What kid doesn’t love summer? After the chill of winter and spring, it’s a chance for children to embrace sun, fun, and pool time. It’s also the time of year when the largest number of drowning incidents happen.
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A six-month-old baby boy was recently admitted to Boston Children’s Hospital for a routine sleep study. Within an hour of starting the study, the baby suffered a fatal brain injury. To read an account of that critical hour is equally incredibly frustrating and incredibly heartbreaking as hospital staff seemingly ignored the baby in medical distress
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Recent Study Shows Minorities Suffer Most The latest numbers are in, and they are not encouraging. The number of women in the United States who died because of pregnancy or maternal-related causes rose significantly in 2021. According to a report released by the CDC earlier this year, maternal death rate in the U.S. for 2021
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Finally, summer is upon us – time for kids to enjoy the warm weather and the outdoors, perhaps by attending summer camp or going to the municipal or hotel pool. But, just how safe is your child when it comes to enjoying the water away from home? The answer might surprise you. We cannot stress
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When warmer weather beckons, we naturally head to the water. There is nothing like sun, shore, and having fun in or on the water. It is a time to unwind and enjoy the company of family and friends, not to mention cool refreshment, often in the form of alcohol. But the alchemy of mixing boats
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If you are feeling the world is less safe than it used to be this is likely due to the increased number of news stories on various types of system failures. Take the many recent close calls between moving planes on runways across the country that prompted the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to open a
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You may have seen the news about a Home Depot customer in Colorado who was bitten in the face by a dog brought into the store by its owner and, ironically, a dog trainer. The customer was seriously injured and while employees were taking care of her, the owner and trainer were quickly exiting the
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The stories are heartbreaking. In Georgia, a man died in the hospital after an ambulance failed to respond to multiple 911 calls despite dispatchers’ repeated assurances that it was on the way. In Cleveland, the victim of a hit and run died a minute before a delayed ambulance finally arrived. Ambulances are taking longer to
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Takeaways from a new study in the New England Journal of Medicine. When we are admitted to a hospital for medical treatment, we rightfully expect a certain level of care that is timely, safe, and appropriate for our condition. But what if that medical treatment presents its own risks to our health and safety?
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In November of 2021, 14-year-old Alice Tapper, daughter of well-known journalist Jake Tapper, began experiencing severe abdominal pain, chills, and vomiting. At the direction of her pediatrician, she went to her local hospital for the treatment of likely appendicitis. The hospital physicians ruled out appendicitis (because her pain was throughout her entire abdomen not just
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