Texas updates in category: Medical Malpractice

Wikipedia defines Heparin Induced Thrombocytopenia (HIT) as: “Heparin Induced Thrombocytopenia (HIT) with or without thrombosis (HITT) is thrombocytopenia (low platelet counts) due to the...

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A jury has awarded $22.6 million to a Cincinnati woman whose daughter suffered brain damage as a result of medical birthing mistake. In 1997 Heather Grow, pregnant with her first child, was...

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Conservative Fox News investigated the benefits of Tort Reform in Texas and finds it was not needed, hasn’t worked but has sure made a lot of money for the insurance companies. According to...

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According to an investigation done by the Dallas/Fort Worth Fox television station affiliate, the medical malpractice reforms enacted five years ago aren't bringing the promised benefits. The...

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This week, movie star (and part-time Austin resident) Dennis Quaid spent a considerable amount of time speaking to Congress about preemption. Quaid told Congress the oft-repeated story of his twins,...

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Yesterday Nevada health officials released the findings of a probe investigating the patients treated at Las Vegas clinics that allegedly reused single use medication vials and syringes. This...

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I saw a story that the North Carolina Medical Board is considering making medical malpractice data available to consumers. The board would publish the doctor's name, the settlement amount, and an...

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Last night, I was watching the local news, and they ran a story about medical tourism. The premise of the story was that more and more Americans are traveling overseas to have medical procedures...

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A new report is critical of a national study of an experimental blood substitute, PolyHeme, in critically injured patients never should have been allowed to take place due to the fact that earlier...

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There are several resources to research whether your physician has been sued. They all have weaknesses and it is also important to remember that most all medical malpractice settlements are...

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A new study published in this month’s Pediatrics magazine suggests that our children may be at much more of a risk of hospital errors than we ever could have imagined. The study claims that...

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The deaths of 238,337 U.S. Medicare patients from 2004 through 2006 could have potentially been prevented if not for patient safety errors. The total number of deaths among patients who had been...

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A new study released in the April edition of Pediatrics found a rate of 11 drug-related harmful events for every 100 hospitalized children - with some children affected by more than one such...

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There is a developing body of judicial opinion that will place new limits on the rights of those who buy or use products, consumer advocates say. It greatly benefits big companies as it insulates...

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The parents of 15-year-old Alex Koehne wanted their son to live on after passing away from what they were told was bacterial meningitis. After careful consideration Jim and Lisa Koehne decided to...

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