Back in 2010, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) voted to restrict the use of the diabetes drug Avandia to severely ill diabetics. The reason? Avandia was shown to increase the risk of heart attack by more than 40 percent. Glaxo’s Clinical Trials Called “Seriously…
Like many grieving family members, you may be tempted to think that your ailing loved one’s death was only a matter of time. She had been on life support, and while you thought she was getting better, there was no real way to tell if…
A spinal cord injury is one of the most traumatic injuries a person can ever experience. In seconds, a person’s life can be turned upside down—or even taken away—due to a severed cord causing brain injury in KY. The spinal cord’s cells, unlike other cells…
Human babies take 40 weeks to fully develop so that they are ready for life; unfortunately, some doctors and, yes, some moms-to-be elect to deliver early so that they determine the time to be born rather than letting baby make his entrance in his own…
Everyone in Kentucky who goes to a healthcare facility risks contracting a healthcare-associated infection (HAI); if you are on antibiotics, your risk skyrockets. According to FamilyDoctor.org, the incident rates of most HAIs are declining. One, however, is occurring at a historically high rate, to the…
Your heart is broken many times over. Not only have you lost someone whom you love due to the negligence of someone else, but you are also watching a child whom you love mourn the loss of her parent. What can you do to make…