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One disease that Pennsylvania doctors may misdiagnose is cardiomyopathy. People who suffer from the condition may not exhibit any symptoms or signs. In some cases, the indications do not present in people who are in the disease’s early stages. However, as the heart...
Before it happens to you, a trip- or slip-and-fall accident might not seem like a life-shattering event. But the reality is that these accidents can result in serious injuries, and people are often in such pain and confusion after a fall that they don’t know what to...
For drivers, distraction can come from just about any angle — particularly in the form of text messages and phone calls. In fact, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, driver distraction contributed to more than 390,000 injuries and 3,477...
According to one medial insurer, opioids are involved in 24 percent of all medication-related liability claims. While about 46 percent of those claims involved primary care physicians, another 22 percent involved emergency room doctors. This information could be...
Pennsylvania truck drivers may be interested to learn that Congressional Democrats have urged the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to resume working on a rule that would provide screening criteria and treatment protocols for sleep apnea. The FMCSA announced...
Older people in Pennsylvania and around the country may not be properly diagnosed in the early stages of age-related macular degeneration. AMD is a serious problem for people ages 50 and older and is the main cause of vision loss in that age group. According to a...
When Pennsylvania residents have type 1 or type 2 diabetes, there are several medical conditions that they may be more susceptible to than the average person. In particular, people with these types of diabetes may end up developing end-stage renal disease or chronic...
Lupus is a disease where the body’s immune system attacks a person’s tissues, and it is considered to be a chronic inflammatory disease. This disease is frequently misdiagnosed as other conditions, and one reason for this is because there is no definitive test that...
Highly skilled workers in Pennsylvania and elsewhere are more prone to make mistakes when interrupted than less skilled ones, according to research. A study on the subject, which was published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, was conducted by...
Pennsylvania residents may be interested to learn that there are about 40 different conditions that can be misdiagnosed as a brown recluse spider bite. Because these conditions can include skin cancer, Lyme disease, herpes, diabetic ulcers and even...