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Electronic medical records (EMRs) are meant to streamline healthcare, but errors or mismanagement of these records can result in devastating consequences, including delayed cancer diagnoses. Medical professionals and healthcare providers may face liability for these...
Stage 3 kidney disease means that your kidney function is about half of what it should be. That said, you may not experience noticeable symptoms, especially at first. However, as the condition progresses, symptoms such as fatigue and swelling in the legs, ankles or...
When a Florida medical patient has cancer, that patient’s chances of recovering and beating cancer improve quite a bit when doctors make the cancer diagnosis within a timely manner. Yet, sometimes, certain types of cancer look similar to other medical conditions,...
Chronic kidney disease involves the gradual loss of functioning kidneys. Unfortunately, kidney disease also has a high chance of being misdiagnosed or undiagnosed in the early stages by medical professionals. To avoid misdiagnosis, you may require second opinions....
If you are age 65 or older, you stand a very good chance of having chronic kidney disease. Unfortunately, however, you also stand a very good chance of your CKD going undiagnosed by your Medicare primary care physician. A recent study by the Centers for Medicare &...
It probably comes as no surprise that cancer is the number one cause of death in both developed and developing countries. While this is a grim statistic, the good news is that if certain types of cancer are found early enough in development, they can be treated...
For most women in Florida, the thought of being diagnosed with gynecological cancer is scary. However, it is important to know that cancers that develop in a woman's reproductive organs are rare, and most can be easily treated if they are caught at an early stage....
In hospitals and other health care facilities in Florida and around the country, antibiotics are sometimes being improperly used. This is often caused by a misdiagnosis or when the diagnosis is indeterminate. The improper use of antibiotics may have harmful effects....
Although doctors are not perfect, they are expected to do their job in accordance with the established standard of care. If a patient is injured during a medical procedure, there are many ways to establish that a preventable error caused that injury. In most cases, a...
Medicare announced in February that it will start providing yearly lung cancer screenings for some long-term smokers. However, Florida residents should be aware that the tests could lead to risky follow-ups. Patients who qualify for the complimentary annual spiral CT...
