Sometimes, the cause behind a birth injury in Pennsylvania is medical malpractice. If you suspect that negligence from your health care provider injured your newborn, you could speak with a lawyer to see if there is a case that you can pursue compensation. Negligence...
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Prolonged traumatic brain injuries can cause severe problems
An estimated 1.5 million people in Pennsylvania and across the United States experience a traumatic brain injury each year. Traumatic brain injuries often result from auto accidents, sports incidents, falls at home and work accidents. Though medical professionals have...
What you should know about Lewy body dementia
Few people in Pennsylvania have heard of Seaver's illness even though it's relatively common in older adults. In fact, Seaver's illness is more common than other diseases like ALS and cerebral palsy. Seaver's illness is also known as Lewy body dementia, a disease that...
More people under 50 are getting colorectal cancer
Colon and rectal cancer used to be thought of as affecting mainly older people in Pittsburgh and around the country. In 1989, the median age of colorectal cancer patients was 72. Yet the median age dropped to 66 in 2016, and just as fewer people over the age of 65 are...
What is shoulder dystocia, and whom does it affect?
Shoulder dystocia is one of the rarer birth injuries, but expectant mothers in Pennsylvania should know about it all the same. It arises in 0.2% to 0.3% of pregnancies. What happens is that during labor and birth, the baby has one or both shoulders stuck in the...
Three conditions misdiagnosed in nearly 10% of patients
In the medical field, there are three conditions in particular that are the most liable to be misdiagnosed: cancers, vascular events and infections. These are known as the Big Three. Residents of Pennsylvania should know that, according to a study from the Johns...
Bronchiectasis in HIV patients liable to misdiagnosis
Pennsylvania residents should know about bronchiectasis, a condition where the lung's airways become damaged and allow mucus to build up. A series of reports, which were published in Case Reports in Pulmonology, have found that bronchiectasis is liable to be...
Gout patients are frequently misdiagnosed
Many people in Pennsylvania suffer from gout, one type of inflammatory arthritis that is caused by higher-than-normal levels of uric acid in the body. Gout is associated with severe joint pain, which often emerges late at night or during sleep. However, in order for...
POTS often misdiagnosed as psychiatric disorder
Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome affects an estimated 1 to 3 million people across the U.S. with 80% of the patients being women, especially women under 35. POTS is a disorder that affects the autonomic nervous system, the part that controls involuntary...
Surgery behind second highest number of malpractice claims
Pennsylvania residents know that malpractice claims can arise from negligence on the part of doctors and other medical professionals, but they may not know what sort of errors are behind most claims. A report from the medical liability insurer Coverys answers this. It...