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Is Brain Cooling Ineffective in Treating Traumatic Brain Injury?
For decades, brain cooling has been used as a method to reduce brain inflammation and damage in patients who sustain a traumatic brain injury (TBI).…
Mobile Stroke Units: Help Can Now Reach Victims Sooner
Victims of an ischemic stroke can face unfavorable odds once blood flow to the brain is restricted. The faster an individual receives care, the better…
Saving Time, Saving Lives: Why Hospitals Should Always Use Metric
Errors made by hospital staff in dispensing medication can be dangerous if not lethal to patients—worse, dosing for children or infants poses an even bigger…
Could a New Phone App Help to Reduce Medical Errors?
Each year, an estimated 250,000 Americans die as a result of medical errors—the term given to any effort by healthcare professionals that had a preventable…
Advances in Brain Assessment Improve Care for Stroke Victims
Currently, brain scans are used to show doctors if a stroke has occurred in a patient. However, a new computer program in development will be…
Personal Data: What’s Being Done to Protect Us from Another Equifax Disaster?
As the world becomes more advanced and consumers become more invested in technology, there has been a greater increase in the number of data breaches…
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Hospital-Acquired Infection Rates Have Decreased, but Is It Enough?
When a patient with an already weakened immune system acquires an infection in the hospital, devastating consequences can result. Luckily, a Center for Disease Control…
How New Hospital Technology is Improving the Patient Experience
From the 1956 debut of the clinical ultrasound to the 1978 release of the M.R.I., medical technology has been improving the availability of health care…
Keeping People Safe: AI Technology’s Role in Reducing Medical Errors
This June, Chicago-based Allstar Healthcare Solutions, Inc., announced a partnership with the Israeli company MedAware that aims to drastically reduce medical errors and increase patient…
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Lawsuits Mount over Roundup Weed Killer
There has been a sharp increase of U.S. lawsuits alleging Monsanto’s weed killers such as Roundup and Ranger Pro brands are causing cancer. The increase…
HOW DO I FIND OUT WHAT TYPE OF HERNIA MESH DEVICE WAS USED IN MY SITUATION?
Many hernia mesh products are manufactured and many have caused injury, and to know whether your hernia mesh products is a known culprit it’s important to…
Endangering Children’s Lives: Drivers Who Ignore School Bus Laws
When it comes to transporting our children to and from school each day, there should be no safer way than a school bus. According to…
