Maryland’s Experience With Medical Malpractice “Tort Reform”
August 17, 2011
A recent case decided by the Court of Appeals of Maryland (the highest state appellate court in Maryland) reviewed the path that Maryland has taken with regard to medical malpractice “tort reform.” The Court of Appeals reviewed the history of the law of medical malpractice in Marylan[...]
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Training Doctors To Win Their Medical Malpractice Cases
August 14, 2011
When doctors fail to provide medical care to their patients consistent with the required standard of care expected of them, they have committed medical malpractice. When their medical malpractice causes serious injuries or damages to their patients, their patients have a valid medical malpractice[...]
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Medical Malpractice: Trusting Doctors
August 13, 2011
A telephone survey conducted in 2010 of adults living in the United States found that about 70% of Americans trusted their doctor’s medical advice to the extent that they would not seek a second opinion or do further research. A survey eight years earlier found that 64% of Americans fe[...]
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Medical Malpractice Claims (In Mexico)
August 12, 2011
In June, 2006, an independent national institution known as Conamed was created by presidential decree whose responsibilities include arbitrating medical malpractice claims in Mexico. The staff and reviewers at Conamed are paid by the government. Conamed offers advice and information on patient [...]
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New Potential Treatment For Leukemia
August 11, 2011
For years researchers have been painstakingly working on treating cancer by boosting the body’s immune system in an effort to have the immune system attack the cancer cells and not healthy cells. Much of the research has been hampered because the genetically modified T-cells introduced into t[...]
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Anesthesia Medical Malpractice
August 10, 2011
In studies of closed claims since 1990 involving anesthesia medical malpractice, it was found that death or brain damage was involved in 31% to 32% of the claims. Death or brain damage was caused by a respiratory issue in 45% of these cases and involved inadequate ventilation in 7% of the cases, e[...]
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Cancer Risk Increased For Early Morning Smokers
August 9, 2011
Two recent studies undertaken by the Penn State College of Medicine published in the American Cancer Society’s journal called Cancer found that smokers who had their first cigarettes shortly after awakening in the morning had an increased risk of developing lung, neck, and head cancers. These[...]
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Use Of Computer-Aided Detection (CAD) In Analyzing Mammograms
August 7, 2011
Mammograms are screening x-rays of the breasts used to detect breast cancer and other breast abnormalities. When detected early and treated early, breast cancer is curable. Mammograms have been used extensively for many years. Radiologists use magnifying glasses to help in their review of the x-r[...]
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