Back in March, when the first cases of the novel coronavirus started to appear in the U.S., all the public health experts assumed that our medical system would be completely “overwhelmed”—because [...]
Category: Medical errors
Life-saving reasons to see your PCP vs. a specialist
I recently read a very insightful column by cardiologist Milton Packer, M.D. who set out to discover how primary care physicians feel about medical specialists. Apparently, according to Dr. [...]
Medical errors are deadly distress signals from a sinking ship
Yesterday, I reported on the new analysis by Johns Hopkins University researchers that shows medical error is the No. 3 cause of death in the United States. Each year, medical errors cause more [...]
The shocking, new No. 3 cause of death in the U.S.
Heart disease and cancer are the No. 1 and No. 2 causes of death in the U.S. And now, according to a new analysis by Johns Hopkins University researchers, we have a new No. 3 cause of death [...]