After lung and prostate cancer, the most common form of the disease among men is colorectal cancer. It's also the third most common cancer in women after breast and lung cancer. What New Jersey residents should know is that colorectal cancer is being diagnosed in an...
Between 40,000 and 80,000 hospital patients die each year in around the country because their medical issues were misdiagnosed or not diagnosed in a timely manner. Diagnostic mistakes are the most common type of serious medical error in New Jersey and affect about 12...
Those who are affected by serious diseases, like cancer, face significant difficulties. These problems are compounded in people who have rare diseases. For instance, a person with an uncommon form of cancer may be misdiagnosed or have trouble finding an experienced...
In New Jersey and across the country, black patients are being medically misdiagnosed at alarming rates. Some experts say this is a partial reason for the low life expectancy among black Americans: the lowest, in fact, for any major group in the U.S. The trend can be...
A routine trip to the doctor's office sometimes comes with a little nervousness. Concerns may exist about the doctor finding something seriously wrong with the patient, but not every patient in New Jersey thinks that bad news may connect to malpractice. However,...
The use of electronic health records have streamlined the way that many hospitals in New Jersey diagnose and treat their patients. By laying out patients' medical history, the drugs they are taking, allergies they have and so on, they can even warn doctors about...
New Jersey residents will want to be aware of a neurological condition called cluster headache because it affects 1 in 1,000 people. Though this may make it sound rare, it's actually no rarer than Parkinson's disease or multiple sclerosis. Unlike these well-known...
Brachial plexus injuries are among the more widespread birth injuries, affecting three out of every 1,000 births in New Jersey and across the U.S. The brachial plexus is a network of nerves that controls movement and feeling in the upper limb; it extends from the...
On average, one out of every three people in New Jersey and across the nation use more than five medications at one time. On any given week, 80% of adults will need a prescription drug or take a supplement according to the American Academy of Family Physicians. Those...
Misdiagnosis is a major risk for patients in New Jersey and across the United States. In fact, a new study finds that between 40,000 and 80,000 Americans may die each year due to various types of diagnosis errors. These mistakes might also cause serious harm to...
