All Entries in the "Medical Malpractice" Category
Merck Australia Scores Win In Vioxx Lawsuit
In 2010 an Australian law court found in favor a man who blamed the recalled drug for a heart attack he suffered. That ruling now seems to have been overturned in appeal; a win for Merck and its problem Vioxx product…
CooperVision "Avaira" Contact Lens Recall Problems Continue
In August this year Cooper Vision issued a voluntary recall for a limited lot of contact lenses under its brand name Avaira Toric. According to their website announcement : “…a small number of unexpected wearer reports of hazy vision and discomfort. The wearer symptoms were temporary in many cases…
Tracking The Number Of Doctors Disciplined And Why
A total of 606 Canadian physicians were disciplined by their provincial medical licensing authorities between 2000 and 2009, researchers at St. Michael’s Hospital found. The majority of disciplined physicians were men (92 per cent) who had been practicing medicine for a long time (an average of 28.9 years) and were independent practitioners (99 per cent), [...]
Syrian Hospital Patients Subjected To Torture And Ill-Treatment
Amnesty International reports that the Syrian Government has been using hospitals as part of its repression and coercion campaign, subjecting patients to torture and ill-treatment. The Amnesty report is far from being idle conjecture…
Police To Interview 500 More People After Saline Doped With Insulin Tied To Deaths At UK Hospital
After dropping charges against a suspected nurse on Friday, UK’s Greater Manchester Police (GMP) revealed they plan to interview 500 more people in connection with suspicious deaths and up to 40 cases of patients at Stepping Hill Hospital in Stockport, Cheshire, being poisoned after saline drips were found to be contaminated with insulin…
Cognition Research Aims To Reduce Medical Errors
How doctors, nurses and other health care professionals can be better prepared to reduce medical mistakes and improve patient care is the focus of several studies published in a special issue of the American Psychological Association’s Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied…
Calcium Increases Risk For Prostate Cancer; Genetics May Predict Why
A study led by University of Southern California (USC) epidemiologists suggests that a high intake of calcium causes prostate cancer among African-American men who are genetically good absorbers of the mineral. “High dietary intake of calcium has long been linked to prostate cancer and this study suggests that these associations are likely to be causal,” [...]
Australian Patient Complaints Allege Doctors Fail To Disclose Risks
Professor David Studdert from the Melbourne School of Population Health and Melbourne Law School and co-authors reviewed nearly 2000 negligence claims against doctors insured by Avant Mutual Group Limited and complaints lodged with the Health Services Commissioner of Victoria between January 2002 and December 2008…
Before Plastic Surgery, Check Out Your Doctor’s Credentials, Warns American Society Of Plastic Surgeons
Before allowing any doctors to perform a plastic surgery procedure on you, you should check out their qualifications, the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) announced today in a new public safety campaign. This follows a series of reports on botched up plastic surgeries, carried out by non-board-certified plastic surgeons. Malcolm Z…
House Of Lords Told To Withdraw Or Extensively Amend Health And Social Care Bill By BMA, UK
In a letter and briefing paper addressed to every peer in the House of Lords, BMA’s chairman Dr Hamish Meldrum this week repeated the call for the Health and Social Care Bill in England to be withdrawn, or at least to undergo further substantial amendment. The second reading of the Health and Social Care Bill [...]
More States Join Lawsuits Against Federal Health Reforms
Business Week: Eighteen states are now challenging the new health law. “Indiana, North Dakota, Mississippi, Nevada and Arizona will be added to the suit filed March 23 by Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum, he said today in a statement.” “The states claim the legislation places an unconstitutional burden on their cash-strapped budgets with an expansion [...]
