A truck driver from New Jersey recently filed a medical malpractice lawsuit after months of trying to ignore a serious problem. The issue, according to court papers, was that the man had dealt…
A recent report by Kaiser News and the Washington Post raises concerns about the reliability and safety of mobile health screenings. Many hospitals and other health-care facilities have partnered…
An important bit of legislation made its way before Congress this past week when Minnesota Senator Al Franken and Georgia House Representative Hank Johnson proposed the Arbitration Fairness Act…
The Wall Street Journal recently published the results of a study by researchers at Johns Hopkins who found that diagnostic errors accounted for a major and costly portion of the overall medical…
A new study has concluded that widespread shortages of nurses in Neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) are potentially increasing the risk of infection in critically ill babies. The study, which…
Last year, a 12-year-old boy went to an emergency room in New York, but was subsequently sent home. The boy continued to grow sicker and sicker until, to the shock of his family and the doctors,…
Something many may not realize is that military doctors are protected from medical malpractice lawsuits with governmental immunity. However, a recent Supreme Court ruling will likely change…
A recent report by Stericycle ExpertRECALL with recall data from the fourth quarter shows that 552 food recalls were announced during the last few months of 2012. This broke down to an…
Car owners who have had their airbags replaced within the last three years may have had counterfeit airbags installed, which could pose a potentially dangerous and fatal threat to those…
It will come as welcome news to many parents that as Norfolk, Virginia high school football season begins in earnest, the dangers associated with head injuries are increasingly prominent. The new…
High-speed chases are the highlights of many movie, all blaring sirens, flashing lights and crashing vehicles. But real-life police pursuits put people's lives at risk and often cause costly…
It’s no secret that attorneys get lots of blame for medical costs spiraling out of control. But public perception often doesn’t align with fact. And a recent study of medical…
