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Connecticut Medical Malpractice Claim For Young Boy’s Blindness

January 20, 2012

The parents of a 7-year-old boy filed a medical malpractice claim earlier this month against the boy’s pediatrician and others claiming that the boy suffered blindness due to the alleged failure to timely and properly diagnose the boy’s bacterial meningitis. The now 9-year-old boy wa[...]

Chicago Medical Malpractice Settlement For Radiation Overdose Death

January 12, 2012

The beneficial use of radiation in medical diagnostic testing (such as x-rays) and medical treatment of certain diseases and conditions (such as various forms and types of cancer) has helped many patients receive the best available medical care and treatment. However, the medical equipment that u[...]

Connecticut Medical Malpractice Verdict More Than Doubles After Re-Trial

January 5, 2012

A 49-year-old man went to his primary care physician with complaints of chest pain. The doctor diagnosed gastrointestinal problems without taking a full and complete medical history from the patient that would have discovered prior complaints of chest pain that should have led to further inquiry an[...]

New Jersey Medical Malpractice Claim Based On Doctor’s Failure To Tell Patient About X-Ray Report

January 4, 2012

A New Jersey man in his mid-60s was scheduled to undergo a cardiac catheterization procedure. His cardiologist required him to have a chest x-ray before the procedure was done (a standard practice). The chest x-ray was taken; the x-ray report received by the cardiologist’s office indicated a[...]

Today’s 300th Consecutive Daily Blog Posting For medicalmalpracticelawyers.com

December 29, 2011

Today, medicalmalpracticelawyers.com is proud to celebrate its 300th consecutive daily blog posting. Over the course of 299 postings, we have explored numerous medical malpractice topics, including states’ medical malpractice laws, states’ statistics regarding medical malpractice cla[...]

Los Angeles Medical Malpractice Verdict For Death From Misdiagnosed Heart Attack

December 21, 2011

When a 51-year-old man had severe chest pains, he called his doctor. Instead of advising his patient to immediately go to a hospital emergency department, the doctor scheduled his patient to come to his office a few days later. At the time of the office visit, the doctor gave his patient an electroc[...]

FDA Withdraws Approval Of Avastin For Use In Treating Metastatic Breast Cancer

November 21, 2011

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced on November 18, 2011 that it was revoking its approval of Avastin (bevacizumab) for use in treating breast cancer (specifically, the use of Avastin in combination with the cancer drug paclitaxel for breast cancer patients suffering from a form of[...]

Avoiding Medical Testing Mistakes

November 19, 2011

The Joint Commission Resources (“JCR”) is a national organization dedicated to helping health care organizations in the U.S. to improve the quality of medical care and patient safety. The mission of JCR is “to continuously improve the safety and quality of health care in the Unit[...]

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