Gestational diabetes is a condition where a pregnant woman develops high blood sugar levels, or diabetes, during pregnancy. As many as 1 in 25 women experience some degree of gestational diabetes as pregnancy hormones block the action of naturally produced insulin. Insulin is the chemical the body uses to break…
Normal pregnancy lasts 40 weeks. A baby born before 37 weeks is considered a preterm delivery. A baby born before 32 weeks is considered very premature. According to Syracuse New York premature birth injury lawyers Bottar Law, PLLC, preterm deliveries are on the rise for women who conceive through in-vitro…
A recent study of Medicaid patients reveals that the better a patient follows a blood pressure medication prescription, the lower the patient’s risk of stroke and, ultimately death. According to North Country medical malpractice lawyers Bottar Law, PLLC, patients who took just one more pill (a week) decreased their risk…
A recent study of approximately 400,000 patients suggests that emergency room physicians treating chest pain are all too often ordering cardiac catheterizations, a relatively safe procedure commonly used to rule out a heart attack. Surprisingly, most of the patients who underwent the procedure did not have obstructive disease. According to…
All too often, cerebral palsy caused by medical malpractice occurs in Syracuse, Utica, Oswego, Watertown and Binghamton, New York. As many as one-third of cerebral palsy cases are associated with an early labor and delivery resulting in a premature baby. When OBGYNs or labor and delivery nurses correctly diagnose an…
Children’s Hospital researchers recently announced that a procalcitonin test may help identify serious bacterial infections in children without the need for hospitalization, invasive testing (such as a spinal tap), or medication. According to Syracuse, New York infection lawyers Bottar Law, PLLC, one of the most significant signs of an ongoing…
According to New York medical malpractice lawyers Bottar Law, PLLC, with offices in Syracuse and Albany, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) may reduce a potentially lethal labor and delivery complication known as placenta acrete. Placenta accrete is a condition occurring in 1 out of every 2,500 births. It involves the placenta…
According to Syracuse New York birth injury lawyers Bottar Law, PLLC, children diagnosed with cerebral palsy are on the rise in the United States, especially in cases involving prematurity. In a recent study of 222 preterm births, research reported that connective tissue may be the link between cerebral palsy and…
It is well-known that very sick patients, especially those in the intensive care units at Central New York hospitals, e.g., Crouse Hospital (Syracuse), St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center (Syracuse), Community General Hospital (Syracuse), SUNY Upstate University Hospital (Syracuse), Faxton-St. Luke’s Healthcare (Utica), St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center (Utica), Oswego Hospital (Oswego),…
According to the American Academy of Neurology and the Child Neurology Society, botulinum toxin type A (also known as Botox) may be an effective treatment for Central New York children diagnosed with cerebral palsy including, specifically, symptoms of cerebral palsy like muscle tightness and spasticity. The intended effect of a…