Spinal fusion surgery is fast becoming the most common unnecessary surgery pushed on patients. It is a big money maker for the surgeon. The surgeon gets paid more from insurance companies when rods and screws are placed in your back. Not all physicians are ethical. ...
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Warning signs of a heart attack in women
Heart attacks are unfortunately prevalent in the United States. In fact, someone has a heart attack every 40 seconds in the U.S. – and these heart attacks are the number one killer of women. You might think that the signs of a heart attack are unmistakable. After all,...
Failure To Monitor Pain Medication Can Lead To Medical Malpractice
Several times a year there are news stories highlighting a celebrity's addiction to prescription pain medication. Whether it is a sports star, a musician, an actor or another type of high-profile celebrity, these issues serve to highlight a larger problem throughout...
When Is A Fall Considered Medical Negligence?
The injuries resulting from a slip-and-fall accident can be dangerous in any setting. From slipping on a wet spot in your corner grocery store to tripping over a section of broken sidewalk, an individual can tear ligaments and break bones. Unfortunately, it is not...
Could Better Communication Prevent Wrong Site Surgery?
One element of surgical errors that seems – on the surface – easy to prevent is the notion of wrong-site, wrong-procedure and wrong-patient surgeries. Often abbreviated as WSPE, this form of negligence can lead to life-changing medical errors such as the...
Surgical mistakes are often very expensive for the victim
Going under the knife for surgery is a dangerous proposition. People can and do have severe adverse reactions to anesthesia, which can sometimes be fatal. Each human body varies from the next, so the potential exists for severe bleeding due to an unusually placed...
Mistakes with medications can have serious consequences
Modern medicine can provide many people with improved health and longer lives. Medications and prescription drugs have a lot to do what that. Certain medications can kill cancer, stave off blood clots or strokes, or control a lifelong viral infection. Others can help...
Did You Get Sick Because Of Your Nurse’s Scrubs?
Medical facilities go to great lengths to prevent cross-contamination and ensure their patients can recover in a safe, sterile environment. Medical negligence, however, remains a very real crisis in hospitals in New Jersey and across the nation. Unfortunately,...
How can you prove that a mistake happened in the hospital?
Thousands of people every year end up injured, sickened or killed because of mistakes that happen in hospitals. Many times, the patients and families involved in these dilemmas do not even realize a medical mistake was the cause of their situation. It can be hard for...
Birth injuries can cost parents for the rest of their lives
When people think of pregnancy, labor and birth, the images are often ones of familial joy and the triumph of modern medicine. Healthy mothers cradle newborns - exhausted but full of love. Many times, that is the outcome of the labor and delivery process. However, not...