Since 1990, worldwide maternal mortality rates have decreased by nearly 50 percent. Within the United States, however, statistics gathered by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show that maternal mortality rates have doubled in the same time period. This is an unusual discrepancy-and one that researchers have yet to fully explain.
Medication madness: The problem with hospital discharge
In most cases, the road to recovery for a patient is not over after hospital discharge. To facilitate recovery, a patient may be expected to take one or more medications for a certain period after leaving the hospital.
