$50 Million Settlement Paid By Drug Supplier To Nursing Homes
May 14, 2012
A company that provides drugs to nursing homes and other long-term care facilities recently settled federal civil claims against it that alleged that the company dispensed drugs to nursing homes without proper prescriptions for the medications. The $50 million settlement involves allegations that th[...]
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Flawed Medical Research: Does Money Talk?
May 10, 2012
It should be no surprise to anyone that flawed medical research can lead to flawed medical treatments that may be ineffective or even dangerous or deadly to patients. Flawed medical research and flawed results from that research may be due to many reasons but one of the most egregious and sinister[...]
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Medical Malpractice Claims Lead To Legal Malpractice Claims
May 2, 2012
A Putnam County, West Virginia attorney and his two former law partners are being sued for legal malpractice for the third time in a year for their alleged wrongful handling of medical malpractice claims against the same doctor. In this most recent case filed on April 13, 2012, the three plaintiff[...]
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48 Million Without Health Insurance In U.S. In 2011
April 23, 2012
According to the recently released results of a survey of 2,100 adults between the ages of 19 ad 64 in the U.S., about 48 million Americans (26%) were without health insurance for at least part of the year during 2011. Of those who had a gap in health insurance coverage in the U.S. in 2011, 69% we[...]
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Colorado Medical Malpractice Verdict Finally Paid
April 21, 2012
When a 34-year-old woman arrived at a local Fort Collins, Colorado hospital Emergency Department in December, 2006, she complained to the emergency room doctor that she had the worst headache of her life and that she was weak and dizzy. The emergency room doctor diagnosed the woman’s condit[...]
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Oklahoma Nursing Home Abuse: What A Hidden Camera Revealed
April 20, 2012
In a disgusting and very disturbing case of nursing home abuse caught on camera, two Oklahoma nursing home caregivers responsible for the care of a 96-year-old resident were allegedly caught on video abusing the woman: one was seen hitting the woman in the face with rubber gloves and placing the gl[...]
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