A Bronx judge has been appointed to oversee the expansion of the program designed to negotiate early settlements in New York medical malpractice lawsuits. Judge Douglas McKeon, currently serving as Bronx County’s Administrative Judge for Civil Matters, will help grow the New York State Medical... Read More

A Manhattan plastic surgeon has reached an out-of-court settlement to pay a $2.3 million liposuction malpractice settlement to the family of a patient who died from surgery complications. Dr. Sharon Giese operated on 32-year-old patient Adriana Porras on June 25, 2009. Two days later Porras... Read More

A new study reveals adults have a very high tonsil removal surgery risk. Surgery complications often include excessive bleeding, pain, fever, and other issues. The study was published in the April issue of the journal, Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery. The research team found... Read More

A new study has found that women are more likely than men to be given a heart attack misdiagnosis, as their symptoms are often downplayed as anxiety. Researcher’s at McGill University in Montreal surveyed 1,123 patients aged 18 to 55, after admittance to one of... Read More

The Kentucky Senate recently passed a bill creating medical malpractice panels. A panel of medical experts would review allegations of medical malpractice against health care providers before they could be pursued. The vote followed a touchy debate on medical malpractice laws that have garnered strong opinions... Read More

A recent study suggests that doctors prescribe narcotics to more than 14 percent of pregnant women, despite the painkiller pregnancy risk posed to unborn children. Harvard researchers published the results of the study in the journal, Anesthesiology on February 12. Findings noted that doctors are... Read More

Results of a recent mammogram screening study suggest the procedure may not actually work to reduce breast cancer mortality rates. The British Medical Journal published the findings in early February, but many professional associations and experts are questioning their merit. Researchers from the Canadian National... Read More

A terminally ill cancer patient and her son are spending the last few months of her life battling with her insurance company over her chemotherapy coverage. Karen Oberg had been receiving treatment for stage IV lung cancer at the University of Michigan Health system, but... Read More