Actos Bladder Cancer Trial Exposes Damaging Evidence
By: Kelda Doherty Takeda Pharmaceutical Co, Asia’s biggest drug maker is facing the first of over 3,000 suits being brought against it due to allegations made regarding its diabetes drug […]
MEDICATION ERRORS: A WELL KNOWN CAUSE OF MALPRACTICE
By Paul Rheingold Unlike in the United States, English medical authorities maintain a national data base of reports of medical mishaps. A recent article reports on analysis of six years […]
Prenatal blood tests carry potential errors
Expectant mothers in New York may have heard that prenatal blood tests have been developed that can detect traces of fetal DNA in a mother’s bloodstream, which can help detect […]
Shorter shifts lead to more medical residency errors
Hospitals and other health care centers in New York perpetually revamp their practices and protocols in efforts to increase patient safety, but recent studies that appeared in the Journal of […]
The End of Fung Wah’s Road
By: Indhira Benitez As recently reported in the media, Fung Wah’s bus fleet was removed from the roads following inspections by the state Department of Public Utilities that found structural […]
Rosewood Heights Nursing Home Rated One of the Nation’s Worst Nursing Homes
By: Indhira Benitez Nursing homes are the customary places of care for elderly people who have special needs and require assistance from a medical professional around the clock. Many people […]
Drugs being given to enhance academics
Throughout New York and the rest of the United States, there has been a trend of students using stimulant drugs, originally meant for those suffering with attention deficit disorder, or […]
Bayer Opposes Consolidation of Legal Action Brought Against Mirena
By: Indhira Benitez On Thursday, March 18th, at a hearing before a San Diego federal judicial panel on Multidistrict Litigation, Bayer’s lawyer, Marie Woodbury of Shook, Hardy & Bacon, argued […]
Plaintiff awarded $250,000 for medical malpractice
A man was awarded $250,000 by a jury in Dauphin County, New York, in a lawsuit against a doctor and a hospital. The action was brought against a doctor of […]
Bicycle Accident Victim in Astoria, Queens
By: Charles Lee We at the firm of Rheingold Giuffra Ruffo Plotkin & Hellman LLP, can agree with victims of motor vehicle and bicycle accidents on how dangerous the streets […]