According to the United States Census Bureau, the U.S. population will reach a turning point in 2030, when every surviving member of the baby boomer generation will be 65 or older. Seniors will outnumber children for the first time in…

Mr. R suffered from a condition known as nocturia.  Nocturia causes a person to wake frequently due to irregular bladder functions, or because the body produces an excess of urine.  After three years of unsuccessful treatment, Mr. R’s urologist, Dr….

Surgical never events are preventable occurrences for which there is universal professional medical agreement that they should never happen during surgery.  One such event is known as “retained surgical foreign body” or RSFB.  Retained surgical foreign body is essentially a…