Are Filshie Clips Safe?
February 24, 2019
Millions of women in the United States have had Filshie Clips implanted as a means of permanent sterilization. The vast majority of these women apparently have not suffered any complications or adverse events regarding their Filshie Clips. Nonetheless, we receive inquiries on nearly a daily basis fr[...]
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Medical Malpractice Statistics In The United States
February 18, 2019
CRICO Strategies (“CRICO”), a division of The Risk Management Foundation of the Harvard Medical Institutions Incorporated, recently issued its report entitled Medical Malpractice in America: A 10-Year Assessment With Insights (“Report”). The 123,512 medical professional liabi[...]
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89-Year-Old Connecticut Woman Sues EMTs For Fall From Stretcher
February 14, 2019
An 89-year-old woman in Connecticut has filed a lawsuit against the EMTs that responded to her home and were transporting her to the hospital when they allegedly failed to secure her to the stretcher, thereby leading to her fall to the ground. The elderly woman claims that she was severely injured a[...]
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Almost Half Of U.S. Adults Have Cardiovascular Disease
February 11, 2019
The American Heart Association (AHA) announced on January 31, 2019 the findings of its Heart and Stroke Statistics — 2019 Update that was published in its journal Circulation. The researchers found that 48 percent of all adults in the United States (121.5 million in 2016) have some type of cardiov[...]
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Uterine Cancer Rates, Deaths Increase In U.S.
January 2, 2019
The CDC reported on December 7, 2018 that “Uterine cancer is one of the few cancers with increasing incidence and mortality in the United States, reflecting, in part, increases in the prevalence of overweight and obesity since the 1980s. It is the fourth most common cancer diagnosed and the se[...]
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