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Professional malpractice is where a professional acts negligently or in a way that shows ineptitude when performing their duties. Their negligence has to cause damage for it to be malpractice. Medical malpractice takes place when your health care professional negligently causes you harm. Harm can be caused by taking actions that include but are not limited to the following:  wrong diagnosis poor aftercare unnecessary surgery  Until 2019, the Kentucky state had a medical claims panel that would review cases before they went to court. The panel was struck down in favor of taking any medical malpractice claims to court. Having…

People have different reasons for exercising. While some want to stay healthy and keep fit, athletes and many others are in it as a career. Those who are looking to stay fit and active can confirm that creating enough time for workouts is a significant challenge especially if they are busy with work, business, children and other things in life. But there is nothing to worry about because studies have confirmed that you can spend less time at the gym and achieve more than those who spend long hours. So, what is the secret? It is in short bouts of…

Blood pressure monitors are essential to tens of thousands of Australians, much of this being due to the fact that a whopping one in seven Australian adults experiencing high blood pressure, and a slew of others suffering from low blood pressure (hypotension). Blood pressure monitors are invaluable for people with hypertension (high blood pressure) and low blood pressure (hypotension) as they allow these individuals to manage and track their own blood pressure from the comfort of their own home. In this article we take a look at blood pressure monitors, providing information that will hopefully enable those with blood pressure…

If you go to your local cosmetic clinic or medical spa, you’ll probably find a big catalogue of treatments available to try out. Now, some of these you’ll never need, some of them you might be interested in and of course, a couple that you’re really keen on trying out. But you should be careful when making a decision as to what treatment you want to try. A couple decades ago, the challenge was finding the clinics as well as the money to get treated. But nowadays, with thousands upon thousands of clinics opening up all across the world, the…

Generally, you should always keep your skin under constant care. I mean, let’s just think about it for a second: you have your skin exposed to so many things throughout the day. If you live in a big city, chances are the dirty air gets some nasty gunk into your skin. If you live in the countryside, then maybe you’ve exposed your skin to too much sunlight or temperatures colder than necessary. Basically, one way or another, skin goes through a lot of wear and tear.  And if you don’t take proper care of it, you may be faced with…

People with type 1 diabetes, sometimes, feel frustrated, scared, angry, or discouraged. Type 1 diabetes can be emotionally draining for you or almost anyone. You can take some simple steps to reduce your stress levels and anxiety when having type 1 diabetes: 1. Reduce your stress levels It can be extremely difficult for you to live normally with diabetes. Making certain changes to your lifestyle and diet, such as regularly monitoring blood sugar, watching your carbs intake, and simply remembering to take insulin or other medications often cause excessive stress. While these tasks get easier over time, people have days…