Medical Malpractice

• MRSA Diagnosis & Treatment Delayed

  Bob Carroll | September 24, 2005 5:29 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  Reuters Health reports that MRSA infections which are spreading in hospitals are not being recognized or treated as promptly as it should."NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Even with early therapy, infection-related mortality from nosocomial bacteremic Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia (NBSAP) is high, according to a report in the September issue of Chest. [Nosocomial is a fancy word for "acquired in...

• Prevention, Early Detection and Good Health

  Rosalyn Sia Baker-Barnes | November 19, 2009 3:03 PM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL

  A new study released by the United States Preventive Services Task Force has women and doctors confused and torn over recent recommendations regarding what age a woman should receive annual...

• Protect Yourself From Bad Doctors

  Ed Normand | November 14, 2009 5:03 PM | 1 CommentOrlando, FL

  Did you know... While the new health care bill is being debated in Washington, there is something individuals can do right now to ensure that they are receiving the best possible care. Most of the...

• Coumadin And The Risk Of A Brain Bleed

  Bob Carroll | January 10, 2007 6:21 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  Blood thinning, anticoagulant warfarin (Coumadin) carries risk of a brain hemorrhage. This is a risk of its use that is not always being considered by the prescribing doctor. Brain Bleeds From Blood Thinner on the RiseThe rate of bleeding in the brain associated with use of the anticoagulant drug warfarin quintupled during the 1990s, University of Cincinnati researchers reported...

• Pharmacy Board Administers Slap on the Wrist in Death Case

  Jeffrey Meldon | August 17, 2008 8:42 PM | 0 CommentsGainesville, Ocala & Daytona Beach, FL

  This week the Board of Pharmacy of the Florida Department of Health fined pharmacist Edna Irizarry $1000 and required her to attend an 8 hour continuing education course for her role in causing the...

• Chemotherapy Drugs and Congestive Heart Failure

  Brenda Fulmer | December 31, 2007 3:32 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  A study published on October 30, 2007, in the Journal of Clinical Oncology again noted that the use of certain chemotherapy drugs in breast cancer patients can increase the risk of developing congestive heart failure. This potential was first noted more than thirty years ago, but has become more of a problem in the past fifteen years as more early-stage breast cancer patients are receiving...

• Aggravation Of A Pre-Existing Condition Is Often Part Of An Injury Claim

  Bob Carroll | September 01, 2006 7:16 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  Michael Myers, my fellow InjuryBoard.com blogger from Seattle, has posted a very clear explanation of pre-existing conditions. Pre-Existing Conditions--What Really Matters is How You Felt Before the AccidentClients often mention pre-existing conditions. They are concerned that things like degenerative disc disease may affect their recoveries. Insurance companies dwell on pre-existing...

• Florida Doctors With No Insurance Leave Patients Vulnerable

  Eddie Farah | July 30, 2008 10:43 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  When you go to the doctor you make an assumption – that they have a license, they are a professional, that they went to medical school and have additional experience in a specialty. Maybe you...

• Why Link Medical Malpractice Reform With Healthcare Reform? Does not make sense.

  Gabrielle D'Alemberte | October 01, 2009 9:20 AM | 5 CommentsMiami, FL

  For the past few months, the one public policy that has been on every American's mind is health care reform. It seems like everyone has their own, unique opinion on the state of our country's health...

• Tragedy at Tenet Hospital Results in Forced Birth

  John Hopkins | August 20, 2009 5:17 PM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL

  This story is about as tragic as it gets. It is about a system of procedures that systemically fails a patient. A series of serious errors that are as unimaginable as could happen without actually...