“A mammogram saved my life”: Why one breast cancer survivor believes mammograms are critical to survival
A mammogram caught her breast cancer and her doctors were able to treat it. Every year, she goes in for a mammogram to see if it’s come back. Now, she’s alive to help her daughter through her own battle with breast cancer. Christine Marshall has been a breast cancer survivor for 18 years. It’s a title she bears proudly. Her personal journey prepared her for yet another challenge: being a mom to a young woman who had to battle her
A Prescription for Combatting Medical Errors: Effective Communication
How Nurses Play a Critical Role in Information Hand-offs Miscommunication that occurs during the exchange of information between health care providers accounts for approximately 80% of adverse events in the health care setting. That’s according to an article published this year by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. Nurses, specifically, devote 10% to 15% of their workday to nurse-to-nurse hand-off communication. For the nurses of Medical-Surgical units around the world, communication can be complex, fast-paced and nuanced. “The team huddle is highly
This mom thought she was going to the doctor for a 45-minute appointment. It turned into a 45-day stay
Born six weeks early, these twin boys are now happy and healthy toddlers. In 2013, Louise Muth was thrilled to be pregnant with her first children, a set of twin boys. Although twin pregnancies can have a higher risk for complications, Louise’s pregnancy had been uneventful and was progressing normally. When she was 26 weeks pregnant, her father-in-law passed away and her husband traveled from their home in Alexandria, Virginia, to the funeral. Louise couldn’t join him because the doctors
Lessons and Love: How Parents of Preemies Learned to Trust their Journey
November is Prematurity Awareness Month – a month dedicated to raising awareness about prematurity and recognizing these tiny and resilient babies around the world. During those early days of his premature babies’ lives, Dan Miller’s eyes focused on two places: his daughters and the machines that kept them alive. “They were so tiny, they would forget to breathe,” said Dan. “I would stare at the monitors, recognize the pattern, and anticipate: Beeping from the machines, followed by the nurse who
Museum Finds 15th Century Work of Art in Its Storage Room, Restores It Using CT
In Bergamo, Italy, Humanitas Gavazzeni Imaging Department helps Accademia Carrara find long sought-after answers on painting Usually fairly quiet, the hallways of the Humanitas Gavazzeni Radiology Department buzz with excitement and curiosity. Technicians and radiographers wander hoping to see the “extraordinary” patient. “We need patients to be very still for imaging exams. It shouldn’t be a problem with this one” jokes Enzo Angeli, head of the Diagnostics Imaging Department at Humanitas Gavazzeni in Bergamo, Italy. Last May, Giovanni Valagussa, conservator
A 1,000-square-foot medical clinic in the Andes Mountains is transforming rural healthcare
In the mountains of Peru, a husband and wife run a Quechuan-speaking center where patients pay what they can and are never turned away due to a lack of resources High in the sky between the peaks of Peru’s Andes Mountains lies a picturesque 70-mile stretch of land called the Sacred Valley. Running between Cusco and Machu Picchu, this fertile valley was once highly prized by the Incans thanks to its rich soil and moderate climate. Today the valley is
