Year: 2016

Hospital patients in Connecticut and across the country may wish to breathe a sigh of relief if their primary care physician is a woman according to a study published in a leading peer-reviewed medical journal. The research suggests that the lives o...

Testicular mesothelioma is a rare form of cancer that is often misdiagnosed in Connecticut and across the U.S. While there is no cure for testicular mesothelioma, surgery can be used to increase the life span of patients with the condition. Mesothel...

Connecticut residents will probably be aware that an early diagnosis is crucial in cancer cases, and this is especially true when the cancer involved has a very low survivability rate. The survival rate for pancreatic cancer is below 10 percent, and...

Connecticut residents who have previously been diagnosed with a penicillin allergy may not have to still worry about having a negative reaction. This is especially true if the diagnosis was made when they were a child. It has been discovered that ma...

Connecticut residents who are considering back surgery should understand the risks of the treatment before proceeding. Complications known as failed back surgery syndrome could leave a person with persistent pain in the same area or in new locations...

Folks in Connecticut and elsewhere understand that a diagnosis is only as good as the doctor making it and the tools that he or she has to make it with. Some conditions are commonly misdiagnosed or not diagnosed at all. Therefore, it may be necessar...

Connecticut health care practitioners may misdiagnose their patients with cellulitis when they actually have a condition called pseudocellulitis. Cellulitis is a bacterial skin condition that can begin when a cut, burn or bruise is infected with str...

Breast cancer awareness has become an important issue in Connecticut and across the country, and research continues to play a major role in improving the prospects for those affected by the disease. 2016 has been a year of advances that could have h...

The subject of rare diseases is something that many people generally do not consider. This is partly because the media does not offer much information about the topic and because many people in Connecticut and around the country are unaffected by a...

Connecticut nursing home residents sometimes have to go to the hospital. When they are discharged and return to the nursing home, it is common for medical mistakes to be made. A study shows that having a nurse practitioner visit with such patients w...

On average, 43 children each day are diagnosed with cancer, which is a disease involving abnormal cell growth. It impacts children of all ages, races and economic backgrounds, which is why September 2016 was labeled Childhood Cancer Awareness Month....