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Most people suffer a headache at some point in their life, from the” brain freeze” of an ice cream headache, to the chronic head pain caused by a concussion. While head pain is the common factor of these conditions, these types of head pain are unrelated. Headaches are generally referred to as primary or secondary … Continued
Your child has a terrible stomach ache. You have a busy day and since you are near a retail medical care office, you drop in instead of going to your doctor or even the Emergency Department. Your child gets some antibiotics and seems to feel better. Everything seems fine until their appendix ruptures two days … Continued
Schochor, Staton, Goldberg, and Cardea, P.A., P.A achieved a settlement of $14.5 million for a boy who was irreversibly injured due to the negligence of a hospital and treating radiologist. This was the case: On January 12, 2016, the Minor Plaintiff was admitted to the Defendant Hospital for a sickle cell crisis. The Minor Plaintiff … Continued
A new device may speed the diagnosis of sepsis and save lives. According to research from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), sepsis affects over one million people per year in the US, and about a quarter of those patients will die. Sepsis is not a disease, but a reaction by the immune system to an infectious … Continued
The joy of a British couple over a new pregnancy turned to sorrow and then tragedy when a series of medical mistakes left the mom-to-be in devastated condition. In 2014, Magdalena Malec, a 31-year old mother of a two children, learned she was pregnant. She and her partner were thrilled. Just weeks later, bleeding heavily, … Continued
Can feeding the fire of an overcharged immune system save the lives of patients in septic shock? Sepsis is a condition where a violent attack, called a “cytokine storm,” is released by the immune system on an infection. Unfortunately, the immune attack often kills the patient, too. In recent years, the Centers for Disease Control … Continued
