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Pregnant women across the country are receiving or refilling prescriptions to treat hypertension. While this fact alone is not alarming, a new study revealed that an increasing number of women are taking these prescription drugs, even though the potential side-effects...
When someone is admitted to the intensive care unit of a hospital, they assume that they are in good hands. While their injuries are often very severe, one would believe that healing could begin in the unit. One meta-analysis by researchers with Johns Hopkins...
After years of dealing with the effects of ill-advised medical treatment, the parents of twins, who are both teenagers now, may finally be able to feel more at peace. The night that her daughters were born, the mother was given Benadryl and sent home. Unfortunately,...
Readers in North Carolina may be aware that Michael Jackson's physician is up against serious legal consequences for prescribing a lethal combination of sedatives to the legendary pop star. A more recent case may remind many of what happened to Jackson. Recently, the...
Every time North Carolina residents visit their physician, they go to the medical clinic with the expectation that their doctor will be thorough and effective, yet cautious. However, in an effort to be exhaustive to reach a diagnosis, doctors may be doing too much,...
When expecting mothers feel as though something may be wrong with their child, they likely do the right thing by visiting their physician. When doctors provide reassurance that everything is fine, North Carolina patients should be able to trust that diagnosis. One...
Nothing is more frustrating than being treated unfairly and not being able right that wrong. Though one family had to spend years in court, they are finally able to move toward justice with their son's medical malpractice case. According to the plaintiffs, their son...
Just hours after receiving a benign medical diagnosis, no parent wants to hear that their child is actually dying. A doctor's failure to diagnose sepsis, a blood infection, led to a young boy's tragic death. Now, the boy's loved ones are seeking answers -- and...
The only thing that could make a kidney tumor diagnosis more difficult to handle is the knowledge that it should have been identified two years earlier. This was one North Carolina man's experience. Though he was able to have the tumor removed, medical records...
North Carolina's medical facilities are expected to provide timely emergency medical treatment in order to prevent a devastating medical error. Unfortunately, when medical providers do not act quickly enough, their mistake can lead to a permanent medical injury.One...