A recent study showed alarming facts: hospitals are not great at diagnosing their patients. 1 in 20 patients are misdiagnosed each year; this means 12 million Americans are being sent home with the wrong diagnosis. Sometimes, misdiagnosis leads to death. The number of deaths by misdiagnosis is equal to the number of deaths by breast […]
How Bioscience is Changing the Diagnosis and Treatment of Concussions
Participating in sports has long been part of childhood, but parents and medical professional have been seeing an alarming trend on the rise: concussions in youth sports. Concussions have made headlines in recent years due to the link between concussions sustained in professional football and a progressive degenerative brain disease known as Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy […]
After Years of Misdiagnosis, Troy Teen Receives Life-Altering Epilepsy Treatment at the Children’s Hospital of Michigan
At the age of 4, Mark Danielak of Troy, started experiencing terrible headaches. His mom Ann became concerned when he had his first episode that included not only headaches but pale skin and vomiting which led him to the local emergency room. For 12 years, Mark continued with severe headaches, sometimes on a daily basis. […]
A Diagnosis is not a Life Time Sentence: Bipolar Disorder
Thank God, I am healed from Bipolar Disorder. I was diagnoses by a psychiatrist when I quit drinking that I was Bipolar Disorder. His first suggestion was to prescribe Lithium, which became toxic to me, even in a therapeutic range. After three blood tests, he immediately took me off the treatment, as he was terribly […]
Importance of Early Attention- Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Diagnosis
Without adequate support of the impairments of Attention- Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) many children suffer from low self-esteem and academic and social failure during their journey in school. A study done at the University of California Davis School of Medicine found that almost one-third of students with ADHD drop out or delay graduation […]
Argentina: President Cristina Fernández’ Controversial Cancer Diagnosis
Written by Natán Calzolari Tranlated by Louella Mahabir On December 27, 2011, the Casa Rosada revealed that Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner was suffering from a papillary thyroid carcinoma in the right lobe of her thyroid gland. The cancerous growth had been detected during a routine checkup on December 22. During the following days, the most […]
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