There is nothing more traumatic for a patient and their family, to have a make a trip to a hospital for medical reasons that you cannot understand. Almost all the time, health care practitioners, doctors, and nurses make the right decision in the treatment of a patient. In this life and death situation, this could actually mean saving a patient's life. Many life threatening situations such as heart attacks come with their own set of signs and symptoms.
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Patients depend on hospital staff such as nurses and doctors and medical care practitioners to perform their duties to the best of their abilities and on par with other medical organizations to offer quality medical care. However, medical professionals make grave errors sometimes, which could impact the well-being and health of a patient substantially.
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There are millions of people all over the world who are diagnosed with cancer every year, and many more that lose their battle with the disease. The National Cancer Institute states that during their lifetime, one out of every two people will be diagnosed with some type of cancer. If cancer is detected early enough, it can be treatable through a combination of radiation, chemotherapy, and certain drugs. But it is important that it is detected and diagnosed in an early stage, so that effective treatment gives the patient a good chance of survival.
Patients approach doctors and other healthcare providers with trust and in the belief that their illnesses will be treated properly and cured. However, sometimes, this faith is misplaced and the doctor or healthcare provider is negligent leading to further heath complications or more pain and suffering.
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Researchers have been sequencing DNA for years in an effort to identify pathogens. However, DNA analysis hasn’t been widely used to diagnose individual patients’ infections because of the time involved in sorting through DNA fragments that might number in the millions. Yet software is already being developed that can compare DNA fragments with databases of stored genetic sequences.
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