Fighting For Justice And Your Best Interests
Understaffing is a serious challenge in the healthcare sector. This is in part the result due to a shortage of qualified healthcare providers. But it can happen when the hospital willfully keeps its workforce down to reduce its wage bill. Unfortunately, this cost...
Welcoming a newborn ought to be a moment of joy and excitement. And most often, this is what most parents experience. Unfortunately, it is not uncommon for this joyous moment to be disrupted by a life-altering yet preventable complication like brain damage. If your...
People trust the idea of intravenous (IV) drug administration as a safe and modern way to receive a drug. In many ways, it seems to eliminate much of the risk of human error that is inherent in the administration of prescription drugs. After all, there is a machine...
Surgeons are trained to perform some of the most stressful and life-defining jobs around – operating on sick and injured patients. And while most surgeons handle their jobs with the seriousness it deserves, a few fail to perform their duties with the level of...
The birth of a new baby should be a wonderful, happy time for the whole family. We trust healthcare professionals to deliver babies safely which, most of the time, is the case. Unfortunately, there are occasions where the result of professional negligence is a...
While pregnant, most expecting parents say, "as long as the baby is healthy, that's all that matters." The term healthy can denote so many characteristics, including birth weight. Birth weight can be too low, but can it also be too high? Fetal macrosomia is a term...
One interesting thing that you find when you look at heart attack cases is that doctors are less likely to make the proper diagnosis if the patient is a woman. The accuracy rate of diagnosing a heart attack in a man is much higher, but women often receive the wrong...
Every physician practicing medicine in the United States has extensive education. They complete a college degree and then attend medical school. Their education involves a residency, where they work hands-on in the area of medicine that they hope to practice while...
A spinal cord injury (SCI) can be a devastating diagnosis for any family. When it happens to a newborn, the effects can be challenging. While there are many potential causes of SCI in newborns, one that is often overlooked is delivery complications. If you suspect...
While Iowa’s certainly not one of the more ethnically diverse states in the country, it’s considerably more diverse than it once was. That’s particularly true in larger cities like Des Moines. However, life can still be challenging for people who aren’t fluent in...