A misdiagnosis of fibroid tumors led to the discovery of appendix cancer that spread to the ovary and uterus, requiring ...
Maxwell Kruzic said he was in such “crippling” stomach pain Oct. 5, 2023, that he had to pull off the road twice as he drove himself to the emergency room at Mercy Regional Medical Center in Durango, ...
A crowded Anchorage emergency room offers a lesson on burnout, compassion and a medical system stretched thin.
Kruzic spent much of the night on a gurney in the ER. After about four hours, the pain decreased, and he was sent home with medicine to treat nausea and vomiting. Then the bill came — about two years ...
The scope of all human knowledge is, understandably, so massive that no one person can manage to fully comprehend even a ...
Maxwell Kruzic believed his ordeal was finally over when doctors ruled out appendicitis and discharged him from the emergency room in Durango, Colorado. The 37-year-old had arrived doubled over in ...
"It looks like a piece of faeces got stuck in the bowel itself and that can cause an infection and the infection starts ...
A gym-loving dad thought he'd pulled a muscle during a workout session when his stomach 'popped' - only to nearly die from a ...
"It looked like a movie, with poop EVERYWHERE. The walls, the ceiling, you name it. The patient looked really happy and ...
A shoulder computed tomography scan or (CT or CAT scan) creates cross-sectional images of the shoulder using specialized X-ray cameras. This scan can help doctors see the bones and soft tissues in the ...