Shingles is a painful condition that affects more than a million people each year, and it primarily strikes those over 60 years old. Until late last year, only one vaccine was available, and it was only moderately effective. Now, there’s a new one on the market. In October, the FDA approved Shingrix for those 50 […]
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Doctors are the Third Leading Cause of Death
In 2016, the British Medical Journal (BMJ), published a study that claims more than 250,000 Americans die from medical errors every year. A medical error is a negative healthcare outcome resulting from a preventable misapplication of standard practices of care. Officially, medical errors are the third leading cause of death in the United States. Only […]