You expected to deal with many health problems for your loved one as they aged, but amputation was not one of them. Now, when your loved one should be living comfortably, they have to deal with the physical and mental pain of amputation, and they…
There are more than 40 urgent care centers throughout the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Urgent care centers are meant to fill a critical medical need. Urgent care clinics provide necessary medical care that can’t wait until you can get an appointment with your doctor. Often, people…
Anaphylactic allergic reactions do not have to be deadly. According to Dr. Scott Sicherer, author of Food Allergies: A Complete Guide for Eating When Your Life Depends on it, “The people who die from anaphylaxis are those who had a delay in treatment.” Recognize the Signs of…
Your oncologist recommended radiation to treat your breast or lung cancer. You consented to the treatment and believed it to be an essential part of your plan to fight cancer. Yet, you did not consent to a radiation overdose injury, or more specifically, the lung injury that…
Your loved one deserves skilled care in her nursing home 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Weekends are no exception. However, weekends are often a difficult time for nursing homes to fully staff their facilities with qualified workers. What Happens on Weekends? In…
It’s been a month or more since your concussion. Everyone expects you to be back to your regular routine by now. The typical MRI and CT scan ordered by your doctor appear normal. Yet, you know something is wrong. You are still struggling. Quantitative DTI…