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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 [...]

Medical Malpractice Claims In The U.S. – What Are Some Of The Statistics?

September 19, 2011

One in three Americans have reported that they or a family member had been a victim of medical malpractice. One in five reported that a medical error caused serious health problems or death. The pervasive problem of medical errors resulting in unnecessary additional hospital stays and additional m[...]

Medical Malpractice Claims In The United States – What Is The Reality?

September 18, 2011

An often-repeated statistic is that medical malpractice (preventable medical errors) in the United States causes approximately 98,000 deaths per year and is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States. Despite these statistics, there are very few medical malpractice claims filed relative [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Medical Malpractice Involving Radiologists Who Interpret Mammograms

September 12, 2011

More than two-thirds of radiologists do at least some breast imaging (mammograms are x-ray images of the breast used to evaluate for signs of breast cancer and other diseases). Studies done in 1995 and 2002 found that delay in breast cancer diagnosis had become the most common basis for medical m[...]

Are “Bad” Doctors Responsible For Causing More Medical Malpractice?

September 9, 2011

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration Bureau of Health Professions is responsible for receiving reports of medical malpractice payments and adverse actions against medical providers in the United States. It maintains the National Practitioner[...]

An Analysis Of Wrong Site And Wrong Patient Surgeries

September 8, 2011

A study reported in 2010 of wrong site and wrong patient surgeries was based on an analysis of a database covering the period from January 1, 2002 to June 1, 2008 of a Colorado medical malpractice insurance company that insured approximately 6,000 physicians in Colorado. The database included [...]

Statistics Regarding Neurosurgical Medical Malpractice Claims

September 7, 2011

In a recent review of data from a large national medical malpractice insurance company regarding closed neurosurgical medical malpractice claims made between January 1, 2004 and June 30, 2009, the researchers randomly selected and reviewed 90 cases. The plaintiffs in the 90 cases reviewed involved 5[...]

FDA Updates Labeling For RECLAST

September 6, 2011

RECLAST (active ingredient zoledronic acid) is a prescription medication manufactured by Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation for the treatment and prevention of postmenopausal osteoporosis. On September 2, 2011, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a labeling update for Reclast to b[...]

Issues With Surgical Mesh Used For Pelvic Organ Prolapse (POP)

September 4, 2011

Surgical mesh is a medical device made from porous absorbable or non-absorbable synthetic material or absorbable biologic material used during surgery to repair weakened or damaged tissue. In women with certain gynecological problems, surgical mesh is permanently implanted to reinforce the weakened [...]

Can A Protein Found In The Human Body Predict Heart Disease And Cancer?

September 1, 2011

Cathepsins are proteins in the human body that break apart other proteins. Cathepsin S (CTSS) is a protein that is encoded with the CTSS gene. A recent report of the results of a study involving cathepsin S suggests that it is involved in the complex pathways that lead to cardiovascular disease a[...]

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