When elderly loved ones develop health issues we can no longer help them with, we often turn to nursing homes, assisted living communities and senior living facilities to care for them. Sadly, many of the employees at these facilities have been known to abuse their residents. After suspecting abuse, a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (PA), woman decided…
My colleague John C. recently posted an article describing some of the birth defects that can result from a mother taking certain antidepressant medications while pregnant. Unfortunately, most expectant mothers are unaware of the nonpharmacologic options they have to treat their depression. This is a serious problem, considering 1 in 10 pregnant women will suffer…
Wendell Potter spoke in Virginia Beach, VA, about the true motivation for insurance companies, emphasizing that it’s not patient care.
My colleague Jim Lewis has written a new post for our firm’s VA/NC Medical Surgery Malpractice blog about how doctors and other heath care professionals in Virginia received $7.8 million from dug companies in 2010. The donations have led consumer groups to question the cozy relationship between doctors and pharmaceutical manufacturers and to ask whether the…
For more than a quarter of a century a data bank used by insurers, medical boards and hospitals to find out if a doctors have been disciplined or had medical malpractice awards against them has been accessible to the public. But now, a government agency has removed the public use file from the National Practitioner Data Bank…