Many Harrisburg area residents visit the dermatologist each year to have a mole check and make sure they don’t have any questionable looking moles or spots on the skin. Melanoma is a common cancer that affects over 100,000 Americans each year. But if this cancer is...
Month: April 2021
Commonly misdiagnosed cancers
It is important for patients in Pennsylvania to get the earliest possible cancer diagnosis so that treatment can begin. A misdiagnosis could cause the cancer to spread, making treatment ineffective. A misdiagnosis commonly means that the doctor found a condition but...
What are the most commonly misdiagnosed illnesses?
Misdiagnosis is the most common and costly type of medical mistake. Annually in the United States, it is estimated that 100,000 victims are killed or become permanently disabled due to medical misdiagnosis that was either completely missed or delayed. For that reason,...
Three signs a medical mistake may have occurred
When most people think of medical malpractice, they think of blatant errors made by doctors and nurses. They envision surgeries conducted on the wrong body parts, the administration of wrong medication that leads to severe adverse reactions, and failures to diagnose...