According to a study recently published in a leading medical journal, early detection of breast cancer can play a role in an Arizona patient’s prognosis. This finding seemingly negates another study that credited better treatment as the reason why breast cancer patients were experiencing higher survival rates.
Students in colleges and universities throughout Arizona are studying for midterms and looking forward to fall and Thanksgiving break. However, college students should be just as wary of DUI enforcement while on campus as they are going home. Those meetings at home over break with old friends and family at bars and restaurants could unfortunately turn into a drunk driving charge.
Arizona surgical patients may be happy to learn that researchers from the University of Aberdeen in Scotland have created a handbook with the potential to make surgeries safer. They spent 12 years as a part of the group in testing and developing a system that focuses on the non-technical skills of surgeons and operating room staff.
Arizona patients may be interested to learn about a medical malpractice case that recently was decided in New Jersey by that state’s Supreme Court. In that decision, the court ruled that patients may sue hospitals which employ uninsured or inadequately insured doctors if the hospitals failed to conduct due diligence in determining the insurance status of the doctors they employed.
An Arizona couple is facing multiple drug-related charges after a Sept. 11 search of their residence. Police executed a warrant and allegedly found several types of drugs and paraphernalia used to ingest drugs as well as an undisclosed amount of cash.
