When you visit your doctor or dentist, or pick up a prescription at your pharmacy, or check into the hospital or other health care facility for a surgical procedure or other treatment, the last thing you expect is that something will go wrong and you will become...
Medical Malpractice
What kinds of negligence lead to medication errors?
After visiting a doctor's office, you may walk away with a prescription that you are sure is going to help you feel better. However, in the time after you begin to take the medicine itself, you may notice the exact opposite happening. Negligence when it comes to...
How may biases lead to a missed or delayed medical diagnosis?
When visiting a doctor and describing the symptoms that motivated your appointment, a duty of care exists to discover their source. Personal biases, however, may influence a physician to ignore a patient’s complaints. A delay in receiving a medical diagnosis could...
What do you know about preventing medical errors in a hospital?
To improve your health, your doctor recommended a medical procedure. Understandably, you may feel nervous and want to do everything possible to protect yourself and your health. After all, you do not want to become a cautionary tale about medical malpractice. The...
How do unexpected medication errors happen?
In the time after you begin to take prescribed medicine, you may start to realize that the dosage or even the kind of medicine itself is wrong. Medical malpractice comes in all forms, and doctors or medical professionals are often the sources of medication errors....
What are some questions to ask about prescription medicine?
After a doctor's visit, your physician may prescribe you some medicine that will treat your current health problem. You should not have to worry that your prescription will cause you any issues. However, if you ended up with the wrong medicine, you could experience...
Drug diversion creates serious risks for patients
When New York physicians or other medical professionals take and use prescription medications meant for patients, it may do more than result in that patient missing his or her medication. It may also raise health and safety risks for every patient that physicians...
Can infants recover from brain injuries experienced at birth?
When an infant suffers a serious brain injury at a New York hospital during childbirth, whether that infant is able to make a full recovery depends on a variety of factors. In some cases, a medical professional’s actions may cause or contribute to a brain injury...
What are the signs of cerebral palsy?
Cerebral palsy is a neurological condition sometimes caused by damage to the brain. It is a group of disorders most commonly associated with movement disabilities in childhood. According to Mayo Clinic, CP occurs after injury to an immature, developing brain. If you...
Unnecessary C-sections come with a high risk of complications
Most women preparing to give birth across New York and the rest of the nation hope to do so in a traditional manner. Delivery a baby vaginally comes with a lower chance of complications than a Cesarean section delivery. Yet, some U.S. hospitals are performing...