Florida Pharmacies Busted for Selling Dangerous Counterfeit Medications
Authorities recently raided two Florida pharmacies for selling counterfeit medications to patients. Counterfeit medications can contain deadly impurities and are difficult to tell apart from the real products. Pharmacies in Ocala and Belleview filled counterfeit prescriptions for patients, marketing them as “Canadian meds”. In an ABC News investigation, a producer was given a fake prescription… Read more »
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Florida Refuses Investigation into Infant Heart Surgery Death
Over the last several months, we have provided continuous updates about several infant heart surgery deaths at St. Mary’s Medical Center in West Palm Beach. In a very sad letter to a mother who lost her baby to one of the infant heart surgery deaths, the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (FAHCA) claimed it… Read more »
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How Poor Sanitation Practices Can Cause Hospital Superbug Outbreaks
Hospitals are supposed to be the cleanest environments possible to reduce the risk patients will catch additional infections while undergoing treatment. Unfortunately, a new report published in the Annals of Internal Medicine suggests hospitals are not as clean as the public might believe. The researchers reviewed 80 other studies on hospital cleanliness in the years… Read more »
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Hospital Nightmares: When A Misdiagnosis Turns Fatal
When hospitals overwork doctors and require them to take on too many patients, mistakes can happen. Misdiagnosing patients is a common mistake that can have fatal consequences. A hypothetical situation can show how misdiagnosing patients can create disaster scenarios. Ted is a 45-year-old father of three and a business owner who works in real estate…. Read more »
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How Can A Baby’s Name Contribute To His Or Her Health?
A new journal article published in Pediatrics suggests waiting to name your baby can put it at increased risk for medical mistakes. Even when parents do not pick names directly after birth, hospital staff still must create identification bracelets anyways. Hospital staff will use “temporary names” that can create confusion, especially in higher risk environments… Read more »
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Should Online Reviews Of Doctors And Hospitals Be Taken Seriously?
The internet gives people the opportunity to review their favorite restaurants, coffee shops and bars. Now doctors, hospitals, dentists and other health care providers can be reviewed in a similar fashion. According to NPR, disgruntled patients are taking to the internet to slam incompetent health care providers. By using review websites like Yelp, patients can… Read more »
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Man Who Survived Medical Mistake Now In Persistent Vegetative State
Medical negligence does not always cause death, and sometimes patients remain permanently scarred or disabled. In 2014, a retired Navy Chief underwent a colonoscopy at Naval Hospital Jacksonville and never woke up again. According to his wife, who has filed a medical malpractice lawsuit, the hospital failed to review her husband’s medical history, which had… Read more »
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How Are Superbugs Created?
Superbugs are bacteria that have grown resistant to antibiotics and other treatments. Another name for superbugs is hospital-acquired infections (HAIs). Doctors attempting to treat superbugs might be helpless to stop them from spreading in patients. What are superbugs and how are they created? Superbugs include bacterium such as CRE (carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae), MRSA (Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus)… Read more »
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How Do Medication Errors Happen?
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officials have issued a warning over confusion on an antidepressant and blood-thinning medication with similar names. According to the FDA, they have received 50 reports of medication errors involving Brintellix and Brilinta. Many of the cases reported to the FDA were over concerns about the similarity of the names and… Read more »
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Can Patients Access The Records Of Doctors?
Last week, we wrote about a ProPublica report on surgeon complication rates being released to the public. Patients should always make informed choices when selecting physicians, surgeons or other health care practitioners. Fortunately, there are a few ways to do this depending on location. Many states, including Florida, have medical boards that issue state licenses… Read more »
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