Whether through personal experience or the news, chances are you’ve heard a story about someone dying from a hospital-acquired infection. From the West Coast to the East Coast, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that approximately 75,000 people die each year in the United States from an infection acquired during their stay at a hospital.
Some New York women could have endometriosis and not even know it. This disease of the reproductive system develops when the tissue lining of the uterus, which is called the endometrium, grows outside of the uterus. Medical professionals do not fully understand why this happens, which is part of the reason why it is difficult to diagnose.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, although the specific number of people affected by deep vein thrombosis is unknown, it is estimated that as many as 900,000 could develop the condition each year in the United States.
FENTANYL OVERDOSES KILL MORE PEOPLE THAN HEROIN ON LONG ISLAND LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK (January 1, 2017) – Hundreds of people died in 2016 on
A common type of problem that can happen when New York hospital patients are bedridden is the development of a bedsore. Health care facilities have protocols in place in order to prevent people from developing bedsores, but medical staff members do not always take the steps that are required to help prevent their development.
