News & Articles By Frances Bloomfield
03/04/2018
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By Frances Bloomfield
Saline solution in hospital IVs found to cause kidney failure
Saline solutions have a wide range of medical uses, with one of the most prominent being in intravenous (IV) infusion. However, new research has revealed that switching from saline to a different intravenous fluid could make a major difference in the lives of patients. On top of decreasing the number of kidney failure cases, using […]
02/07/2018
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By Frances Bloomfield
Death by MRI machine: Man dies in freak accident after bringing oxygen tank into the room
On Jan. 27, 2018, an Indian man died after he was sucked into a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine at Mumbai’s BYL Nair Hospital. According to reports, 32-year-old Rajesh Maru and other members of his family were accompanying a female relative for a test. The victim’s uncle claimed that Maru was asked to carry a […]
10/26/2017
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By Frances Bloomfield
Aborted fetuses mixed with hospital debris ended up scattered across the street, says witness
On the morning of August 6, American surgeon Dr. Richard Selzer endured a horrific experience few of us could imagine. On his way to the bus stop, he felt an unusual softness underneath his shoes. He looked down and saw “a tiny naked body.” He assumed it was a bird at first, a bird with […]
06/22/2017
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By Frances Bloomfield
SICK: Children under six are being prescribed antidepressants by doctors
What sort of world are we living in when children below the age of six are being given antidepressants? A rather sordid one if the National Health Service (NHS) figures are anything to go by. Of the 198,906 prescriptions of antidepressants handed out to those under 18 in the UK, a shocking 12,756 of those […]
05/13/2017
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By Frances Bloomfield
Welsh patient discharged from hospital… after almost four years
Conservative Assembly Member Darren Miller commented that: “No patient should have to wait almost four years to be discharged from hospital.” Yet that’s exactly what happened to one patient who had only been declared fit for discharge after 1,338 days had passed. The patient, whose name has not been disclosed, was noted for having a […]
05/03/2017
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By Frances Bloomfield
Gardasil strikes again: HPV vaccine is to blame for daughter’s paralysis, warns mother
After suffering an allergic reaction to the controversial human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, Mia Blesky was left paralyzed from the neck down. Once a straight-A student and aspiring pop star who sang and danced, she’s now being home-schooled and given singing lessons at her bedside. The doctors say that it’s all in her head but her mother, […]
04/30/2017
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By Frances Bloomfield
10 babies were infected with a superbug… and the hospital CONCEALED it from the parents and the public
On March 26 of this year, a newborn at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) Medical Center tested positive for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), a superbug that cannot be treated with conventional antibiotics. According to hospital officials, the baby has since tested negative. However, it was revealed that the infant was one of 10 babies […]
04/27/2017
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By Frances Bloomfield
Thousands damaged by shingles vaccine are trying to sue Merck
What was supposed to be a cure for shingles has brought on worse complications. Thousands have attempted to file lawsuits against American pharmaceutical company Merck & Co. for problems associated with their product Zostavax. In an interview with TROFire.com, Troy Bouk, Associate Attorney at the Levin Papantonio law firm, stated that the side effects of […]
04/25/2017
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By Frances Bloomfield
California hospital fined after taking out a woman’s ovaries by accident
A hospital in California is being sued for the accidental removal of a woman’s ovaries. The Sequoia Hospital in Redwood City, Calif., has been fined $47,450 by health officials, reported Catherine Ho of SFGate.com. Doctors at Sequoia were supposed to remove the patient’s appendix, fallopian tubes, and uterus during surgery in February 2016; however, due […]
04/07/2017
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By Frances Bloomfield
Hip surgery on a Sunday? Think again… it could be your last
Bristol University researchers have concluded that elderly patients are more likely to die if they undergo a fractured hip surgery on a Sunday. Termed “the weekend effect“, the study looked at more than 250,000 cases of hip fracture surgery and saw that 12.5 percent of these were performed on a Sunday. It was found that […]
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