Unintentional Poisoning Statistics In The United States
September 22, 2011
The statistics are sobering: every day of the year, almost 82 people die in the United States from unintentional poisoning, including those who overdosed on recreational drugs. (“Unintentional” means that the people taking or giving the substance did not intend to cause harm to themselve[...]
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How Do Medical Malpractice Claims REALLY Affect Doctors?
September 20, 2011
Doctors are constantly complaining that the fear of medical malpractice claims has changed the way they practice medicine, has increased health care costs, and has caused doctors to flee the profession due to high medical malpractice insurance premiums and “frivolous lawsuits.” How have [...]
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Medical Malpractice Tort Reform – At What Cost?
September 17, 2011
The political pundits pushing for what they call “tort reform” have enjoyed many successes in recent years. Many states have enacted laws that have placed a “cap” on the maximum amount of money that can be recovered from negligent doctors and other careless health care provi[...]
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Avoiding Medication Mistakes
September 16, 2011
The names of common prescription medications may be hard to spell as well as pronounce. How do the drug companies come up with the names of their drugs? Why can’t they make the names easy to remember and easy to spell? Why can’t the names of the drugs help to remind patients what they ar[...]
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Physical Therapy Medical Malpractice
September 15, 2011
Physical therapists are health care professionals who provide essential medical care to help restore and maintain physical functioning for their patients. They accomplish their responsibilities by examining, evaluating, and diagnosing their patients’ movement, providing diagnoses regarding[...]
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Can Insulin Help Alzheimer Disease Patients?
September 14, 2011
The results of a provocative study published online in the Archives of Neurology on September 12, 2011 found that administering insulin through the nose using a special medical device (transnasal delivery) improved both memory as measured by delayed story recall and functional ability as measured [...]
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Why Do Doctors Hate Medical Malpractice Lawyers So Much?
September 13, 2011
Doctors and lawyers are like the Republicans and the Democrats — doctors can’t stand being in the same room with lawyers but tend to remain somewhat civil when they’re forced to be together. However, once they are amongst themselves, they tend to spew insults (or worse) towards [...]
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One Positive Lesson Learned After 9/11
September 11, 2011
September 11th, 2001 was a tragic, unsettling, and monumental event for the United States. For many families directly effected by the events of 9/11, the date is painful and permanent. For others, the change in direction for the United States after 9/11 meant major disruptive changes in their live[...]
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