Medical Malpractice

People with unusual symptoms rely on medical professionals to help them determine what is causing their issues. Doctors use their education and experience, along with highly-advanced chemical and imaging tests, when necessary, to determine what medical issues are...

When you see reports of patients who have died while or after undergoing plastic surgery, you may assume that they didn’t go to a real doctor. Unfortunately, there are all too many people offering cosmetic procedures who don’t have medical degrees or have very little...

Misdiagnosis and failure to diagnose are among the leading reasons behind a significant percentage of medical malpractice claims.  Physicians should follow the right diagnostic process to offer standard care, but some fail to do so. This guide discusses why diagnostic...

Surgery is supposed to help, not harm – but surgical mistakes are distressingly common in hospitals today, and they can be devastating. Typically, surgical errors can be avoided with proper care. There are many unique kinds of surgical errors patients may experience,...

If you’re one of those people who feels like every doctor you encounter is young enough to be your child or even your grandchild, it might surprise you to learn that the number of practicing physicians who are over 65 is increasing. That’s to be expected considering...

Once upon a time, women died so often in childbirth or shortly after that expectant mothers were pretty much expected to write their wills, just in case. That seems like something out of the veritable dark ages of human history, long before modern medicine made giving...

Although most babies born in New York are healthy, others suffer trauma. Some mothers have complications during their pregnancy, labor or delivery that cause birth injuries. These are some of the stories from moms who have lived through these issues. Pregnancy...

Cancers attacking people's organs are among the deadliest forms of cancer you could develop. It can take quite some time before the condition reaches the point where a person has noticeable symptoms. A patient often doesn't realize they have a health issue until...

When patients see their doctors, they put their full trust in them. Sadly, surgical errors still occur in New York and around the country. This is considered one of the most preventable forms of medical malpractice. How do surgical errors occur? No one goes into a...

Finding out you have a serious illness that could be deadly is one of the worst things any New York resident could ever experience. A late diagnosis of multiple myeloma can have dire consequences. What is multiple myeloma? Multiple myeloma is a type of blood cancer...