May 30, 2024 Cases of AFib Increasing in Younger Adults According to a study recently published in the medical journal “Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology”, atrial fibrillation, or AFib, is much more common in individuals under the age of 65 than we previously believed. AFib is an abnormal heart rhythm which increases a person’s risk for significant cardiovascular complications, like blood clots, heart failure, heart attack … Read More »
April 12, 2024 Why are so Many “Never Events” Happening? National Institute of Health or NIH defines “never events” as a subset of patient safety incidents that are both preventable and so serious that they should never occur. Events like these include performing an operation on the wrong patient or even on the wrong side of a patient’s body. A recent Philadelphia Inquirer investigation uncovered … Read More »
April 8, 2024 FDA Warns Heart Device Connected to Deaths and Injuries Recently, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a serious warning over the use of Abiomed’s left-sided Impella heart pumps, which can perforate the heart and have already been implicated in 49 deaths and more than 100 injuries. Although the FDA is not mandating a product recall, it has put forth what is known as … Read More »
March 30, 2024 Doctors Say Cases of Stomach Flu Are Going Up Have you ever had to stay home from work for a few days because of a nasty stomach bug that really knocked you off your feet? Well, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), norovirus, a gastrointestinal infection that usually causes moderate symptoms like nausea, stomach pain, and diarrhea, is taking the … Read More »
March 27, 2024 Doctors Say Cases of Stomach Flu Are Going Up Have you ever had to stay home from work for a few days because of a nasty stomach bug that really knocked you off your feet? Well, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), norovirus, a gastrointestinal infection that usually causes moderate symptoms like nausea, stomach pain, and diarrhea, is taking the … Read More »
March 11, 2024 National Patient Safety Awareness Week March 10th through 16th marks this year’s annual National Patient Safety Awareness Week, a public health campaign that raises awareness about healthcare safety. Supported by the Center for Patient Safety (CPS) and sponsored by the Institute of Healthcare Improvement, or IHI, this year’s theme is Safer Together. Safety experts at the CPS selected this year’s theme because … Read More »
October 19, 2023 New Study Shows Just How Dangerous Emergency Rooms Are for Kids Children account for roughly 22% of the United States’ population, yet according to a new study, emergency rooms around the country are grossly underprepared to treat them during a medical crisis or serious illness. After a thorough investigation, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) discovered that only 14% of ERs nationwide obtain certifications deeming them as … Read More »
September 8, 2023 Alzheimer’s Drug Leqembi Receives Accelerated Approval from FDA Earlier this year, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted Leqembi, which is only the second drug of its kind, with an accelerated approval. Leqembi is part of a newly emergent class of drugs that target the pathophysiology of Alzheimer’s, instead of merely treating the disease’s progressive symptoms. Per the FDA’s statement, researchers are designing … Read More »
July 18, 2023 Medical Mistakes More Likely with Long Work Hours Recently, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) investigated intern physicians’ work hours and their effect on poor outcomes for patients. According to the researcher’s data, senior residents who work more than 48 hours a week or who work shifts longer than 24 hours at a time are more likely to make medical mistakes … Read More »
