The most-thorough review of U.S. hospital records, insurance claims and medical malpractice lawsuits ever conducted produced an estimate that slightly more than 4,040 surgical errors harm patients each year. Further, the mistakes by surgeons, nurses, anesthesiologists and other members of the surgery team were found to be preventable in almost every instance. Patients are regularly…
When many people think of medical malpractice lawsuits for medication errors, they usually imagine the negligence was caused by doctors or other medical staff, taking place at a medical facility. The truth is, however, prescription errors can also happen because of errors on the part of a retail pharmacy. This is the case in a…
On February 25, 2017, actor Bill Paxton died from complications following surgery. The 61-year-old actor, best known for his roles in Titanic, Alien, and Big Love, suffered a stroke two weeks after he had undergone heart surgery to repair an aortic aneurysm and replace his bicuspid aortic valve. One year later, his family has filed…
Colon cancer is the second-most diagnosed cancer in this country. It is also the second-leading cause of cancer death. One of the most effective tools for detecting colon cancer is a colonoscopy. Although this is a fairly safe procedure, unfortunately, preventable errors do occur and patients are left with serious injuries or they can even…
Whenever a developing fetus or a baby being delivered is deprived of oxygen (i.e., suffers from hypoxia), the child’s risk for cerebral palsy skyrockets. The longer the air supply is cut off, the more likely it becomes that the child will be born with irreversible brain damage and, as a result, face a lifetime of…