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Bowel perforation, delayed diagnosis could spell medical negligence

A bowel or colon perforation is a serious surgical complication that can result in lifelong pain and suffering or death if not addressed immediately. Bowel perforation is a risk with some surgical procedures including colonoscopy, laparoscopic procedures, hysterectomy, appendectomy, and other abdominal operations. It can also occur spontaneously due to a ruptured diverticulum, Crohn’s disease, […]

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Drowning incidents kill thousands each year in the United States

About 10 people die every day due to drowning, or an average of about 3,500 non-boating drownings annually in the United States. Drowning is the third leading cause of unintentional injury death worldwide, accounting for seven percent of all injury-related deaths. Most drowning deaths and injuries due to near-drownings occur in the summer months and

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Radiology Malpractice

The radiology department at a hospital or medical center is responsible for administering high-energy radiation tests and treatments. Radiologists are medical doctors who, according to the American College of Radiologists, must complete at least 13 years of training and schooling before achieving board-certification. Maintaining certification requires continued education and training in the field to ensure

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Postpartum hemorrhage or excessive blood loss after delivery can lead to shock, brain damage or death

Postpartum hemorrhage after delivery occurs when there is a loss of more than 500 ml of blood after a vaginal delivery or 1000 ml of blood following a C-section. If the heavy bleeding is not controlled it can lead to shock, loss of ability to have future pregnancies, permanent brain damage or maternal death. Symptoms

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Record $120 million verdict in vaginal mesh case predicts more significant verdicts

For decades, transvaginal mesh has been surgically implanted in women across the nation and world to treat organ prolapse and urinary incontinence. For some women, the plastic medical device was helpful. But for tens of thousands – far too high a percentage for the vaginal mesh products to be considered safe — the mesh eroded

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PICC Lines Can Cause Infections and Injuries if Not Placed Properly

PICC lines are used to provide long term intravenous access to administer IV medications, fluids, electrolytes or antibiotics. The lines are placed by doctors, nurses and nurse practitioners who must be aware of the potential dangers these central lines can cause. If complications are not diagnosed and treated properly, serious injury or even death could

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Medicare and Medicaid Fraud

Medicare and Medicaid account for roughly $1 trillion in federal spending annually. That’s a lot of money. And wherever there is a lot of money, there are those who will try to steal it. The AARP reports that at about 10 percent of Medicare funding – or some $60 billion, roughly the budgets of the

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What is Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy?

Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) is a progressive degenerative disease that afflicts people – often athletes – who have suffered severe and repeated head trauma. Repeated brain trauma triggers progressive degeneration of brain tissue and/or the build-up of Tau protein that can disrupt the brain’s ability to communicate with other cells. These alterations in the brain

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PA Anti-hazing law hailed as one of five most impactful enacted in 2018

  The Timothy Piazza Anti-Hazing Act has been selected as one of the five “most impactful” laws enacted in Pennsylvania in 2018 by the online publication BillyPenn (www.billypenn.com). “Moved by the death of Penn State student Timothy Piazza, who suffered fatal injuries during fraternity initiation rituals, the legislature passed a comprehensive anti-hazing law,” the publication’s

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Efforts lead to enactment of anti-hazing law in PA, and hopefully beyond

Tougher penalties. Possible prison terms. Forfeiture of property. All are contained in Pennsylvania’s Act 80 of 2018, also known as the Timothy J. Piazza Anti-Hazing Law, the measure enacted in an effort to deter similar future tragedies as that which claimed the life of the 19-year-old Penn State fraternity pledge for whom the law is

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Latest Risperdal ruling an important one

Latest Risperdal ruling an important one The long and wide-ranging legal battle against the anti-psychotic drug Risperdal and its manufacturer, Janssen Pharmaceuticals advanced with Pennsylvania Superior Court’s decision to uphold the verdict in the bellwether trial from Philadelphia’s Risperdal mass tort program. In that case, the plaintiff’s side, led by Tom Kline, won a hard-fought, month-long trial

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