Month: July 2021

Minor surgery may just require localized painkillers, which means that you’re awake the entire time. For instance, some people have their wisdom teeth removed in this fashion.  For major surgery -- and, often, even for wisdom teeth -- people are given medication that...

Doctors are only human, so they can make mistakes. Unfortunately, a mistaken diagnosis can lead to serious consequences for a patient. There are at least 12 million people who receive the wrong diagnosis here in the U.S. annually. These errors result in up to 80,000...