According to the Traffic Safety Facts from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 4,884 pedestrians and 726 bicyclists died in 2014 as a result of
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, congenital heart defects, or CHDs, are a leading cause of birth defect-related illness and death in infants in the United States. According to one 2010 study, more than 2 million infants, children, teens, and adults in the US were living with CHDs.
A New York City hospital has found that using prefilled syringes instead of vials for surgery may be both cheaper and safer. Anesthesiologists at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in Manhattan have begun using the prefilled syringes for some procedures. This is a time when mistakes may be more likely to happen because there are no checks on the anesthesiologist who is responsible for prescribing, preparing and administering the drug.
A recent John Hopkins study has found that the number of medical negligence cases in the United States has seen a significantly rapid rise in recent years.
Ventricular septal defect, or VSD, is one of the most common congenital heart defects – ranking second to bicuspid aortic valve.
