Category: Medical Malpractice

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), not enough progress has been made when it comes to preventing healthcare-associated infections. Even though medical errors are the third-leading cause of death in the United States, the agency estimates that at any given point – and on any given day – an average of[…]

According to recent medical research, stethoscopes that are used in intensive care units are teeming with dangerous bacteria, this leads to unhealthy and contaminated stethoscopes. Since healthcare acquired infections – also known as HAIs – are involved in at least 100,000 fatalities every year, limiting preventable infections is critical. Research shows that implementing safety and[…]

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are urging people to more seriously prioritize their health, especially since the agency’s new numbers on heart attacks and strokes were just released. The findings indicate that 80% of the heart attacks and strokes happening every year are avoidable – and largely by making simple lifestyle changes,[…]

Medical Mistakes are the third leading cause of fatalities in the United States, but still health-care workers and the medical field at large are often resistant to talking openly about how and why they happen. Reader’s Digest conducted interviews with pharmacists, nurses, and doctors as part of a story focusing on the numerous improvements that[…]

Sometimes a story is so horrifying that the details are hard to believe – like the story of Christopher Duntsch. The former Texas neurosurgeon is currently serving life in prison, and a new podcast titled “Dr. DEATH” (released by Wondery) tells not only the story of Duntsch’s thirty-three victims, but also investigates the medical system[…]