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Federal Appellate Court Upholds Doctor’s Convictions For Distributing Controlled Substances In Violation Of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)

August 5, 2025

A nurse at a medical clinic where Dr. George P. Naum, III worked prescribed controlled substances without the supervision of a doctor. Contending he knew about the nurse’s conduct but did not try to stop it, the government prosecuted Naum for conspiracy and for aiding and abetting the distribu[...]

CT Scans May Account For 5% Of All New Cancer Diagnoses Annually

July 19, 2025

Approximately 93 million computed tomography (CT) examinations are performed on 62 million patients annually in the United States. CT scans expose patients to ionizing radiation at levels known to be associated with increased cancer risk. Several large retrospective cohort studies have shown that ch[...]

$60M Upstate New York Medical Malpractice Verdict For Botched Epidural Steroid Injection

July 7, 2025

An upstate New York medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of a now 65-year-old man who suffered a spinal cord infarction after a routine epidural steroid injection, leaving him paralyzed with permanent paraplegia, neurogenic bowel and bladder, chronic neuropathic pain, and impotence[...]

Lawsuit Filed Against Medical Malpractice Expert Alleges Expert “Flustered, Disoriented And Confused” Before And During His Deposition Despite Receiving $20,000 Payment For Preparation And Testimony

June 18, 2025

A lawsuit filed on April 17, 2025 in the Superior Court of New Jersey by a New Jersey medical malpractice law firm against a forensic psychiatric expert that it had retained for medical malpractice litigation alleges, in part: “Defendant Goldwaser issued a preliminary expert report dated Septe[...]

More Than Half Of Electronic Health Records (EHRs) Contain Errors

March 7, 2025

A study published on JAMA Network on June 9, 2020 entitled “Frequency and Types of Patient-Reported Errors in Electronic Health Record Ambulatory Care Notes” stated: “Errors in electronic health records (EHRs) are common. At least half of EHRs may contain an error, many relate[...]

How Can I Avoid Being Injured While In The Hospital?

February 18, 2025

Johns Hopkins Medicine provides the following suggestions for staying safe while in the hospital: Prepare an information kit. You should prepare a kit – even if you don’t plan to go to the hospital anytime soon. The kit can be similar to the suitcase that pregnant women are encouraged to hav[...]

Can My Doctor Fire Me?

January 21, 2025

The short answer is “yes,” a doctor may terminate a patient-physician relationship. The American Medical Association has addressed the proper patient-physician termination process in its Code of Medical Ethics: AMA Code of Medical Ethics 1.1.5 Terminating a Patient-Physician Relationship[...]

$1.5M Massachusetts Settlement For Tinnitus And Hearing Loss After MRI

December 27, 2024

On November 11, 2023, a Massachusetts medical malpractice claim involving a 62-year-old woman who developed tinnitus and hearing loss immediately after undergoing an MRI for a hand injury in July 2020 during which she allegedly was not provided proper ear protection settled her claim for $1.5 millio[...]

What’s The Difference Between A Bad Outcome And Medical Malpractice?

December 10, 2024

All medical care and treatment carry risks of an unexpected outcome that is harmful to the patient. For example, when a surgical procedure is recommended to a patient, the medical provider is required to explain to the patient the various alternatives of medical treatment that are available as well [...]

ProPublica: Formaldehyde Causes More Cancer Than Any Other Toxic Air Pollutant

December 8, 2024

ProPublica reported on December 3, 2024: “In a world flush with hazardous air pollutants, there is one that causes far more cancer than any other, one that is so widespread that nobody in the United States is safe from it. It is a chemical so pervasive that a new analysis by ProPublica found i[...]

What Are The Types Of Medical Errors? – Part II

December 5, 2024

Surgical Errors Errors in surgery have the highest risk of severe patient injury and death. Intraoperative errors are estimated to be the primary issue in 75% of malpractice cases involving surgeons. Surgical errors involving the wrong site, patient, or procedure should never occur. Investigations i[...]

What Are The Most Common Medical Malpractice Claims Against Physicians?

November 14, 2024

A comprehensive analysis was conducted of all paid medical malpractice claims for physicians, with linkage to physician specialty, from the National Practitioner Data Bank from January 1, 1992 to December 31, 2014, a period including an estimated 19.9 million physician-years. All dollar amounts were[...]

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