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 and Prevention (CDC) study team recently revealed that the rate of this happening is decreasing. Today, approximately 3.2 percent of…
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Over the past week, the country has publicly mourned the loss of of two great national figures in John McCain and Aretha Franklin. Unnoticed from the media, however, was the passing of the Honorable William Nealon. Judge Nealon was 95 years old and was appointed…
This morning, CBS This Morning broadcast a story on the increasing rate of injuries to mothers in the immediate post-delivery stages of delivery. According to a USA Today in depth article, over 50,000 mothers are injured and 700 die every year in the United States as…
Recent undercover investigative reports by leading news outlets show a disturbing trend among rideshare companies: All too often, drivers are willing to break company rules that are in place to ensure passenger safety—specifically those concerning underage youths traveling without adult accompaniment. While such unsafe practices…
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 able to tell doctors just how healthy a brain is after a stroke. The predictive software is a joint effort…
As the weeks have started to pass on the horrific shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, we have seen a massive grass roots effort by the students themselves to strengthen school safety that is sweeping the nation, we have heard Presidential promises of…
The Veterans Affairs Health Administration is America’s largest integrated healthcare system, with close to 1,300 healthcare facilities—including 170 medical centers—that serve 9 million enrolled veterans each year. Yet, negligence and malpractice committed on behalf of the VA is a long-standing issue that has recently gained…
Dr. Julian Craig has practiced internal and pulmonary medicine for almost 30 years, he is a past president of the Medical Society of D.C. and he has overseen clinical care as the chief medical officer at United Medical Center (UMC) since 2015—a role that will…
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 involving consumer information. While we posted a blog discussing the ramifications of the Equifax breach soon after the story first…
It seems in today’s age of digital information data breaches are becoming an everyday occurrence. Whether the breaches are involved in political scandals or simply identity theft rackets, the consequences can be devastating. Today, news has surfaced that millions of more Americans might have been…
