Believe it or not, surgery has been performed by robots since March of 1997. The robot’s name was Mona, after the Mona Lisa, and the surgery that she/it performed was a gallbladder operation. 21 years later, and progress has been strangely slow. As cited by General Surgery Today, experts blame this slowness on a number
READ MORECould 2019 be the Year of Intermittent Fasting?
Medical News Today noted in its recent 2018 roundup, one of the site’s most popular topics was intermittent fasting diets. For those who are unfamiliar, an intermittent fasting diet is a diet that includes a regular fasting protocol, where the dieter abstains from all but fluids during a set period of time. And dieters are
READ MOREMedical Malpractice and Fertility Treatment
There is no stopping the growth of the U.S. fertility treatment market. According to BCC Research, a market research firm that specializes in healthcare, the market will grow by about $1 billion in the next 5 years. This growth is related to both technological advances and social and cultural change. The increasing prevalence of obesity
READ MOREAddiction and Depression Research
New Research Shows a Key Link According to the National Institute of Drug Abuse, “about half of people who experience a mental illness will also experience a substance use disorder at some point in their lives and vice versa.” The relationship may seem obvious to the casual observer. After all, someone who is depressed would
READ MOREShould Active Duty Military be Allowed to Sue the Military for Malpractice?
Walter Daniel had already experienced his worst nightmare. His wife, Lt. Rebekah Daniel, who served as a nurse in the military, had just died of severe post-partum hemorrhage just two hours after giving birth to their first child. She died in the same naval hospital where she worked as an active-duty nurse. But worse, because
READ MOREMedical Technology Affecting Malpractice Claims?
These are the types of questions that rely on hard data in a court of law. If Charlie’s primary care physician misdiagnoses Charlie’s heart condition, and then refers him to a specialist who suggests a treatment based on the misdiagnoses, both might be liable for the resulting damages, but for different amounts. But could access
READ MOREMalpractice in Connecticut’s Prisons
Medical Malpractice Scandals Rock the State’s Prison System In Connecticut, an extraordinary medical malpractice scandal has citizens up in arms. The Hartford Courant reports that the Connecticut prison system, which has already had to replace its correction commissioner over his inability to handle what is a growing scandal, has come under scrutiny once again after
READ MOREHow Can Wearable Technology Shape Medical Research?
Wearable technology has changed a lot in recent years. FitBit, once an anomaly on the shelves of Best Buys, have now given way to an entire industry of everyday devices that you wear or carry around with you. This is a remarkable breakthrough, as such technologies are bringing the advantages of previously expensive medical equipment
READ MORECancer Treatments and Brain Aging
The American Cancer Society estimates that there will be over 1.7 million new cancer cases diagnosed by the end of 2018, as well as 609,640 cancer deaths. To put this in perspective, the next leading cause of death (accidental deaths) results in a little more than 160,000 deaths each year. Because of this, billions of
READ MOREMedical Malpractice Around the World – How Societies Outside the U.S. Handle Medical Malpractice
Today we discuss a myriad of issues related to medical malpractice issues within the United States. But what’s happening with medical malpractice in other countries? How do their legal issues and their understanding of the responsibility of physicians differ from our own? Let’s look at a few. Medical Malpractice in China While cases in the
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