New Jersey residents worry about health years after toxic spill
Today's society is heavily dependent on the use of various hazardous and injurious chemicals in the workplace for manufacturing, production and many other processes. The downside to the use of these products is harmful exposure with negative health effects that may mimic symptoms of common illness and lead to either a misdiagnoses or delay...
New Jersey residents worry about health years after toxic spill Continue reading…Residential center sued for wrongful death of a resident
Thousands of nursing homes and residential care facilities across the U.S. provide care to the elderly, disabled and vulnerable adults and special needs children. These facilities are entrusted with the care of loved ones when families cannot provide adequate and necessary care in the home. Despite the good care many of these facilities provide, cases...
Residential center sued for wrongful death of a resident Continue reading…Surgical errors at the dentist cause child’s death in New Jersey
Visiting a dentist is not fun for adults, let alone children, but at some point all of us use the services of dentists for routine cleanings, treatments or even surgical extraction of teeth. Most of us do not consider dental sedation to be a dangerous practice, since it is a routine practice. Sedation may be...
Surgical errors at the dentist cause child’s death in New Jersey Continue reading…Iowa settles birth injury suit for $3.75M
The birth of a child is a joyous, life-changing event. However, birth injuries resulting from medical negligence during labor and delivery can change that joyous event to a heartbreaking, life-altering event. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about 4.1 million babies are born in the U.S. each year and about...
Iowa settles birth injury suit for $3.75M Continue reading…Bills limiting NJ medical malpractice suits fail to pass Legislature
During the last legislative session, New Jersey's legislature put patients' rights first, declining to pass two bills that would have prevented patients who were harmed by volunteer doctors from filing medical malpractice lawsuits. The bill allowed only certain cases to proceed when the doctor exhibited "gross negligence or willful misconduct," which...
Bills limiting NJ medical malpractice suits fail to pass Legislature Continue reading…Medication errors and heart disease
A recent study conducted at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville and Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston found that fifty percent of heart patients make medical mistakes upon leaving the hospital. The mistakes range from forgetting to take certain drugs to taking too many pills in one day. Which begs the question: Can some...
Medication errors and heart disease Continue reading…New technology in medical field has promise
For many New Jersey residents, being sick and in the hospital presents its own type of stress. Surgery, medications, x-rays and examinations can add to a patient's anxiety. One way to help ease that anxiety is to take clear steps that ensure a patient receives the correct treatment. Recently, a method was introduced...
New technology in medical field has promise Continue reading…You Can Help Prevent Medical Mistakes
With ever increasing medical costs, many patients are reluctant to seek a second opinion when faced with a medical diagnosis. Yet, this reluctance may not be in the patients' best interest and could even encourage medical malpractice. A recent report from Health Affairs shows that doctors are not always honest with their...
You Can Help Prevent Medical Mistakes Continue reading…Surgical fires: When surgical errors cause serious burns
This week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is holding a webinar focused on a surprisingly persistent issue: surgical fires. While fires during surgery may seem like an abnormal occurrence, somewhere between 550 and 650 of these fires occur every year. Surgical fires are often caused by the high concentrations of oxygen present...
Surgical fires: When surgical errors cause serious burns Continue reading…NJ Board of Medical Examiners receives low scores in reducing Med Malpractice
The state of New Jersey's Board of Medical Examiners was recently ranked as one of the least aggressive in the country when it comes to disciplining doctors for misconduct. According to Public Citizen, a Washington-based group, New Jersey ranked 43rd out of 50 states for uncovering and disciplining doctors. Statistics show that New Jersey...
NJ Board of Medical Examiners receives low scores in reducing Med Malpractice Continue reading…New Jersey doctor in trouble over bad prescriptions
The New Jersey Attorney General's Office recently initiated proceedings to suspend an Old Bridge doctor over claims that he inappropriately prescribed medications to many patients. These prescriptions included anabolic steroids and strong pain medications like Oxycontin. According to the complaint filed with the New Jersey Board of Medical Examiners, the doctor not only prescribed...
New Jersey doctor in trouble over bad prescriptions Continue reading…Man claims medical malpractice after penis amputation
It is not surprising that a medical malpractice story involving a penis amputation has hit the media. However, let's consider that this is a real story about a man who may have been the victim of surgery malpractice, and not just a sensational news story. Amputations are rare during surgery, yet when a surgery...
Man claims medical malpractice after penis amputation Continue reading…