” is the most common descrip … more →
Managing the Stress of a Medical Career - Talking to Eachother
medliorator wrote 5 months ago: George Hossfeld, MD, assistant professor of emergency medicine at the University of Illinois-Chicago … more →
What is Anesthesia?
Dave Austin wrote 6 months ago: Anesthesia is a medication that is used in various surgeries to help minimize pain and discomfort fo … more →
What Are the Risks with Anesthesia?
Dave Austin wrote 6 months ago: Although many believe complications arising from the use of anesthesia to be uncommon, there are som … more →
Payment Reform - don't put me in the middle
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jimmy1920 wrote 6 months ago: Just about every health care reform proposal includes payment reform as an important part of its pla … more →
Hospitals - Hazardous to Your Health?
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doctor2008 wrote 6 months ago: For most, hospitals are seen as a refuge where the sick may get well. At least, that is the intentio … more →
Medical Negligence - Adding Insult to Injury
Dave Austin wrote 6 months ago: In a disturbing case of medical negligence, a young boy suffered not one, but two devastating mistak … more →
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