There may be something in the water after all. New science and a series of disturbing revelations prove that contrary to what most Americans have believed for decades, fluoride in water and other products can potentially be harmful to a number …

Prescription drugs are ubiquitous in society today. From the myriad of television commercials to the constant debate by federal and state governments on how to insure Americans’ prescriptions, prescription drugs are never far from the public consciousness.
It is with good reason, …

While it was once revered for its utility, asbestos’ ability to cause fatal diseases — through fiber inhalation — has been known since the 1920s and to cause cancer since the 1930s.
Asbestos — a group …

More than 50 years ago, birth control was introduced to America. “The Pill” gave women more control over their bodies, but not without certain health risks. One set of contraceptive pills — Bayer’s Yaz, Yasmin and …

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently released a safety alert and required a label change for Actos regarding the risk of bladder cancer for users taking the medication for more than one year or …

The Federal Drug Administration (FDA) recently issued a warning regarding serious complications associated with transvaginal placement of surgical mesh for pelvic organ prolapse. Here’s what you need to know: 

Each year, millions of people in the United States sustain a traumatic brain injury (TBI) from falls, motor vehicle traffic crashes, collisions with moving or stationary objects, and assaults. The Centers for Disease Control and …

The day a woman turns into a mom-to-be is filled with emotions of all shapes and sizes. There is surprise, elation, excitement, anticipation, anxiety, worry, and fear. For expectant mothers, the world can be a …

A diagnostic error, or misdiagnosis, occurs when a medical professional inaccurately comes to a conclusion about what is wrong with the patient. About 1 in 20 in-patient hospital deaths are attributed to misdiagnosed illness. In or outside of the hospital, about 1 in 6 of us will be subjected to a misdiagnosis by a medical professional over the course of our lifetimes.

In 2010, there is simply no excuse for anyone to get a bedsore. It is usually a preventable event, and healthcare workers should not allow bedsores to occur. Bedsores, also known as pressure sores or decubitus ulcers, almost never happen when patients are properly cared for. In fact, Medicare has classified bedsores as “never events.” This means they should never happen, and if they do, Medicare will refuse to pay the nursing home or hospital where the bedsore happened.