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Oregon patients who are awaiting surgery may feel more confident about the outcome if they know that the surgeon has performed a particular procedure hundreds of times. While experience is necessary to master a skill, feedback during training is also important....
Oregon arthritis sufferers should be aware of the distinctions between psoriatic arthritis and osteoarthritis. Both conditions affect the small joints and have other similarities, but they require different treatments. Osteoarthritis primarily affects the...
Oregon dialysis patients may have heard about a facility in their neighboring state where people might have been exposed to hepatitis B. In May, public health officials in Seattle were notified by a hospital that discovered staff were not screening and...
Some Oregon women who have breast cancer and who are planning to get lumpectomies will undergo breast MRIs as a part of pre- and post-operative planning. The breast MRIs are used in order to help the surgeons see where the tumor is located, its size and whether...
Physicians and health care facilities do their best to limit and prevent risks when patients need medical procedures, but there are always thing patients need to know about in case something does go wrong. Anesthesia is generally safe, but here are some ways...
The radiology departments in modern Oregon hospitals feature an impressive array of sophisticated technology, but even the latest X-ray booths and MRI machines cannot eliminate all human error. Radiology mistakes can be particularly damaging when tumors are...
Some Oregon residents may have heard of medical mistakes such as operating on the wrong patient or leaving a surgical tool inside a patient. Dubbed "never events" because they should never happen, a total of 29 of these types of errors have been identified....
People in Oregon who are considering undergoing elective plastic surgery may want to research the physician and facility beforehand and keep in mind that dangerous complications can occur. In 2013, an 18-year-old Florida woman slipped into a coma after her...
As some Oregon residents may know, drinking enough water is important to maintaining a healthy physical state. However, dehydration can occur and cause worrisome symptoms that can interfere with daily function. Knowing if symptoms are related to dehydration or...
The sound of a car alarm going off may have sent Oregon residents rushing to their windows or reaching for their phones to call the police when the technology was first introduced a few decades ago, but the sounds made by these security systems have become so...