One type of medical malpractice that sometimes happens is when a doctor is negligent and leaves an item behind when finishing up a surgical procedure. These are known as “retained surgical foreign bodies.” They can be very problematic, leading to severe complications...
Your doctor made a mistake – a big one. Maybe they mixed up your lab results with someone else’s, which resulted in a long delay in properly diagnosing and treating your medical condition – causing you added months of suffering and a less optimistic prognosis. Perhaps...
When you are wheeled into the surgery room, you expect the operating team to do their best during the operation. However, it is not always the case. Avoidable mistakes happen during surgery, and they can have devastating long-term consequences on your life. Some...
It wasn’t until the 1990s that a growing body of medical research began to conclusively confirm that heart attack tends to present differently in women than it does in men. This understanding has allowed the medical community to diagnose heart attacks in women more...
There's been talk of a potential nursing shortage for years now, and it appears to have arrived. Many medical centers are understaffed. Professionals are saying that they have a problem where older nurses are retiring, but also that younger nurses are leaving the...
When you visit the hospital following an illness, you do so expecting that the facility has the right staff and equipment to treat your condition. And more often than not, this is always the case. However, when the hospital staff makes mistakes that result in injuries...
There are two main ways that cancer can lead to medical malpractice. First, a doctor can miss the signs of cancer (even when they’re obvious), causing delays in treatment that lead to much poorer potential outcomes. Second, a doctor can diagnose you with cancer by...
Most people know little about the medical professionals entrusted with their health. After all, you probably don't know if your doctor is married, much less how they spend their off-hours. Unfortunately, alcoholism plagues the healthcare industry. According to one...
Patients who seek care at an emergency department will likely have something wrong with them that makes them think they can’t wait to get care. Going to the emergency is a toss-up. Sometimes, patients can walk in and be seen right away. Other times, they must wait....
There are few things more important than healthcare. While we are able to maintain a healthy lifestyle through exercise and diet, some things are just out of our control. When we are impacted with a health condition or injury that we have no control over, we seek out...