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While most women in Oregon and elsewhere have unremarkable pregnancies -- meaning they make it through without any significant issues -- some experience complications. One of the most common pregnancy-related complications is preeclampsia. If a doctor fails to...
When patients are under the care of a doctor, they trust that medical professionals will provide them with care that meets a certain standard. Pregnant women depend on their care providers to keep a close eye on the development of their pregnancy and catch any...
When a woman is pregnant, she trusts her doctor to help her through the pregnancy and come out on the other side of it with a healthy child. It is unfortunate that every year, numerous women in Oregon and elsewhere find themselves or their children hurt due to their...
Cancers are some of the most commonly misdiagnosed diseases. They also happen to be some of the most life-threatening, leaving individuals facing a high risk if they do not receive the proper diagnosis right away. That is why it is so important to obtain a second...
Waiting for the birth of a child is an exciting, albeit nerve-wracking time. All you want and hope for is a healthy baby when all is said and done. In your case, up until delivery, everything seemed to be looking up. Then, something happened during delivery that left...
The birth of a child is an exciting time in the life of any Oregon family. Parents should be proud of their baby and thrilled at the prospect of taking the new addition home. However, when the baby suffers injuries during birth, it can affect this celebration. The...
The changes a woman’s body goes through during pregnancy are nothing short of miraculous. Under normal circumstances, her body knows what to do and makes the appropriate adjustments without incident. However, not everyone is quite so lucky. For instance, abnormal...
Many soon-to-be mothers, including many here in Oregon, want nothing more than to have a healthy child at the end of their pregnancies. For this reason, they may have at least some trepidation about what could potentially go wrong. The truth is that a large number of...
A prior blog (“Hydrops fetalis could put an unborn child at risk,” Aug. 26, 2020) discussed the risks that hydrops fetalis poses to an unborn child. While that condition is serious enough, it could lead to an even more dangerous condition called “mirror syndrome,”...
Many Oregonians may be unfamiliar with the term, “differential diagnosis,” but practically anyone who has gone to a doctor for a new ailment has been subjected to this medical process. The differential diagnosis method allows a doctor to work through a patient’s...