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Doctors Are Most Likely to Misdiagnose These 3 Conditions
24/7 Wall St - Doctors Are Most Likely to Misdiagnose These 3 Conditions By Douglas A. McIntyre July 19, 2019 8:51 am EDT Print Email Tweet "Inaccurate or delayed diagnoses are the most catastrophic and costly of medical errors and will affect most of us in our lifetimes." So says the Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine. Almost 12,000 malpractice claims were examined in a paper published in the journal Diagnosis and titled "Serious misdiagnosis-related harms in malpractice claims: The 'Big Three' ? vascular events, infections, and cancers." The first of the so-called Big Three, vascular events, includes strokes, heart attacks and blood clots. The second, infections, includes pneumonia, meningitis/encephalitis and spinal abscess. Doctors working in hospitals and emergency rooms have
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ATSU welcomes new medical, dental students
Kirksville Daily Express - KIRKSVILLE ? A.T. Still University presented white coats to incoming medical and dental students during a ceremony Saturday at Truman State University's Baldwin Hall. The ATSU-Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine welcomed 170 students during the White Coat Ceremony. The incoming class has 89 men and 81 women who received their cloaks from ATSU-KCOM Dean Dr. Margaret Wilson. The first-year medical students come from 28 states, with 63 from Missouri. The class includes two
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Julia Hagen reported missing in Lee County
WFTX FOX Fort Myers - Deputies are looking for a Fort Myers woman who may be in need of medical assistance.
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Hancock Jaffe Principal Investigator Dr. Jorge Hernando Ulloa to Present New 90 Day VenoValve Data at the Second Annual Society of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Congress of Central America and the Caribbean On July 25, 2019
Accesswire - Management to Host VenoValve Webcast and Conference Call on July 25, 2019 at 11:00 am Eastern Time IRVINE, CA -- Hancock Jaffe Laboratories, Inc. (Nasdaq: HJLI, HJLIW), a developer of medical devices that restore cardiac and vascular health, announced today that on Thursday, July 25, 2019, Dr. Jorge Hernando Ulloa, Principal Investigator for HJLI's first-in-man VenoValve study in Bogota, Colombia, will present new
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Study: 1 in 20 patients victim of preventable medical error
United Press International - One in 20 patients is a victim of preventable medical errors, and 12 percent of those cases result in permanent disability or death, according to new research.
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As vaccine opposition grows, survivors of measles, mumps and rubella warn of lifelong effects, including vision loss, deafness: 'How different my life would have been'
Chicago Tribune - The vaccine debate has highlighted the small chance that preventable illnesses will be fatal, but there are other medical reasons to get vaccinated as well. With concern about the number of measles cases growing, Chicagoans who survived measles, mumps and rubella talk about the sometimes life-altering consequences of these illnesses, which can include deafness, blindness and severe intellectual disability.
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Mobilize Rescue Systems Offers Rescue for Range Days
Guns.com - Mobilize Rescue Systems looks to make the first aid process easier, offering a unique take on medical training with its Compact Kit and Mobilize App.
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Drug overdose suspected in South Mills death
Elizabeth City Daily Advance - CAMDEN ? A 54-year-old man in the South Mills area died of an apparent drug overdose earlier this month, according to the Camden County Sheriff's Office.The Sheriff's Office and Pasquotank-Camden Emergency Medical Services were called to the home on Nosay Road around 8 a.m. on July 6 and found the man suffering from an apparent drug overdose, according to Camden Sheriff Kevin Jones.EMS arrived first and was seeking to revive the man when deputies arrived, Jones said. The man's time of death was listed by EMS as 8:39 a.m., he said.The suspected cause of death was a drug overdose but the body was taken to Greenville for an autopsy, Jones said.
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De Ligt's first day at Juventus
Sporting News - From meeting fans to undergoing a medical, Matthijs de Ligt has enjoyed his first day as a Juventus player in Turin.
