A cancer misdiagnosis is costing Hawaii’s Straub Hospital $5.6 million dollars. Plaintiff Jeff Kim sued the hospital in a malpractice claim after doctors told the once active 43-year old that he didn’t have cancer, when in fact a tumor was slowly growing in the back... Read More

Two Canadian hospitals have publicly apologized to a 46-year-old man for giving him a lung cancer misdiagnosis. Larry Reece, of Hamilton, Ontario, was given an erroneous diagnosis of stage-four lung cancer in June. The hospitals told him he had only 12 months to live and... Read More

The deadly Ebola virus made its first appearance on African soil in 1976, and has continued to claim lives in periodic outbreaks since. Until this year, the virus has been contained to West African nations, which have been thrust into the largest outbreak on record.... Read More

Earlier this month, a jury in Hamilton County awarded an Ohio woman over $1.2 million in her medical misdiagnosis lawsuit. The jury found that the doctor who treated the plaintiff, Dr. Michael Draznik, acted negligently in waiting too long to do appropriate tests. The jury... Read More

Findings from a recent study imply that hospitals are making antibiotic prescription errors because physicians too willing to write out prescriptions. The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America reported that unnecessary prescriptions may have cost an overwhelming $163 million. “The overuse of antibiotics is an... Read More

When 52-year-old John Antonucci of Valley Cottage New York checked into Nyack Hospital four years ago, he had no idea that an undiagnosed condition would leave him permanently disabled and in constant pain. The New York resident had sought follow-up care from Dr. Jason Fond,... Read More

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

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