Over 770,000 medication mistakes occur every year, contributing to approximately 7,000 deaths in the United States. When it comes to medications some mistakes are deadlier than others. Medication … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2016
Boy Battling Rare Cancer Gets Chemo Overdose at Hospital
January 15, 2016 by
Battling a rare form of cancer was already taking a toll on Issac Harrison and his family. One month shy of his first birthday, Isaac is now fighting to survive an overdose of chemotherapy his father … [Read more...]
Radiation sickness: 8 terrifying symptoms
January 15, 2016 by
People are terrified about being exposed to radiation, including the stuff that some experts fear might leak from the quake-stricken nuclear power plants in Japan. That makes sense. Even if it doesn't … [Read more...]
Medication errors: Tips to keep you safe
January 11, 2016 by
Medication errors are very common. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 82 percent of adults are on at least one medication and 29 percent take five or more. With numbers such … [Read more...]
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