Kelly Maron, 43, of Painesville, Ohio has been awarded what is believed to be the largest medical malpractice verdict in Lake County history - $910,000 - for severe damage to her upper abdomen during a June 2009 procedure.Maron, who was represented in her case against...
Forty-three percent of American children who die from the flu are perfectly healthy beforehand, according to a new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as reported by NBC News.Kids who are healthier actually die faster from the flu than kids...
Medical devices are susceptible to computer attacks and malware partly due to stringent U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulations, according to a recent article by Technology Review.Once approved, software used to run medical devices in hospitals must remain...
Cerebral palsy is a severe and sometimes debilitating condition which can lead to the need for 24 hour care for the patient.Yet earlier this month, a woman in Dayton rose beyond the chains of this condition and managed to excel both mentally and physically.Veronika...
Since the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (Hipaa) was passed in 1996, patients have had the right to read and even amend their own medical records.But what about the notes physicians take about their patients? Could these be misinterpreted or cause...
Jackknife accidents occur frequently in the US and injure many individuals and their families. In most cases these accidents are preventable and due primarily to driver error on the highway. Knowing how jackknife accidents happen can help the drivers...
The drug company responsible for the recent meningitis outbreak - 247 cases, including 19 deaths as of today - is now facing scrutiny over their shipments of more than 100,000 other drugs, according to The New York Times.The New England Compounding Center in...
Actos is a drug approved for proper use by the FDA however recent evidence indicates it can be extremely harmful to patients who use it. As a result, there are many lawsuits being filed regarding the damages caused by this drug.It was recently reported that over...
Children who use glucocorticoid inhalers to prevent asthma may have growth deficiencies that persist into adulthood, according to a study reported in The New York Times.Scientists found that children who inhale budesonide - sold under the brand name Pulmicort -...
More than a decade after the scathing report, "To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System," thousands of patients are still being plagued by medication errors and wrong diagnoses that lead to unnecessary surgery, chemotherapy, and death, according to U.S....
