Your heart is pounding, your skin is clammy and you can’t take a deep breath. You head to the emergency room, certain that something is wrong. You are seen by a medical professional who diagnoses you as having had experienced a panic attack or as suffering with anxiety. But could…
There are thousands of babies born across the country every day. In most cases, babies are born healthy and without incident. In some unfortunate cases, babies are born with birth injuries that can have lifelong consequences for the child and their families. Not all of these injuries result in lawsuits.…
Harvey Hospital is being sued by an estate administrator who is claiming that the hospital was negligent and caused a relative’s death. The independent executor of Gwendolyn Davis’ estate, Lynn M. Hubbard, filed the lawsuit in Cook County Circuit Court on May 4. Named in the lawsuit is Ingalls Memorial…
Melissa Rivers, daughter of the late Joan Rivers, has settled the medical malpractice lawsuit she filed after her mother’s death in 2014. Rivers had sued Yorksville Endoscopy Center in New York. It was at the center that her mother had been undergoing surgery when she went into cardiac arrest. The…
Many patients believe that antibiotics are the cure for all. This misconception may be due, in part, to the rate at which they are frequently prescribed. In a recent study, researchers found that antibiotics were prescribed in millions of cases for which they were not indicated. Whether or not this…
There has been much in the news about antibiotic resistance. Many of the articles that have been written are full of medical-speak, making it hard to understand exactly what is going on. What we do know is this: Antibiotics have been prescribed at such a high rate that diseases are…
Russel Farnsworth was fired from his job for using too many sick days. Every morning, when he could, he went to work with a pounding headache. He worked through the pain while sitting at his desk, only to stand and feel as though he had pinched nerves in his back.…
The University of Pennsylvania has been hit with a $44.1 million verdict after a court found that hospital staff failed to recognize a patient’s adverse reaction to heparin, an anti-coagulant medication. As a result of the reaction, the female patient suffered a brain hemorrhage. The verdict came down last month,…
You have been visiting the same doctor for years and have recently found out they were sued. Should you be worried? The answer to that question is not as clear-cut as you may think. In some cases, yes, you have a right to be concerned. In other cases, no. Here…
A man in California is suing a Fremont nursing home, claiming that staff ignored his needs and withheld necessary care. According to reports, Mark Sandholdt is claiming that Windsor Country Drive Care Center did not meet his medical needs and continuously harassed him for money he didn’t owe. The home…