A new study has suggested a solution for reducing birth injury due to fetal macrosomia. The study is the largest ever of its kind, evaluating the outcome of early labor induction in 822 pregnant women with the condition. The results are promising, and bring attention...
A veteran of Operation Desert Storm has an idea that could reduce the impact of medical malpractice on its victims. Veteran Wade Ayer lost his sister in 2003 to medical malpractice, and has taken up the cause of medical malpractice victims everywhere. He proposed an...
In 2011, Rita Vasquez underwent cervical spine surgery at Our Lady of the Resurrection Medical Center in Chicago. The surgery was intended to relieve the severe pain that she was suffering as a result of a compressed disc. Instead, Vasquez sustained serious injuries...
A chilling report from the Institute of Medicine in Washington, DC says that most people will suffer at least one wrong medical diagnosis in their life. Forbes magazine summarized the report, in which authors found, “...5% of American adults who receive...
The impossible dream of reanimating broken nerve connections just got one step closer to reality. Recent research published in the Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation has shown that direct brain control can be used to control the legs after a spinal cord...
In July of this year, Wave 3 news reported (in an understated way) that a Jeffersontown, Kentucky nursing home had lost its certification to care for Medicare and Medicaid patients. According to Wave 3, “In late May, the CHFS Office of Inspector General...
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It would have seemed impossible, extraordinary, even unfathomable a few years ago – but the exodus has begun, and it is starting with Maplewood Richmond Heights High School in Missouri. This year’s homecoming game will be a game of soccer, because in June...
On September 26, 2015, the American Museum of Tort Law (the first and only museum of its kind) opened its doors in Winsted, Connecticut – the hometown of the museum’s creator and founder, Ralph Nader. It is not your typical museum; instead of interactive...
