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Misdiagnosis is a common basis for a medical malpractice claim. Various types of misdiagnosis can occur and are frequently the result of emergency room visits, which are high-pressure and often ...
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A doctor’s visit is usually meant to give you relief from some sort of physical ailment or injury that you are experiencing. Doctors today have studied for many years to learn about many ...
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An FDA panel recently voted against approving two drugs put forth as being non-hormonal treatments for hot flashes during menopause. Currently, there are no FDA-approved non-hormone medications for ...
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta recently released a report showing the results of data studies from 2012. The data shows that several strains of germs related to E. coli and ...
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Several cases against Stroger Hospital in Cook County, Chicago could end in settlements that would cost taxpayers $24 million. The medical malpractice cases against the county include several brought ...
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Delays in delivery can have lasting consequences for many families. When a child sustains injuries at birth, it can be devastating for families. And when the possibility for avoiding those injuries is ...
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This August, jurors awarded a New Orleans woman $24.2 million in a medical malpractice case. Seven years ago the woman's son underwent surgery at Ochsner Clinic Foundation, to correct a congenital ...
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently published the results of a first-time study which involved a survey of nearly 12,000 patients. The patients were all individuals that were ...
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The surviving family of a man and his daughter are mourning the devastating loss that occurred recently in a local Atlanta home. While detailed reports have not been released by authorities, ...
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A case involving birth injuries sustained by one child during a cesarean section has made it to the U.S. Supreme Court. As a result of these injuries sustained during the birth in 2000, the girl needs ...
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Many think that a medical malpractice case is the result of a doctor making a mistake in treating a patient. However, for there to be a medical malpractice lawsuit, the medical malpractice lawyer must ...
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Those who undergo surgery are often at risk for a postoperative infection in the tissues where the incision took place and the surrounding area. Such an infection can occur within one day or more ...
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When one is to undergo any type of surgical treatment, anesthesia is used in varying degrees to suppress the patient's experience of pain. In general anesthesia, the person is given enough drugs ...
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Everyone has heard of medical malpractice, in which medical professionals, clinics, and hospitals commit negligence which negatively affects their patients. Less well-known is a subset of medical ...
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Cerebral palsy is a type of birth injury which is often used as general term that encompasses a wide variety of consequences. How a child will be affected from this injury will depend on what part of ...
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The Food And Drug Administration (FDA) regularly publicizes drug recalls to patients and physicians. Undoubtedly, these two parties are key stakeholders whenever a drug is under recall. However, even ...
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When a young pregnant woman went to Pottstown Emergency Medical Center in Pottstown, Pennsylvania on a Sunday evening in 2008 to deliver her baby, she had little idea that the experience would leave ...
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A New Hampshire doctor was fined and ordered to take several classes after being investigated by the state Board of Medicine. The doctor, R.G., practices internal medicine at a clinic in Laconia and ...
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New Hampshire is the first state to pass a medical malpractice reform bill which works to give incentives for pre-trial settlements. Governor John Lynch had vetoed the bill stating that it "lacks ...
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Vaginal mesh surgery, when performed by competent experts has been shown to treat incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse. However, the Food and Drug Administration continues to warn women across the ...
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