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Pulmonary and lung diseases are those that give the person trouble when breathing. Pulmonary diseases are those that are very disabling and prevent a person from going to work. Most people with pulmonary and lung diseases wish to go back to work but are unable to because of the symptoms. Among some of the diseases that are recognized by...

A severe type of anxiety disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can typically occur after an individual has been exposed to one, or a series, of traumatic experiences that often involve the risk of personal injury or death. PTSD has been known to occur because an individual has experienced a traumatic event. Some of the more common examples that lead...

Heart disease is the biggest killer in the United States, claiming the lives of over 600,000 Americans each year. This accounts for one in every four deaths. This is true across genders and ethnicities. Every year, more than 750,000 individuals have a first heart attack, and for many of them it will be the only heart attack that they...

Hospitals are expected to be places of healing. These are places where patients are expected to enter, get better, and then go home in better shape than they were when they entered. Sadly, this is all too often not the case. Some individuals will enter the hospital for an extended stay, often 48 hours or longer, and will develop...

At some point in their lives, just about half of all people living in the United States will receive a diagnosis of cancer. This often signals the beginning of a difficult and courageous battle with the disease that may often claim the life of the patient. While treatment has advanced by leaps and bounds in the last twenty years,...

Transvaginal Mesh is a surgical device used in medical procedures in women. Certain organs in the pelvis, such as the bladder and uterus, can “prolapse” or poke into the vagina, causing problems with urinating and making sexual intercourse very painful. One of the common treatments of this disorder is through the use of Transvaginal Mesh to restore the strength...

View the Full Social Security Disability Blood Disorders Infographic Here The new informational graphic about blood disorders and Social Security Disability benefits is designed to help people understand their legal options. In order to qualify for SSD benefits a person must establish that they have worked five of the last ten years, a disability is going to prevent them...

DePuy ASR & ASR-XL Models: On August 24, 2010, the United States Food and Drug Administration recalled the DePuy ASR and ASR-XL hip implants. These defective products had been implanted in hip replacement patients since 2005, and they were recalled because one in eight recipients of the defective device needed surgery to replace or correct the implant within five...

We, at d’Oliveira and Associates, know that if your baby has suffered a birth injury, you might be wondering whether labor and delivery errors contributed to your baby’s suffering. We understand that you are upset, stressed, and scared. We help people like you every day. Here is some information to help you. It’s about labor and delivery errors that...

Current statistics indicate that 1 out of every 200,000 patients dies as a result of anesthesia complications. In April 2009 the journal of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, Anesthesiology, reported that 2,211 deaths related to anesthesia occurred in the United States between 1999 and 2005. Additionally, according to data from 2000, the National Healthcare Quality report has indicated that...