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Nearly 400,000 Americans receive dialysis treatment for end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Demand for the treatment, which functions like an artificial kidney, is only expected to rise as baby-boomers age and the incidence of diseases like diabetes incr… Read More

Well over half of women will develop uterine fibroids at some point in their lives, according to data from the National Institutes of Health. These non-cancerous tumors grow in the uterine wall, as illustrated by the image here. Often they cause no s… Read More

When you’re diagnosed with breast cancer, one of the first things you want to know is what your treatment options are. You may be in such distress from your diagnosis that you have only one concern: which treatment is going to be the most effec… Read More

You may have heard the phrase “standard of care” in connection with medical treatment, and particularly in connection with medical malpractice actions. What does standard of care mean when we say that a medical professional has not upheld… Read More

The quest for safe, reliable, convenient birth control has led many women to Essure and other birth control implants. Essure came on the market in 2002, and seemed initially to offer all of those benefits. Unlike the birth control pill, it didn’… Read More

You may have heard the word “sepsis,” or the equivalent term, “septic shock” on a medical drama, and understood instinctively by the urgency in the TV doctor’s tone that sepsis is a serious matter. In fact, it can be a d… Read More

Receiving a cancer diagnosis is devastating. Perhaps the only thing more devastating is receiving the wrong diagnosis. Radiologists play a large role in the diagnosis of most types of cancer. Radiology errors can lead to a patient’s losing a ch… Read More

Many of us know someone who has lost a great deal of weight through gastric bypass surgery. The benefits can be tremendous for those who are considered “morbidly obese” and have been unable to lose enough weight by less drastic means. Peo… Read More