Ovarian cancer is one of the most common types of cancer in women. It begins in the ovaries, which produce eggs for reproduction and are the main source of the female hormones estrogen and progesterone. Despite being a prevalent disease, ovarian cancer often goes...
Birth injuries can happen in several ways making it difficult to identify whether natural or human causes are to blame. When people allege negligence caused harm to their child, it will take time and investigation to assess the validity of the case. When people...
Understaffing of hospitals has served as a major problem for years. In recent years, this issue has come to light in a major, national way. Unfortunately, understaffing leads to a number of other problems which also wreak havoc in the hospital. This can even include...
Medical malpractice that occurs during or even before the birth of your child can cause birth injuries that might affect your child for the rest of their life. Examples of negligent behavior during delivery that might cause a birth injury include improper use of...
Many people do not consider the location of their local hospital when thinking about planning to give birth. However, your distance from a major city may impact the chance of a birth injury happening. How does a hospital's rural location potentially increase the...
Like many parts of the country, New Mexico faces a doctor shortage. Rural areas in the state are particularly struggling to attract healthcare providers. Legislators are considering amending medical malpractice laws to attract more doctors to the state. Legislative...
When patients receive prescriptions from medical staff, they expect the medication to be beneficial to their health and wellness. And while this is true in many cases, medication errors are an unfortunately common occurrence. While the responsibility to prevent errors...
Hospitals and nursing care facilities have a higher rate of fall risks than most other places simply due to the demographic of their clientele. Because of this, it is important for such places to have plans in mind for reducing falls, especially in places like the...
While the delivery of a baby should be a happy time, going into premature labor can be scary since parents are aware that premature babies are at a greater risk of health issues. Doctors and nurses are professionals and prepared to handle premature infants; however,...
Over 6,000 medications currently exist on the market. Thus, mix-ups and other similar errors are bound to happen every so often. Unfortunately, in the cases where this leads to adverse or even potentially fatal reactions, it counts as medical malpractice. Errors from...
