Drug Companies Bribing Doctors to Prescribe Unlawful Products
In 2011, some drug companies released information about the payments they were providing doctors for their services. These companies have reportedly spent about $761 million in disclosed payments to doctors […]
Maternal Mortality Rates Rise in the United States
According to a study released by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, the United States is one of the few countries in which maternal mortality rates have risen in […]
Mistakes During Outpatient Care on the Rise, Study Finds
Although researchers have looked extensively at how mistakes made in hospitals can affect patients, little attention has been paid to the mistakes made during outpatient care. According to a study published in […]
Device Can Quickly Identify Bacteria that Cause Deadly Sepsis Infections
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new device that can quickly identify the bacteria responsible for deadly sepsis infections, treatment for which must be swift and aggressive. […]
Allegations of False Reporting Put Yasmin in the Spotlight
Pharmaceutical company Bayer is currently accused of withholding research findings from the Federal Drug Administration (FDA). Bloomberg reports the company faces over 10,000 lawsuits alleging they withheld findings of increased […]
Study finds large number of women suffer injuries during delivery
Childbirth is a wondrous and dangerous process. At the beginning of the last century, about 9 in 1,000 women died during the process. Unfortunately, according to a series of recent studies, […]
Three Things You Should Know Before You Go To The Emergency Room
We are trained to trust our medical experts and dismiss our bodies’ signs when we feel like something is really wrong. Unfortunately, due to the myriad of medical malpractice and […]
Obese residents strain nursing home resources
Nursing homes across the country routinely deny hospital referrals for obese patients. Moderately obese patients, those with a BMI of 35 or above, strain nursing home resources and impact their […]
A Nurses’s Big Mouth Stirs Up New York Clinic Lawsuit
Readers, say you have a disease only known by your doctor and the medical staff -a patient John Doe went for treatment for a sexually transmitted disease at the New […]
Nuts & Bolts: Multidistrict Litigations and Maximizing a Client’s Settlement or Trial Verdict
Did you know that if you have a complaint against a drug manufacturer, you are most likely not alone? In fact, if a drug or medical product is alleged to […]