Hospitals and medical centers in New York City certainly are unique environments. When you are there as a patient, your stresses are likely high due to the circumstances behind your hospitalization. If you are there as a visitor, then you may be equally stressed due...
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Month: February 2019
Understanding midwife practice limitations
While you no doubt are looking forward to the arrival of your new baby in Queens with a great deal of anticipation, you may not be so excited about the costs that will accompany their birth. The financial expense of childbirth may have you considering having a midwife...
Common fatal injuries on construction sites
Working in construction is a dangerous career in general. However, certain careless acts or mistakes can significantly increase the chances of accidents.Some accidents on construction sites may lead to serious injury or even death. In fact, a few fatal injuries exist...
What can I do to prepare myself for surgery?
You place a great deal of trust in your medical team when you go in for a surgical procedure. In most cases, surgery goes well, with few complications during or after the procedure. However, even the most skilled doctors and nurses make mistakes, and hospital errors...
What are the risks of robotic surgery?
Recently, a viral video touted the miraculous advancement of robotic surgery methods by showing the machinery performing an intricate procedure on a grape. While you may understandably be impressed by this technology, you and other New York residents might also have...
What happens if breast cancer treatment is delayed?
If a New York doctor diagnosed you or a loved one with breast cancer, it is imperative that you begin treatment right away. Failure to begin treatment as soon after diagnosis as possible may result in an increased risk that the cancer will spread, which means a...
What are the causes and risks of fetal death?
According to findings published in VeryWell Family, roughly six of every 1,000 births that occur between 20- and 27-weeks is a stillbirth. Early stillbirth, which occurs when the fetus is between 20- and 27-weeks gestation, is only slightly more common than late...
Adverse event versus side effect
Many people often use the terms "adverse event" and "side effect" interchangeably but doing so can have grave consequences. In brief, an adverse event is an unintended pharmacologic effect that occurs when a New York health care provider administers a medication...
What is Cephalohematoma and is it dangerous?
The last thing any new parent wants to hear is that their little one sustained an injury at birth. Though doctors do not intentionally do so, they often make matters worse by using big terms that do not adequately explain a child's condition but instead, strike fear...