In many cases, skin cancer is very treatable when it’s found early. Doctors can potentially perform a minor operation after a biopsy and remove the infected area. It may not have spread very far and all of the tissue can potentially be removed in the wake of early...
There’s been a trend in the United States for a while now where people are buying oversized vehicles. Compare the size of a pickup truck today to one from the 70s, for instance, and it’s immediately clear that these trucks have gotten enormous. Go to any grocery store...
How many bottles of prescriptions are in your medicine cabinet? Although “overprescribing” is often brought up in the context of opioids alone, the reality is that too much of any medication can be a bad thing. The overprescribing of medications has emerged as a...
Ohio hosts a lot of traffic, including in-state motorists and commercial drivers heading all over the country. The vast majority of vehicles traveling through Ohio reach their destinations without any kind of incident. However, a small percentage of trips eventually...
People head to the emergency room when they know there is something physically wrong and that they need immediate care. They do not have the time to wait for an appointment at their doctor's office, so they don't generally care which medical professional treats them...
Cancer is far more treatable than it was in the past. Treatments are becoming more effective. Every day, there are new options being considered, and the odds of surviving the disease are higher than they’ve ever been. That being said, cancer is still one of the top...
While both types of claims are related to someone's untimely death, survival actions and wrongful death claims are two distinct legal concepts that address losses caused by another’s harmful actions or inactions. They differ greatly in terms of the parties involved...
Anesthesia is a modern marvel. Local anesthesia can numb a specific area, whereas general anesthesia can put someone completely under so that they are unconscious. Anesthesia is also used during major surgery and it makes it possible to perform types of surgery that...
A spinal cord injury is a life-altering event, dramatically affecting an individual's ability to move and function independently. For those living with an SCI, workplace and home environment modifications are often crucial to maintaining productivity, autonomy and...
Advances in surgical technology over the last few decades have led to increasingly intricate procedures and diminishing margins of errors in some cases. Doctors can use gamma knives and other specialized tools to excise tiny tumors or repair individual segments of the...
