Nine-term former Ohio Congressman Steve LaTourette has recently filed a claim against the federal government stemming from healthcare treatment he received from the Capitol’s Office of the Attending Physician beginning in 2012. According to LaTourette’s claim, the doctor failed to inform him of critical MRI... Read More

A recent study published in the journal Health Affairs has revealed the alarmingly high rate at which breast cancer misdiagnosis is occurring due to mammograms producing false positives. According to this research, patients who are in fact healthy are being erroneously diagnosed with breast cancer... Read More

Concern is growing over the use of the drug glyburide in pregnant women as a means to treat the potentially dangerous condition known as gestational diabetes. A recent study has revealed a possible connection to the drug and several serious complications in babies born to... Read More

A mother and father currently residing in Florida have recently filed suit in U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico in an effort to secure substantial financial compensation on behalf of their minor daughter. According to the complaint, the now 14-year-old girl sustained... Read More

In what was likely a record-setting birth injury settlement, a seven-year-old London girl who sustained life-altering injuries at the time of her birth was awarded millions in damages against the hospital and staff found to be responsible. The plaintiff prevailed following a three-day hearing held at... Read More

Each day, thousands of patients each day undergo surgical procedures in hospitals worldwide. No matter whether their operations are medically necessary or elective in nature, the process requires them to put their faith in the ability of surgeons who, despite their training and experience, are... Read More

A jury has awarded an upstate New York man $4 million in a medical misdiagnosis lawsuit stemming from an erroneous myasthenia gravis diagnosis made in 2004, according the the New York Daily News. 42-year-old plaintiff Robert Wyble alleged that he suffered several years of painful,... Read More

A Kansas jury recently awarded $2.88 million to the parents of a 40-year-old man who developed meningitis as well as a debilitating spinal nerve condition they contended caused him to take his own life. The sum represents the largest medical malpractice award handed down by... Read More