Month: June 2015
When Is a Common Risk Actually Malpractice?
Surgery is inherently risky. Actively sedating a person and invasively altering an internal part of the body carries a relatively high risk even in routine...
Former Pro-Tort Reform Congressman LaTourette Now Looks to Sue Doctor for Medical Malpractice
Longtime former United States Congressman Steve LaTourette has recently been diagnosed with an advanced form of pancreatic cancer. This type of cancer is aggressive and...
New Study Shows C-Sections Safer For Breech Births
A Canadian study recently published in the journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology found that vaginal deliveries of breech babies were significantly more likely to result...
Medical Malpractice 101
We frequently bring you stories from the legal and medical community highlighting medical malpractice prevention and litigation, but rarely do we stop to analyze exactly...
NHTSA Acknowledges Failures In GM Recall Investigation, But Issues No Consequences
The Federal Transportation Department recently released two internal reports that detailed the course of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s investigation of defective ignition switches...
Can Talking to Patients Prevent Doctors from Being Sued?
Managing one’s health is a tricky business: sometimes, you simply do not know what you do not know. That is why we rely on our...
Birth Injury and Your Family
There is a big difference between congenital birth defects and birth injury. A birth injury, also called a birth trauma, is a physical injury to...
5 Tips for Choosing and Using the Right Sunscreen
With the start of the summer approaching, we will all be spending a lot more time out of the house and in the sunlight. That...
New Research Uses Stem Cells To Repair Birth Defect
“Craniosynostosis (kray-nee-o-sin-os-TOE-sis) is a birth defect in which one or more of the joints between the bones of your baby’s skull close prematurely, before your...
Federal Government Immune to Malpractice Claims
T.J. Moore was a 19-year-old recruit when he arrived at Lackland Air Force Base last year for basic training. Doctors pulled him from normal training...