For elderly patients in need of round-the-clock care, many families turn to the comfort and peace of mind offered by nursing homes. However, as one devastated Oklahoma family recently discovered, its peace of mind quickly turned to horror and panic as evidence of long-term elder... Read More

Two recent studies published in the July 14 on-line version of the journal Pediatrics highlight common child medication errors and present some solutions. The studies focused on two distinct areas: practices that reduce error in doctors’ offices and hospitals; and the reasons for medication errors... Read More

The Da Vinci robotic arm, once touted as technology’s one-up over laparoscopic surgery, has come under recent fire for carrying an uncomfortable failure rate – causing many patients to question whether the minimally-invasive nature of the procedure is worth the added risk of a problem.... Read More

Americans desperately seeking relief from migraine headaches can spend $10 to 15 thousand on so-called migraine trigger site “deactivation” surgery (MTSDS). However, the few medical studies that support this procedure are now being called into question. In an unpublished review presented in Los Angeles last... Read More

As part of the FDA’s continuing efforts to facilitate the certain provisions of the Drug Quality and Security Act (DQSA), federal health regulators have published new guidelines for all compounding pharmacies with the United States.  The DGSA was initially enacted in 2013 to provide guidance for the... Read More

Calling morcellation an “avoidable disaster,” a petition on the popular grassroots advocacy website, Change.org, seeks to raise awareness about the link between cancer and power morcellators, which is at the heart of a growing number of cancer lawsuits. Morcellation is a technique used in certain... Read More

When nursing home residents fall and experience a hip fracture, they are more likely to die or become totally disabled within six months, according to a recent nursing home injury study conducted by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania. The study was published on June... Read More

Over the past few decades, more than 600,000 people have brought mesothelioma lawsuits against various defendants, alleging asbestos exposure led to the deadly lung disease. In fact, mesothelioma litigation marks one of the largest and longest-running mass torts in the history of the United States,... Read More