Discovering your baby has cerebral palsy can be devastating as parents. Once you have got past the initial shock of the news, you might start to wonder why it happened to your baby out of all the babies in the world. One question you might have is whether something...
Vacuum extraction is a common procedure used to assist with delivery when labor stalls or complications arise. It involves attaching a soft or rigid cup to the baby’s head and using suction to guide them out of the birth canal during contractions. While it can save...
Next time you are in a hospital, look around at the medical team. You’ll probably notice that many of them look tired. It might be the black circles under their eyes that give it away, the half-hidden yawn or just the general air of weariness. But sure enough, doctors...
Surgical errors are relatively rare. Most procedures do not result in any major complications. Even when they do, they are often unpredictable issues, such as a poor response to anesthesia. However, some surgeries have poor outcomes because of mistakes made by the...
It can be tricky to trust someone else to care for your child. However, with medical issues, parents must trust doctors and medical professionals. Doctors have a legal duty of care to all patients, especially children. As they are not fully developed physically,...
Receiving a cancer diagnosis can be devastating, but it also empowers you to begin appropriate treatment immediately. The wrong diagnosis delays treatment and may even expose you to unnecessary medications or therapies. Unfortunately, some cancers are challenging to...
You sit in the waiting room, anxiously awaiting your test results. Have you considered the possibility that your doctor might miss something important? While medical professionals receive extensive training, the intricacies of the human body and the demands of modern...
Many women face challenges in receiving accurate diagnoses for certain health conditions, often leading to prolonged suffering and complications. In many cases, missed, delayed or misdiagnosis are forms of medical malpractice. Without a correct diagnosis, female...
Most people who undergo surgery would never imagine that medical professionals would use their operation as an opportunity to teach those learning to become doctors and nurses how to perform pelvic or other intimate exams that aren’t part of the procedure. Certainly,...
Anesthesia has changed modern medicine. Complicated surgical procedures can take place without the patient suffering any pain. However, anesthesia only works if it is administered appropriately. While relatively rare, anesthesia errors are common enough to warrant...