Tattoos, both the temporary and permanent variety, have been an increasing trend among Americans of all ages in recent years. Perhaps one of the most popular ways to get inked without the long-term commitment is with a henna tattoo, made from the paste of a... Read More

A new California medical malpractice initiative has met the criteria for inclusion in the November ballot.  It would raise the cap on malpractice damages, institute drug and alcohol tests and other regulations for physicians, and stipulate the mandatory use of an online database when prescribing... Read More

A Las Vegas physician has been cleared in a wrongful death malpractice suit involving LPGA golfer Erica Blasberg. Dr. Thomas Hess was found not liable for malpractice by a jury in Clark County District Court at the end of the five-day trial. The jury deliberated... Read More

World Ovarian Cancer Day came and went this month, but the devastating effects of far-too-common misdiagnoses of a disease that is the deadliest of all gynecologic cancers, claiming 15,000 lives each year, remain. A recent nationwide study conducted by the National Ovarian Cancer Coalition found that... Read More

A new study has revealed the extraordinary cost of low value medical procedures, or procedures that beneficiaries may not necessarily need and that do not provide significant benefits. The study was conducted by researchers from Harvard Medical School and it was recently published in JAMA... Read More

A spate of proposed legislation in Albany, New York will give seniors in that state more protections against elderly abuse. The sponsors of the bill, Senators David Valesky (D-Oneida) and Michael Nozzolio (R-Fayette), say the proposed laws would give banks authority to refuse dubious transactions... Read More

Across the nation, the legal sector is grappling with the notion of tort reform – or, a legislatively-imposed cap on damages in cases involving personal injury, product liability or medical malpractice. In Ohio, 2003 saw the dawn of one of the toughest tort reform acts... Read More

Federal data from 2012 shows that at least seven U.S. physicians who lost their medical licenses still billed Medicare for their services, collecting some $6.5 million from the national health insurance program. Their licenses had been revoked for serious transgressions including violations of prescription drug... Read More