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Latest trends in medical monitoring devices and wearable health technology (FIT, AAPL, OMRNY, PHG)
Business Insider - This is a preview of Digital Health Ecosystem research report from Business Insider Intelligence. Business Insider Intelligence offers even more healthcare coverage with Digital Health Pro. Subscribe today to receive industry-changing digital health news and analysis to your inbox. Wearable fitness technology has weaved itself into society so that FitBits and smartwatches are seen as mainstream; and the future of wearable devices shows no sign of slowing down. Piloted by the increasing demand of consumers to monitor their own health, use of wearable technology has more than tripled in the last four years. According to research from Business Insider Intelligence, more than 80% of consumers are willing to wear fitness technology. This growing demand for wearables has generated a booming market, and now insurers and companies are seeing how supplying wearable health technology to their consumers and employees is beneficial. What is wearable healthcare technology? Wearable techno
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Police: Man jumped to his death from Lakeland hospital parking garage
WFLA NBC Tampa - LAKELAND, Fla. (WFLA) ? Lakeland police say a man jumped to his death from sixth floor of a hospital parking garage Thursday night. At about 7:35 p.m., police responded to reports of a man acting irrationally atop the parking garage at Lakeland Regional Health Medical Center. Police arrived and tried to talk the man down
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1 in 20 patients experience preventable harm while receiving medical care, study finds
MinnPost - Disability and death caused by preventable medical harm is equal to that caused by multiple sclerosis or cervical cancer in developed countries.
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Still no identification of man found floating in Naugatuck River
Waterbury Republican-American - TORRINGTON ? Police said Thursday they believe a state medical examiner's report will reveal key information about the cause of death for a city man who was found floating in the Naugatuck River on Wednesday. The man, whose identity is known to police but has not been released, was found in the water along Riverside
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Mercy Flight Central awarded prestigious accreditation
WKTV NBC Mohawk Valley - That award came from the Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems' (CAMTS).
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8 of the weirdest sex injuries and the medical explanations behind them
Business Insider - Sex offers a variety of health benefits, but the act itself can be complicated. In addition to more commonly cited sex injuries like accidental falls and penile fractures, more obscure injuries prove just how wrong sex can go in rare cases. People have reported swallowing condoms, having allergic reactions to semen, and getting wedding rings stuck on their penises. Visit INSIDER.com for more stories. Sex is chock-full of health benefits like stress relief and incontinence prevention, but even small missteps can result in serious injury. In addition to commonly cited sex injuries like broken penises and falls in the shower, a handful of more obscure sex accidents have occurred and prove sex can be, well, complicated. From spicy food that burned a woman's genitals to a wedding ring caught on a man's penis, these are some of the weirdest sex injuries in history and the medical explanations behind them.A woman's vulva burned after her partner ate hot sauce and performed oral sex on her
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A Connecticut pain management doctor and his practice will pay more than $425K to settle improper billing allegations
Middletown Press - A Connecticut pain management doctor and his practice will pay more than $425,000 to resolve their liability amidst improper billing allegations, according to the U.S. attorney's office. Comprehensive Pain and Headache Treatment Centers, LLC and its owner, Dr. Mark Thimineur, have entered into a civil settlement agreement with the federal and state governments to resolve allegations that they improperly billed the Medicare and Connecticut Medicaid programs. The allegations against CPHTC, which is an interventional pain management medical practice with offices in Derby and Meriden, arose from improper billing of urine drug tests. It is alleged that CPHTC and Thimineur submitted claims to Medicare and Medicaid for quantitative testing of patient urine samples when such testing was not actually being done. Quantitative testing provides a numerical concentration of a drug or metabolite in a patient's urine. "It is further alleged that CPHTC and Thimineur violated the federal and
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Air Force Research Laboratory partners with Kettering Health Network t
Air Force - BEAVERCREEK, Ohio ? The Air Force Research Laboratory's 711th Human Performance Wing and Kettering Health Network finalized a training affiliation agreement July 15 to partner together in establishing a collaborative medical currency platform.The agreement,
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More sex could mean milder case of Parkinson's disease
WickedLocal - Men with Parkinson's disease, and a healthy sex life, may exhibit milder symptoms, according to a new study. But one medical expert said the results are far from conclusive.
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My Turn: End surprise medical billing by standing with patients
Concord Monitor - Patients pay their insurance premiums every month and expect that their coverage will be there for them when they need it. Sadly, more and more patients are blind-sided by surprise medical bills ? unexpected medical expenses that occur when insurance...
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