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Posted on Dec 31, 2013
A 13-year-old girl from Oakland went to a local hospital for a tonsillectomy surgery but never woke up after the procedure was complete. The teen went into cardiac arrest during the surgery and was ...
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Posted on Dec 24, 2013
One dietary supplement was marketed to insomniacs as a healthy way to get a good night of sleep, a pill made of all-natural ingredients that included figwort root and licorice. When FDA regulators ...
Continue reading "Investigation Discovers Contaminated Supplements Made by Creators with Criminal Records" »
Posted on Dec 18, 2013
Fosamax is an osteoporosis drug that is made of bisphosphonate and is manufactured by Merck & Company. It is also known as alendronate sodium. The drug is typically issued to men and women who ...
Continue reading "Fosamax Proposes $27.7M Settlement for Plaintiffs" »
Posted on Dec 12, 2013
The Supreme Court refused to adopt a state rule today which would have created restrictions on doctors who can testify during medical malpractice trials. The rule was denied because many agreed that ...
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Posted on Dec 6, 2013
According to both government information and medical data alike, pacemakers, spinal fusions, and cesarean sections are three of the surgeries that have a high rate of being performed without being ...
Continue reading "Six Risky Surgeries Often Performed Without Sufficient Medical Reason" »
Posted on Nov 27, 2013
The National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program is a federal program that was created to compensate people who are injured or fall ill as a result of childhood vaccines. Eligible individuals can ...
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Posted on Nov 21, 2013
It took ten years to finally reach a resolution in their medical malpractice case, but last week, November 13th, a couple was awarded $6.7 million by a jury for injuries the husband sustained during ...
Continue reading "Alabama Couple Awarded $6.7 Million in Malpractice Case" »
Posted on Nov 20, 2013
Would you let your physician take on a plastic surgery procedure for you, regardless of the fact that he was not formally trained to do so? According to reports, more and more doctors are performing ...
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Posted on Nov 14, 2013
January 13, 2008, a fifteen-year-old boy died of a bilateral pulmonary embolism, which had been misdiagnosed days earlier in the emergency room. When his parents filed a medical malpractice suit, a ...
Continue reading "Georgia Supreme Court Rules in Family’s Favor in Medical Malpractice Case" »
Posted on Nov 14, 2013
Whenever you are given medical treatment, it is generally a requirement that you give the physicians consent to perform the procedures necessary for your health. This is called informed consent. By ...
Continue reading "Your Medical Malpractice Case and Informed Consent Concerns" »
Posted on Nov 7, 2013
Johnson & Johnson is set to pay more than $2.2 billion in criminal and civil claim settlements over how antipsychotics such as Risperdal and other medicines were unethically marketed, and over ...
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Posted on Nov 1, 2013
In some cases, a doctor's negligence could mean that a mother and/or her infant are injured before or during delivery. Fortunately, these cases do not happen very often. But they do still occur. ...
Continue reading "Birth Injuries and Medical Malpractice" »
Posted on Oct 25, 2013
How much could your medical malpractice claim be worth? Not only does this depend on the type of harm caused by the malpractice (physical, financial, mental, etc.), but the worth of a claim will also ...
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Posted on Oct 23, 2013
If you are injured in a medical malpractice situation, you will need to determine whether you are going to target the hospital for the incident or if you are going to target one doctor in particular. ...
Continue reading "Who is Liable: The Hospital vs. The Doctor" »
Posted on Oct 17, 2013
A former orthopedist was indicted on Wednesday, the 16th. He was charged with a federal felony, accused of collecting millions of dollars in payment for operations he never actually performed. ...
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Posted on Oct 16, 2013
Surgery always comes with a degree of risk, but most often a doctor can inform you of how large the risk is with a particular procedure and how beneficial that specific procedure would be in your ...
Continue reading "Money-Maker Surgeries to Avoid" »
Posted on Oct 11, 2013
A doctor can be liable for malpractice if he or she failed to inform a patient about the recognized risks of treatment. There are times when a patient would have decided against the procedure, if they ...
Continue reading "Informed Consent and the Risks of Robotic Surgery" »
Posted on Oct 10, 2013
All over America, individuals encounter unintended consequences associated with dangerous medical devices and painkillers. Many of these are announced in the news. Recently, one family chose to file a ...
Continue reading "Parents Sue NECC One Year After Incident for Child’s Death" »
Posted on Oct 4, 2013
While serious, even fatal mistakes occur in emergency rooms and ambulances, it is much harder to prove medical malpractice in an emergency situation than in other medical settings. Paramedics, ...
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Posted on Oct 3, 2013
A lot of unlicensed alleged physicians will try to make a quick buck by providing illegal plastic surgery procedures to willing patients. While illegal plastic surgery is a case of medical ...
Continue reading "The Danger of Illegal Cosmetic Injections" »
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