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Patients may experience severe complications when a medical professional fails to provide proper health care treatment. Unfortunately, medical errors are more common than most people think. Cases of medical malpractice vary in severity, with some of the most dangerous being errors associated with anesthesia. What is Anesthesia? Administration of anesthesia […]

Since 2013, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has required a black box warning on packaging of codeine prescriptions for children. This type of warning appears on the prescription drug’s label and is reserved for drugs with serious or life-threatening risks. A new study from the American Academy of Pediatrics […]

A new study from researchers at Harvard and UCLA examines a federal policy meant to reduce Medicare readmission rates to hospitals. Five years ago, the Hospital Readmission Reduction Program was introduced in effort to incentivize hospitals to reduce the readmission of Medicare patients by financially penalizing them. The study finds […]

As patients undergoing medical procedures, most people are informed of the risks. However, many tend to view them as precautions – things that could happen, not things that do happen. Unfortunately, medical errors are more common than most people think and typically constitute medical malpractice. Every year, thousands of unsuspecting […]