Medical Malpractice

Someone with a disability might assume that one of the last places they’d suffer discrimination and inability or unwillingness to accommodate them would be a healthcare setting like a doctor’s office. Unfortunately, as many disabled patients have learned, that’s not...

Addressing and treating mental health issues is as important as dealing with physical health problems. Patients trust mental health professionals to help them in any way possible. Sadly, some psychiatrists take advantage of their patients’ trust. Or they act...

We all think that the hospital is the right place to go when we’re sick. The doctors and nurses should help you to leave feeling much better than when you got there.  If you have to stay in the hospital for a while, you expect it to be clean. You also want the people...

If you have recently suffered physical harm – either injury or illness – that could have possibly been caused, aggravated or escalated by inadequate patient care, you may be a victim of medical malpractice. Medical malpractice occurs when individual healthcare...

Surgery has become an incredibly technologically-advanced process. In fact, there are numerous procedures that surgeons perform using robotic devices. Most surgeries occur either in private, state-of-the-art operating facilities or modern hospitals. In both scenarios,...

Unfortunately, it is not possible to guarantee you will win your medical malpractice claim after a doctor or other professional hurts you. However, if you prepare your claim properly, it improves your odds of success. Since you cannot know in advance whether you will...

Birth injuries are relatively rare. Most new mothers go through labor with few complications, and their newborns are healthy once they start gaining weight. However, sometimes the birthing process results in serious injuries. Doctors, nurses and other medical...

It takes a lot of time and financial investment for pharmaceutical companies and medical device manufacturers to secure Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for new products. Frequently, there will be several years of clinical trials that occur before the FDA...

When you go visit your doctor, you expect them to listen to you carefully. You understand your health in a way that no one else does, and you need to relate any issues that you may be having to a medical professional. This is the only way to get a proper diagnosis and...

Diagnostic technology has come a long way in recent decades. There are tests that can quickly determine whether a specific pathogen is present in someone's body. Imaging tests have also changed the way that doctors diagnosed conditions, as it has never been easier to...