Could your disease have been caught earlier? Were you prescribed the wrong medicine? Was an error made during surgery? These are the questions on people's minds after being harmed by a missed diagnosis or operating room injury. Uncovering a doctor or surgeon's mistake...
Cervical Cancer: A Missed Diagnosis
Every year, more than 12,000 women in the United States will be diagnosed with cervical cancer. More than 4,000 will die. While these statistics are scary, it's important to remember that cervical cancer is one of the most preventable and treatable types of cancer -...
Delivery Gone Bad
LEE S. GOLDSMITH, M.D., LLB When I was in medical school, in my third year of training, we were assigned a month of training in obstetrics and gynecology. On my third evening, on call, about one o'clock in the morning we received a call from the Emergency Room that a...
