Last summer we ran a story about an investigative report by CNN that exposed the high mortality rate for pediatric heart surgery at St. Mary's Medical Center in West Palm Beach, Florida. Although nine infants died in the pediatric heart surgery program between 2011 and 2015, actual death rates for the heart surgery department were [...]
This is a reminder about how careful you must be when considering the results of medical studies even when they have been published by such highly esteemed publications as the New England Journal of Medicine. At the end of January 2016, the NEJM published a study: Prevalence and Characteristics of Physicians Prone to Malpractice Claims. [...]
Do medical residents learn better when they work 16 hour shifts, hand-off their patients to another doctor and return to work after a good night’s sleep – or is it better for them to work 30 consecutive hours? A research study funded in part by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is looking to answer [...]
Imagine how horrifying it would be if you were battling cancer, and then saw details about it in the tabloids. What if you were looking up the results of a paternity test, and upon signing in to the website discovered that you had unfettered access to more than 6,000 other people's test results? What if [...]
If you have ever tried to obtain your own medical records, then you know firsthand what a nightmare it can be. A new set of guidelines under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, or HIPAA, is about to change all of that for consumers. The New York Times reports that the Obama Administration has [...]
It seems like every other commercial on network television, online, in glossy magazines and even on public transportation is touting the benefits of some prescription drug. The American Medical Association (AMA) recently agreed on advocating a ban on direct-to-consumer advertising for prescription drugs because the marketing encourages patients to request specific drugs, medical devices and [...]
In today’s world, there is perhaps nothing as important as credit. Good credit can help us buy homes, finance cars and make improvements to our lives; bad credit can cost us thousands of dollars in interest and even our dream jobs. But what happens when your “bad” credit is the result of an inaccuracy on [...]
Even if you do not have a Facebook account, the chances are good that you have looked at a company’s Facebook page at some point. After all, a tremendous amount of online marketing is done through social media outlets, and Facebook leads the pack. Since the EU has suspended the Safe Harbor Act, however, European [...]
Most consumers understand that when you do not pay your bills on time, it can have an adverse impact on your credit score. However, many consumers may not realize that the opposite is also true: their credit history can affect their monthly bills, and some companies charge an added fee to the monthly bills of [...]
It seems like we hear about massive data breaches every week where thousands or millions of subscribers or customers' data was hacked and stolen by hackers and other cyber “bad guys.” However, if you knew how much information about who you are, where you live, your spending habits, the places you travel, etc. is available [...]
