Delay In Diagnosis Of Oral Cancer May Be Medical Malpractice
December 4, 2011
There are approximately 30,000 new cases of oral cancer in the United States every year, resulting in about 9,000 deaths. The main risk factors for oral cancer are tobacco use and alcohol consumption — the greater the use, the higher the risk. Tobacco and alcohol use are associated with ab[...]
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Texas Medical Malpractice Reform (Unintended) Results
October 11, 2011
Under Governor Rick Perry, Texas has enacted some of the most draconian medical malpractice “reforms” whereby the innocent victims of medical malpractice negligence are highly restricted in the claims they can bring against negligent doctors and other Texas health care providers and in t[...]
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Maryland Hospital Mistakes
October 10, 2011
Hospitals in Maryland are required to report serious adverse events that occur in those hospitals to the Maryland Office of Health Care Quality (OHCQ). OHCQ in turn issues a yearly report regarding the reported hospital errors and mistakes that result in serious injuries or death. The most recent re[...]
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Training Doctors To Win Their Medical Malpractice Cases
August 14, 2011
When doctors fail to provide medical care to their patients consistent with the required standard of care expected of them, they have committed medical malpractice. When their medical malpractice causes serious injuries or damages to their patients, their patients have a valid medical malpractice[...]
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News Regarding Early-Stage Prostate Cancer Treatment
July 23, 2011
For early stage prostate cancer in men with intermediate risk, a large clinical trial has found that combining short term hormone therapy with radiation therapy was more effective than radiation alone. The prostate is a walnut-sized gland found only in men that surrounds the urethra. The prostate�[...]
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Multiple Sclerosis – What Is It And What Are The Symptoms?
July 14, 2011
What is Multiple Sclerosis (MS)? Multiple sclerosis, or MS, is an autoimmune disease (where the body’s own immune system attacks its own tissues) that affects the central nervous system (including the brain and the spinal cord). MS is a demyelinating disease in which the mylen (the protecti[...]
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Colorectal Cancer Screening
July 9, 2011
While the rates of new cases of colorectal cancer and death from colorectal cancer in the United States have been decreasing, and more adults are being screened for colorectal cancer, one in three adults in the United States between 50 and 75 are still not being screened for colorectal cancer. Low [...]
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Colon Cancer And Rectal Cancer – Statistics And Risk Factors
July 5, 2011
It is estimated that there were 102,900 new cases of colon cancer and 39,670 new cases of rectal cancer in the United States during 2010. There were about 51,390 deaths from both colon cancer and rectal cancer that same year. The colon is the longest part of the large intestine (the first six feet o[...]
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What Happens During A Medical Malpractice Trial?
June 27, 2011
Once the formal medical malpractice claim has been filed, the parties to the claim have completed their discovery requests and responses, and any pre-trial motions are heard and decided by the judge or the head of the other forum deciding the case, the medical malpractice case is ready for trial o[...]
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