• posted: Jul. 08, 2011
• Jonas Seigel

For many years, patients who received a cancer diagnosis faced long odds against survival. While much advancement has been made in the treatment of certain cancers, research continues in an Read More

• posted: Jun. 24, 2011
• Jonas Seigel

For young doctors, one of the rights of passage is working long shifts during their residencies. Having to spend days at a time at the hospital trained student doctors how Read More

• posted: Jun. 08, 2011
• Jonas Seigel

Although surgeons receive years of intense training and perform hundreds or even thousands of procedures for which they are trained, they can and do make surgical errors that may lead Read More

• posted: May 31, 2011
• Jonas Seigel

According to the Centers of Disease Control (CDC), one in every 33 babies born in the United States is born with a birth defect; the leading cause of death in Read More

• posted: May 06, 2011
• Jonas Seigel

A new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, shows a link between prescription pain medications and birth defects. Read More

• posted: Apr. 26, 2011
• Jonas Seigel

Two identical bills currently before the New Jersey legislature are intended to enhance patient safety by changing how emergency medical services (EMS) are regulated, funded and delivered. Senate Bill 818 Read More

• posted: Apr. 19, 2011
• Jonas Seigel

A report by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality indicates that between 1997 and 2008 there was a 40 percent increase in the number of patients who checked themselves Read More

• posted: Feb. 02, 2011
• Jonas Seigel

We place our trust in doctors, assuming that they will make decisions based on the best interests of patients rather than the financial interests of pharmaceutical companies. A recent report Read More

• posted: Jan. 24, 2011
• Jonas Seigel

Simple Sanitary Procedures Are Still Important A recent study carried out at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School revealed a disturbing fact: one out Read More

• posted: Jan. 10, 2011
• Jonas Seigel

In response to the alarmingly high rates of preventable medical errors in the U.S. health care system, the Joint Commission created a Universal Protocol – a checklist of steps to Read More