The FDA will convene a panel of experts to investigate the increasing number of safety problems with insulin pumps. Industry officials note that there are issues with both the hardware and software…
Some politicians. like Lamar Alexander, yesterday, like to reduce the medical malpractice debate down to a soundbite. Get rid of the junk lawsuits is the usual cry. Naturally, I and, hopefully, you…
My readers know that I don’t usually broadcast the financial details of litigation, but, bear with me in this case. This medical malpractice lawsuit returned a verdict of $10 million for a…
Medical malpractice is applicable in cases dealing with ophthalmologists; like this one involving an eye doctor who had been sued for med mal at least fifty times. He’d never faced discipline…
According to an article published the other day by the Chicago Tribune, RF Surgical Systems of Bellevue, Washington, has developed technology that allows surgeons to easily determine whether tagged…
In 2003, no one seemed to know what was wrong with the young farm worker; because it took doctors so long to figure solve the mystery, the man died as a result of his infection. This is not an…
As Senate Finance Committee documents reveal that the FDA suggested GlaxoSmithKline recall its diabetes drug Avandia because of its association with heart attacks, there are more calls for the drug…
This result in this medical malpractice/wrongful death lawsuit demonstrates the tragedy of tort reform. Although the plaintiff (a deceased victim’s mother) received a verdict for her…
Misdiagnosis is a leading cause of death in the US. In this case, the family of a young mother who died giving birth filed a wrongful death suit in order to provide the baby with some financial…
Dr. Santusht Perera is back in practice; he is operating again, this time at Hoboken University Medical Center in Hudson County, New Jersey. On August 29, 2000, Dr. Perera was practicing at…
Georgian luger, Nodar Kumaritashvili’s death during a practice run on February 12, 2010 has put a spotlight on the dangers inherent with many Olympic sports. It seems that every four years…
While it’s nice that the politicians want to “save money” and use it to reform the health care system, they’re barking up the wrong tree when it comes to adding what they…
