Many Arizona women suffer from breast cancer. Some of them are misdiagnosed by their doctors, resulting in delayed treatment and worse prognoses. Others suffer harms from the harsh treatments that they must undergo. So far in 2016, three advances in breast cancer research provide some hope for women who develop the disease.
In many cases, people in Arizona and throughout the United States suffering with a rare disease may face difficulty when seeking a correct diagnosis and treatment for the disease. This difficulty may be due to the fact that most doctors tend to concentrate on diseases that are commonly known.
Approximately 25 percent of nursing home residents suffer some form of harm when they are transferred to and from hospitals, according to a 2014 report issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Arizona residents may want to know that an ongoing study indicates that nurse practitioners who employ evidence-based practices to enhance the multiple aspects of patient care can improve the nursing home resident transfer process and decrease the occurrence of medical errors.
Arizona residents may be interested in the claims of a tech entrepreneur who says that artificial intelligence will pay an increasing role in diagnosing patients’ conditions. This could be beneficial, as statistics show that medical errors kill far more people each year than do car accidents.
Arizona parents who have children with cancer know that it is a highly emotional issue. September is designated as Childhood Cancer Awareness Month around the world, and organizations like the UK-based First4SeriousInjury promote it, with fundraising for cancer research and social media campaigns.
