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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Recently, the story of a woman’s struggles and death because of a cancer misdiagnosis made the news. Reportedly, a 24-year-old woman died from cancer after repeatedly being told that she was not suffering from cancer but migraines. Not only was the woman’s cancer misdiagnosed once, but allegedly her tumor went undiagnosed even after 14 visits to the […]
The Pennsylvania Superior Court has revived a lawsuit concerning a hospital’s liability if it allows suicidal patients to leave and they take their life. Why Did the Pennsylvania Superior Court Revive This Case? The case, Martin v. Holy Spirit Hospital, involved a woman with a history of mental health problems who was brought to Holy […]
