If you or someone you love is going to have surgery, then one of the things your medical provider may talk to you about is anesthesia. Anesthesia helps you sleep during a surgery. It essentially sedates patients, and depending on the type of anesthesia, may render...
Traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) come in all shapes and sizes. Some TBIs are so severe that an individual suffers catastrophic medical effects. Large periods of unconsciousness or brain damage so severe that people can no longer regulate their own body temperature...
Doctors have the duty to treat patients equally, regardless of their gender, age, race or medical history. However, in practice, there will always be doctors who discriminate whether consciously or unconsciously. These types of discrimination can lead to some patients...
If you have to go to the emergency room, it is likely because you need to be seen by a doctor as soon as possible. However, if you’ve ever gone to the ER and sat for hours on end waiting to be seen, you know how frustrating seeking that help can be. Long wait times...
The new Franklin County prosecutor says the number of murder charges against Dr. William Husel should be reduced because he “can only serve so many life terms.” Husel faces 25 counts of murder in the overdose deaths of intensive care patients under his care in a Mount...
Emergency room errors are surprisingly common across the United States. It’s believed that between 5% and 10% of all emergency room visits are subject to a medical mistake of some kind. With over 100 million emergency room visits a year, that means that there could be...
In 2019, 152 people were killed in commercial motor vehicle-involved collisions in Ohio. The year before, 163 lost their lives. In 2017, 170 did. By and large, the number of fatalities happening each year in this kind of crash is staying close to the same, which is...
Your race, skin color and nation of origin should have no impact on the way that people treat you. Under the law, everyone should have equal treatment and equal rights without consideration of protected characteristics like race. In the real world, unfortunately, race...
Misdiagnoses affect 12 million patients each year. The fatalities from misdiagnosis complications are estimated to reach around 40 to 80 thousand deaths annually. These national trends in misdiagnoses show explicit biases against women and minorities. These outcomes...
You never want to learn from your medical team that you require any type of surgical procedure. However, should this happen, you need to take the appropriate action in an attempt to get your health back on track. Like most people in this situation, you may have...
