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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...
Families of people killed in Kobe Bryant crash file lawsuit
Pennsylvania fans of basketball player Kobe Bryant might have read that his wife, Vanessa Bryant, filed a lawsuit against the company that owned the helicopter he died in. The crash, which happened in January, killed the pilot and all eight passengers aboard,...
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...
Don’t let catastrophic injuries dictate your life
There’s no doubt that a car accident can completely change your life. Sometimes these wrecks cause nothing more than headaches as individuals recover from minor injuries and try to figure out how to deal with the loss of their vehicle, but in other instances these...
Teens with a peer passenger run higher risk for a crash
Parents throughout western Pennsylvania should beware the next time their teen drives a friend around or gets in the car of a friend. Research from the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety has found that teens raise their risk for a car crash by 44% with the addition of...
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...
PG&E fined $4 million for causing 2018’s Camp Fire
Pennsylvania residents may remember the Camp Fire, the wildfire that spread through Northern California in November 2018, killing 85 people and destroying the towns of Paradise, Magalia and Concow. It turns out that a transmission line from Pacific Gas and Electric...
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...
Five ways to avert a medication error
The American Academy of Family Physicians has stated that four out of five adults in Pennsylvania and the rest of the U.S. take prescription medications, over-the-counter drugs or supplements every week. In fact, about one-third of adults take five or more medications...
Semi-autonomous cars are making drivers inattentive
Drivers in Pennsylvania can become inattentive for a number of reasons, but having the driver assistance system engaged may not sound like one of the top reasons. It is a fact, though, that drivers in semi-autonomous vehicles are more inattentive and display slower...
