Like other Houston parents, you took your child to the hospital for diagnosis and treatment. You expected him or her to leave the hospital in better condition than when you took your child in. At some point, doctors assured you that your child was well enough to go home. Everything…
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Spending time in a hospital should restore your health, not threaten it. When you check in for treatment, your expectation is to leave in better condition than when you arrived. Unfortunately, hospitals can expose patients to serious infections, and one of the most dangerous is methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, commonly known…
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Gone undetected, sepsis can kill quickly. It often begins with a bacterial infection that should resolve with proper treatment. However, if doctors fail to properly treat that infection in a timely manner, the body can turn on itself. When this happens, your health can deteriorate at an alarming rate until you…
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Conditions that used to debilitate people in the past can now benefit from medical advances. Joint replacement surgeries happen all the time these days here in Texas and elsewhere. People who couldn’t walk without pain due to the degeneration of a knee or hip joint can receive a new lease…
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Whether you were already in the hospital or had recently seen a doctor, you began to feel that something just wasn’t right. As your condition began to deteriorate, doctors conducted an examination and diagnosed you with sepsis. By the time you received this diagnosis, doctors put you into the intensive…
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The gallbladder stores bile for your liver. When hardened deposits develop in this small organ, they become gallstones. You may be lucky enough for these stones to pass out of your gallbladder without causing you any harm. Then again, you may not be quite so lucky. Gallstones can lead to…
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