After beating cervical cancer at the young age of 32, Denise Clark was relieved to finally have her life back on track. But in 2011, she was heartbroken to learn that doctors had discovered a large cancerous mass in her pelvic area. The grim diagnosis... Read More

In a disturbing incidence of elder abuse, a Queens family captured a home health aide physically abusing their disabled family member on video camera. The aide, sent to assist a 78-year old partially paralyzed stroke victim, was caught on film yanking the patient’s arm, hitting... Read More

A Waco, Texas woman has filed a lawsuit against a doctor and his medical practice alleging organ transplant malpractice. Two years ago, the plaintiff donated a kidney to her grandmother. Her grandmother died from terminal cancer 11 months later. According to the complaint, doctors failed... Read More

Forty year old Terry Hallmark, a husband and father of two from Carbon Hill, Alabama, began feeling nauseous just after finishing breakfast on January 8, 2008. The nausea and discomfort continued unabated for two days until he first experienced the signs and symptoms of a... Read More

The gallbladder is an inessential organ and gallbladder removal is one of the most common surgeries performed, but a new gallbladder surgery study examines the effects of delaying surgery in certain patients after a severe gallstone attack. The results suggest that emergency room personnel should... Read More

The Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the agency tasked with eliminating nursing home abuse, recently cited Courtyard Rehabilitation and Health Center, LLC, in El Dorado, AR, for placing residents in immediate jeopardy. The citations came after a... Read More

A decision issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in May stipulates that all medical malpractice claims including demands for payment in writing be logged into the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB), even when they are settled out of court. The... Read More

Been feeling a little foggy lately? Have you been more confused than usual or a bit forgetful? A study published in the July 16, 2014, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology, suggests that you might have gently bumped... Read More