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Cephalohematoma, a birth injury, can leave newborns with a noticeable bump on their head. This condition results from blood pooling under the baby's scalp. It is often due to the pressure experienced during birth or from instrument-assisted deliveries. While these...
In the not-so-distant past, doctors were afraid to apologize to patients and family when something went wrong – even if they weren’t to blame. Some even hesitated to express any amount of sympathy for a bad or unexpected outcome. Often this was because they feared...
The birth of a child should be a time of excitement and joy. You should be able to enjoy your pregnancy and the birth of your child without fear of preventable medical problems and complications. At every step of the process, from your first doctor’s appointment after...
Out of all the possible problems that can occur during labor, fetal distress is one of the most common. It happens during birth when the fetus is not getting enough oxygen, often observed through irregular fetal heart rate. It can be a severe delivery complication,...
Labor pain is different for every woman. However, a popular common ground for women in labor is seeking pain relief methods. Epidural is a procedure that injects a local anesthetic to intercept pain signals from the spine to the brain. When delivered correctly, it is...
When you go to the doctor, you expect that he or she will listen to your concerns and provide you with adequate medical care based on your needs. This means that you can expect your doctor to administer tests, listen as you explain your symptoms and take your case...
People often put their trust in medical professionals to do the right thing so that patients can recover from their illnesses. When a patient sees their doctor, they expect everything should be done to determine the problem and possible solutions. When this isn’t...
When you begin to notice certain symptoms and changes in your health, you may decide to go to the doctor for a screening. You trust that the doctor will do adequate testing based on a description of your symptoms and concerns. You assume that the diagnostic efforts...
Losing a baby before having the chance to hold them could be any expectant parent’s worst nightmare. Knowing that the tragedy is preventable, if not for human error or negligence, only makes the loss even worse. A stillbirth is a baby’s death before or during...
Medical tools are designed to assist and make medical professionals’ practice somehow easier. Unfortunately, when medical practitioners fail to apply reasonable care, the use of medical devices inflicts injuries instead of providing medical care. One of the areas of...