Hand cancer is a type of skin cancer that impacts people in New Mexico and across the United States. If it isn't diagnosed and treated at an early stage, it can be fatal for some patients. Skin cancer of the hand According to the Skin Cancer Foundation, skin cancer is...
Medical malpractice can come in several forms
Medical professionals are expected to live up to a certain objective standard of care, and the failure to do so is called malpractice. If you were harmed by a doctor, nurse or other health care professional in New Mexico, you may be able to seek compensation under...
Colorectal cancer increasingly hitting people under 50
If you live in New Mexico and have reached the age of 45, you should be screened for colorectal cancer, per the recommendation from the American Cancer Society. This is the third most common cancer for both men and women with the leading cancer being lung cancer. For...
Black patients often misdiagnosed due to racial bias
Racial biases in medical education may be the reason why black patients so frequently have their conditions missed or misdiagnosed, and this, in turn, may partially explain why black people have the lowest life expectancy of any major group in the country. New Mexico...
Shoulder dystocia: what it is, and what raises the risk for it
Expectant mothers in New Mexico may wonder about the various complications that could arise during delivery. One of them is shoulder dystocia, which is where one or both of a baby's shoulders becomes stuck in the mother's pelvis. While this complication is relatively...
What happens when surgical teams leave objects behind?
Some people in New Mexico might have heard of cases in which surgeons left instruments behind in people following an operation. This rare occurrence still happens thousands of times a year in the United States, most commonly with needles and sponges. There may be no...
Heart attack and stroke misdiagnosed in many women
Many women in New Mexico are worried about the possibility of breast cancer or cervical cancer, but what they may not be aware of is that heart disease is, in fact, the leading cause of death among women. Stroke is the fourth leading cause. Incidentally, women run a...
Report shows how to reduce errors in medical diagnosis
According to the Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine, anywhere between 40,000 and 80,000 people in New Mexico and the rest of the U.S. die each year from complications linked to medical diagnostic errors. Every year overall, some 12 million people are affected by...
Foreign objects aren’t always removed after surgery
Each year, up to 6,000 people throughout the United States leave an operating room with foreign objects still in their bodies. If a foreign object is left in a New Mexico patient's body, it could cause significant health issues or death. Needles, sponges and scissors...
Adenomyosis is a common misdiagnosed condition in women
Medical conditions such as polycystic ovarian syndrome and endometriosis are known as common sources of gynecological pain for women in New Mexico and across the United States. One lesser-known condition known as adenomyosis is another common condition that has...
