Recent experiments transplanting liver stem cells into mice livers give hope to researchers that one day stem cell therapy will replace the need for liver transplants
A recent study focused on patients in Oregon and Washington who used alternative medicine to treat their chronic pain found that these patients were often reluctant to tell their doctors.
CMG Founder and Partner Gene Moen has been named to the Top 100 list of 2015 Super Lawyers in Washington
Some companies specialize in working for insurance companies to put pressure on injured people to pay back money that the insurance company paid for medical bills.
An article in the magazine Nature describes a break-through discovery that the brain is connected to the body’s immune system through tiny lymphatic vessels that no one previously knew existed.
A tiny device the size of a grain of rice will soon be used to deliver cancer drugs to tumors. The hope is that it will help medical providers learn which drugs work best on the tumor so that they may better target therapy.
Confidentiality agreements are commonplace in settlement agreements with doctors and hospitals, in large part to protect the reputation of the defendant. Unfortunately, this can have the negative effect of preventing the public from knowing the mistakes and wrongdoing that resulted in the lawsuit and settlement.
Osteoporosis is not only a woman’s health issue. Men suffer consequences from it less overall, but when they do the consequences are often more severe.
Proposition 46 in California highlights barriers to justice around our county, although luckily not as much in Washington
Pain is sometimes difficult to communicate, in part because we haven’t developed sufficient language to do so.
