A new book is out about the lives of nurses in America. One important takeaway: don’t go to a teaching hospital in July if you can help it.
A new study includes guidelines for hospital stays of health term newborn infants. While such guidelines purport to not define the standard of care for a doctor or hospital in such situations, juries can be persuaded that they should have been followed in a given case.
A lack of consensus about whether to screen men for prostate cancer highlights the difficulty of using guidelines in malpractice cases when there is a significant difference of opinion in the medical community.
A recent article in Politico outlines the growing issue of electronic medical records leading to lawsuits.
A newly discovered biomarker may help doctors detect and treat bladder cancer. Such biomarkers are increasingly helpful in diagnosing many different types of cancer
There are many different types of "doctors" other than "Medical Doctors." Such titles can mean different things, and it can be confusing to the public.
When people file lawsuits because they have been harmed by the negligence of another, the injured person often gets victimized again because the defendant has a right to see if there are other things causing the suffering besides the negligence. This is an unfortunate reality that heaps more harm on the person already suffering.
Recent studies on the effects of coffee consumption on health alternatively show that drinking coffee is both good and bad for you.
