The family of a Texas woman who died from a brain hemorrhage has filed a lawsuit against Arlington Memorial Hospital, where she first received emergency care. On December 14, the healthy 32-year-old mother of two young children suffered a seizure in her home. Her husband…
They are commonly used to treat ailments like headaches, back pain, toothaches, fever, cramps, strains and sprains. But, can your favorite “go to” pain reliever increase your risk of a heart attack or stroke? Though there are many brands of over-the-counter (OTC) pain relievers, there are…
Lavern Wilkinson was a 42-year-old Brooklyn mom who died in 2013 of a curable form of lung cancer after an ER doctor at Kings County Hospital said her EKG and chest x-rays were normal and told to take Motrin for pain. The chest X-ray, in…
Doctors and other healthcare providers hold people’s lives in their hands every day. While most take that responsibility extremely seriously, we all know health care is not as safe as it should be. Studies show that an alarming number of patients are harmed by medical…
Missouri lawmakers have had their eyes on reinstating liability limits for medical malpractice cases ever since the state Supreme Court struck down an existing cap on damages in the summer of 2012. That ruling came in a case involving a baby that was born with…
A Michigan jury awarded the family of an 81-year-old woman $21 million in a lawsuit against Oakwood Hospital. The family claimed the hospital mistakenly operated on her brain in January 2012 when she was supposed to have a simple jaw alignment. She was already in…
This is National Poison Prevention Week, a week nationally designated to highlight the dangers of poisonings and how to prevent them. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), poisoning is the leading cause of injury death in the US, with most of these deaths…
Robots are constantly being explored in the operating room for their precision and minimal invasiveness. With the help of robotics, doctors are doing biopsies, removing tumors, and repairing valves. A pioneer of robotic surgery is the da Vinci® Si HD surgical system, developed by Intuitive…
Someone goes into the hospital to get better and instead comes out with a potentially deadly “superbug” infection. It shouldn’t happen, but it does, and it seems to be on an upward spiral. Nearly 180 patients at UCLA’s Ronald Reagan Medical Center may have been…
While no pregnancy comes with a guarantee, there are many tests to help identify abnormalities or genetic disorders. What happens when the tests results are wrong, read incorrectly, or information is incorrectly typed into a report? After three miscarriages, doctors finally told “Colleen” she had…
It’s a threat you can’t see, kills 21,000 Americans each year, and it could be in your home right now. The only way to find out, is to test for it. The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has designated January as National Radon Action…
The most common cause of severe head injury in the civilian population is an auto accident, yet those in the military, are three times more at risk of traumatic brain injury, even in peacetime. Even for those that regain consciousness, they will usually go on…