Lyme Disease Misdiagnosis Disaster In The United States
October 17, 2012
Every week we receive many inquiries from people who have been diagnosed with Lyme disease who want to know if they have a possible medical malpractice claim for the failure of their primary care physicians or other health care providers to order timely and appropriate medical testing for Lyme dis[...]
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Fungal Meningitis Outbreak: More NECC Products Are Suspected
October 16, 2012
The FDA issued a press release on October 15, 2012 regarding the ongoing fungal meningitis outbreak in the United States that is suspected to be associated with contaminated epidural steroid injections manufactured by the New England Compounding Center (“NECC”) since May 21, 2012. The [...]
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Oregon Neurosurgeon Agrees To Surrender His Medical License
October 15, 2012
A 42-year-old neurosurgeon in Oregon who faces more than 30 medical malpractice lawsuits against him has agreed to surrender his Oregon medical license, which the Oregon Medical Board (“Board”) approved during its meeting on October 9, 2012. The Board had issued a Complaint and Notice[...]
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Chronology Of The Fungal Meningitis Outbreak
October 14, 2012
By now most people in the United States have heard about the current outbreak of fungal meningitis in the United States that has been linked to contaminated epidural steroid injections manufactured by a compounding pharmacy headquartered in Massachusetts. Three lots of the potentially contaminated[...]
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What Is A “Compounding Pharmacy”?
October 12, 2012
With the current attention being focused on the fungal meningitis outbreak in the United States that appears to be the result of contaminated epidural steroid injections manufactured by the compounding pharmacy, New England Compounding Center (“NECC”), you may wonder, what is a compou[...]
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Texas Dental Malpractice Trial For Death Of 22 Month Old
October 2, 2012
A medical malpractice jury trial in Texas is shedding light on the circumstances of the death of a 22-month-old toddler who died the day after Christmas in December, 2009, as a result of alleged dental malpractice. The brain-dead toddler was placed on life-support for 15 days after the dental pro[...]
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Maryland Medical Malpractice Settlement For Death Of 7-Year-Old
September 26, 2012
It has been reported that a Maryland medical malpractice claim involving the death of a 7-year-old boy who died in 2009 as a result of alleged medical malpractice arising from hernia repair surgery performed by an urologist on December 18, 2008 has been settled for an undisclosed sum. The medical [...]
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