A physician should discuss all aspects of his or her patients’ health, dietary choices and the types of medicines the patient may be taking, in order to ensure that the physician has all the necessary information to treat illnesses and ailments. However, most doctors do not discuss dietary supplements with their patients—an omission that could lead…
The high rate of deaths attributed to misdiagnoses in medicine could be addressed if the problem was more accurately reported, according to a new study.vvAccording to the research, published in the British Medical Journal of Quality and Safety, shows that diagnostic error is the 6th leading cause of death in the United States, responsible for between 40,000…
The New York Attorney General’s Office has announced the arrest of a former Director of Nursing Services of a Queens nursing home for falsifying facility records to cover-up that a 74 year old resident, who suffers from dementia and high blood pressure, was missing from the facility. The 43 year old female Mount Vernon, NY…
Lately because of the extreme weather coming out of Oklahoma, news has been grim but thanks to the Oklahoma Supreme Court there is a bright spot on the horizon for victims of medical malpractice. The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled that tort reform laws passed in 2009 are unconstitutional. The court invalidated the entire bill including…
Regina Turner, 53 years-old, entered the hospital for a “left-sided craniotomy bypass” operation. The Missouri woman, a former paralegal, began suffering from strokes five years ago and the surgery was supposed to prevent future strokes. But the neurosurgeon operated on the wrong side of her brain, performing a “right-sided craniotomy surgical procedure”. Once the operating…