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3/28/2006 8:31:00 PM | Special Deliveries 
=(0) The National Institutes of Health is to host a conference to study the increasing incidence of Caesarian Section deliveries in the United States. The rate is up to almost 30% of deliveries, double the rate of ten years ago and double the rate desired by the CDC. Some of the increase is due to women choosing to have C-Sections for various non-medica...
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3/28/2006 8:12:00 PM | Risks of weight loss surgery rise with age =(0) The rate of complications from gastric bypass surgery can be expected to rise with the age of the patient, beginning at age 60, a new report reveals. In this particular study, 10% of patients had major complications and 13% had minor ones; almost 1% died. Type of surgery performed was also significant. This emphasizes the need to carefully evaluate...
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3/28/2006 2:03:00 PM | Family Awarded $17 Million Malpractice Settlement =(0) A West Virginia girl and her family are awarded $17 million in a malpractice suit against Monongalia General Hospital and obstetrician Louise E. Van Riper. Marissa Pochron, now nine, has cerebral palsy as a result of oxygen deprivation leading to severe brain damage, which could have been avoided if a C-Section had been performed when complications...
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3/28/2006 10:26:00 AM | Drug test victims leave hospital - =(0) Six men who took part in a drug research study and became violently ill are progressing well according to hospital statements, and two have left hospital. The medication being studied was a potential therapy for arthritis, leukemia, and multiple sclerosis; however it caused a painful and dangerous rapid inflammatory response in all the men who took...
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3/27/2006 8:07:00 PM | Analysis: Experts split on DTC drug ads =(0) This article addresses the current debate about "Direct to Consumer" drug ads. Some advocate banning the ads which they say do more harm than good; others claim the ads may need more stringent regulating but on the whole are helpful. The concern is that in some cases such as with vioxx, marketing proceeds before safety issues are fully established...
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3/26/2006 2:13:00 AM | Assisted-living home cited in neglect of woman, 87 - =(0) A nursing home in Tucson has been fined and restricted from admitting new patients for 90 days after investigating the case of an elderly woman who was apparently neglected under their care. The home was already on probation for a number of rule violations. A state ombudsman contends that the home has passed other unannounced inspections and that ...
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3/25/2006 6:03:00 AM | Nursing home is sued for $155million in death - =(0) A jury trial is under way in the lawsuit of a Kentucky man against the nursing home where he died in 2002. The home is being accused of nursing home negligence and nursing home malpractice.The family contends the man was neglected because of understaffing to cut expenses and that the true cause of death was covered up; lawyers for the nursing home ...
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3/24/2006 9:09:00 AM | I was defamed: Nursing home carer - =(0) A nursing home in Australia is being sued by a former employee in a strange twist after a negligence case. The home was sanctioned for nursing home neglect; then suspended some employees and put out a newsletter announcing the suspensions; one of these employees is now suing for defamation, claiming she was embarrassed and shamed in the process.......
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3/23/2006 4:08:00 AM | Doyle caps malpractice payments at $750,000 =(0) The State of Wisconsin continues to try to put a cap on pain and suffering damages in malpractice lawsuits. The maximum proposed in the current legislation signed by the Governor is $750,000. The hope is that it is large enough to be upheld in the state Supreme Court but low enough to keep health insurance premiums affordable....
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3/22/2006 4:47:00 AM | COURT CASES - The State =(0) This article summarizes three lawsuits, one of which concerned a malpractice lawsuit against a plastic surgeon. The suit is filed on behalf of a deceased breast cancer victim by her husband who claims the doctor who performed reconstructive breast surgery after her cancer treatment entered into a romantic liaison with her, which resulted in her not...
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3/21/2006 10:49:00 AM | Women Often Not Told, Do Not Understand Risks of Delivering by =(0) A recent survey of women who gave birth by Caesarian Section in 2005 reveals that over half were unclear or incorrect regarding potential complications of that procedure. It also found that having a C-Section for non-medical reasons is not a popular choice and moreover that women feel that many of these operations are performed unnecessarily due to...
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3/19/2006 8:49:00 PM | An alluring business =(0) In keeping with the laws of supply and demand, the number of medical doctors switching or expanding their practices to include cosmetic procedures is ballooning in the United States. This may be dangerous for patients, according to those doctors who intensively trained in the procedures of cosmetic surgery, some of which can carry significant risk,...
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3/19/2006 9:23:00 AM | Damages arising from negligence or fault - =(0) This commentary from the Philippines describes several "frivolous" lawsuits successfully litigated in the United States, one of which concerned complications from liposuction. The author compares this to the situation in the Philippines where she belives people do not stand up for their rights often enough...................
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3/17/2006 3:25:00 AM | Outsourcing America's Health Care - Finding Safe Overseas Doctors ... - PR Web (press release) =(0) Americans are going overseas in droves to have medical and surgical procedures at a fraction of the cost at home. Rather than considering the practice more risky, patients cite the growing list of malpractice claims as proof it's no safer in the US. Travel agents and similar organizations are leaping onto the "medical tourism" bandwagon, providing ...
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3/17/2006 3:00:00 AM | Settlement in works in Ritter suit =(0) A tentative settlement has been reached in the wrongful death lawsuit by the family of actor John Ritter, against the Burbank California medical center where Ritter died. The suit alleges that misdiagnosis led to inappropriate medical procedures and lack of proper treatment, and that Ritter's life could have been saved had the diagnosis been more p...
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3/16/2006 8:13:00 PM | Twelve months since Kay died after face-lift =(0) A lawsuit is underway in the death of an Irish woman following a face lift procedure in New York last year. Dr. Michael Sacks and his anesthetist are accused of negligence, carelessness and gross indifference. The woman lost consciousness while in recovery and later died in hospital..........
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3/16/2006 4:28:00 AM | Sherman to appeal verdict =(0) Originally diagnosed as colic, it was a congenital heart defect that ultimately led to baby Uriel Delavega's death in 1997. The baby, brought to Sherman Hospital by his mother, was misdiagnosed by the emergency room doctor and died in another hospital the following day. A jury awarded Uriel's parents $2.5 million. The Sherman Hospital plans to app...
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3/13/2006 1:12:00 AM | Lack of malpractice insurance can lead to complications - =(0) This story reveals some intriguing facts: not all US States require doctors to carry malpractice insurance; only 14 do. Additionally, to avoid the high insurance fees more and more medical providers use offshore, unregulated insurers. Three cases of malpractice at one Virginia facility, one concerning a liposuction, had to be settled for a small f...
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3/11/2006 1:27:00 AM | Surgeon sought over child’s death in US - =(0) An Indian-trained doctor has allegedly left a trail of botched surgeries in both the United States and Australia. Dr. Jayant Patel is being sued over the death of a US child in 1999 and is under investigation in Queensland, Australia after being linked to at least 13 suspicious post-surgical deaths there. The surgeon moved from the US to Australia ...
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3/10/2006 5:58:00 AM | Nursing home firm penalized for mistreatment - =(0) Pleasant Care Corp., a nursing home care provider in California, has settled a civil suit filed by the State while representatives pled no contest in criminal court to charges of criminal neglect. Six residents of the facility in Napa suffered poor care, with two deaths resulting. The company must pay penalties and drastically upgrade their level o...
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