My son’s birth and first newborn days should have been some of the happiest of my life, but my mind had other plans. It was a long labor and delivery in March 2006, starting with an inducement, progressing through 24-30 sleepless hours of labor and concluding with a 1:30 a.m. C-section. Then my blood pressure went up, and I started to panic. I ...

I just saw the first episode (edited of course) on the Showtime Web site--it's awesome. She's like the Robin Hood of Healthcare. I can definitely see where it can rankle some, though, especially the drugs and language.  

Somehow my comment got cut off. I was saying James has been a Jeckyll &  Hyde since he's turned 3, and I'm worrying "is it because I yelled at him too much last weekend?"

I so needed to read this!! James has been a total Jeckyll

Just wanted to add a link to an online calorie-counting/activity tracking Web site, The Daily Plate at Livestrong.com http://tinyurl.com/6heg7z You can look up the foods in pulldown lists and it calculates the calories automatically.

Does anyone have any insight on the nursing care this woman and the octuplets needed, in terms of number of nurses and hours/shifts? Just curious.

From the "Today" show article: "Suleman told Curry that the father is a bit overwhelmed right now, but she is hoping that he will want to get to know his children when he is ready." I'm speechless.

It can be the irate, highly credentialed surgeon who throws an instrument tray at a questioning nurse; it can be the staff nurse who bullies a new grad; or it could be the lab tech who berates a member of the housekeeping staff. These types of disruptive and intimidating behaviors affect everyone, at all levels of a healthcare organization, and ...

A task force of representatives from medical groups, universities, the military and government agencies is basically recommending who lives and who dies after a major disaster like pandemic flu or terrorist attack. In essence, the group recommends the very elderly, severely injured trauma patients, severely burned older patients and people with ...

I had a similarly mood-lifting experience when my husband and i took our son to the local ED Friday evening. Friday evenings are not the best times to go to the ED, as you probably know. It seemed like every Little League player in our county was there with an injury; a police officer was escorting a prisoner with arm and leg shackles; and an ...