Year: 2017

Man Fatally Crushed by Safe Deposit Box in Cheltenham Township

The container terminal at dusk

A safe deposit box fatally crushed a man on Monday afternoon. The fatal incident occurred around 1 pm at the former Cheltenham Mall in Cheltenham Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania at an old Wells Fargo bank. The man who was 35-years old and an Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania resident attempted to relocate a large safe deposit box with […]

Student Hospitalized After School Bus Crash in Cherry Hill

A student was hospitalized after a school bus and SUV collided at the ramp on Exit 32 on Interstate 295 in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. On Friday afternoon around 12:30 pm, the two vehicles collided, sending the only student occupying the bus to the hospital for treatment. During the accident, the SUV rolled over. No […]

Tennessee Girl’s Misdiagnosis Leads to Leukemia Fatality

cancer victim with family

A 10-year-old girl from Memphis, Tennessee was misdiagnosed with strep throat and suffered a fatality from leukemia days later. After two days of complaints of severe stomach pain and discomfort, the girl’s mother brought her to the hospital, where she was diagnosed with strep throat and administered an antibiotic shot. Within 24 hours of the girl’s […]

Johnstown Bus Hits Boy Who Sustained Injuries Needing Surgery

A CamTran bus hit a five-year-old boy who was riding a bicycle on Wednesday afternoon. The boy unexpectedly rushed out of an alley in the Moxham section of Johnstown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania into the path of the bus. He sustained multiple injuries, which comprised of fractures to his skull, the vertebrae in his neck, and […]

Deadly, Drug-Resistant Candida Yeast Infection Appears in US

The CDC reports that a deadly, drug-resistant Candida yeast infection, which may result in organ failure if contracted, has spread to the US. Over 50 people, mostly in New York state, fell ill with the hospital-acquired infection, and almost 30 healthy fungus carriers were identified in three other states. Individuals who have weakened immune systems […]

7 Hospitalized in 35-Car Pileup on Chicago’s Kennedy Expressway

A chain-reaction crash on Chicago’s Kennedy Expressway involved 35 cars and sent seven individuals to the hospital with minor to severe injuries. The pileup crash, which occurred around 10:15 p.m. on the express lane, was finally cleared around 2 a.m. Tuesday morning. First responders were tasked with clearing the scene of the accident, which involved […]

Harrisburg Hoverboard Fire Linked to Girl’s Fatality

A hoverboard fire claimed the life of a young girl on Saturday morning. The fire began around 8 pm on Friday evening in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania when a charging hoverboard ignited. After the three-year-old girl was brought to the Lehigh Valley Hospital – Cedar Crest, she succumbed to her injuries on Saturday morning around 11:30 am. Two other […]

What Should I Make Sure My Doctor Looks for During a Breast Exam?

Senior woman in hospital

Recently, we have featured blog posts highlighting instances of cancer misdiagnosis, including: Doctors mistaking cancer for mononucleosis A woman’s cancer being misdiagnosed as a migraine 14 times Breast cancer misdiagnosis leading to unnecessary breast removal surgery We trust medical professionals to not make mistakes as devastating as misdiagnosing cancer. However, as the above cases indicate, medical […]

Is It Dangerous to Do Your Own Breast Exam?

There was recently an article featured in Refinery29, a digital media outlet that focusses on women’s issues, that raised the questions as to whether you should do your own breast exam. As the Refinery29 piece points out, medical professionals have been recommending that patients perform their own breast examinations for decades. However, now it appears […]

Did Doctors Mistaking Cancer for Mono Nearly Cost a Child Her Life?

Could a doctor really mistake cancer for mononucleosis? That may have been the case recently when a 6-year-old girl was the victim of a cancer misdiagnosis involving her doctors mistaking symptoms of metastatic neuroblastoma for mono. How Did Doctors Mistake Cancer for Mononucleosis? Per KSDK-TV, a few years after she was born, the 6-year-old girl began […]