Sometimes, medical errors leave obvious signs: burns, misplaced cuts, infections at the site of incision. However, some are of the more subtle kind and don't manifest until much later. In this case, patients often don't take action until they suffer serious injuries, or occasionally, until the time limit for filing a case has passed. These five steps can help patients spot medical errors early on and get the best response for their case.

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Mesothelioma cases are becoming more and more controversial these days. As individuals, you have the right to know and get informed about the risks of Mesothelioma. If you or a loved one suffers from the condition, you should know too that there are legal options which you can take. Here are some basic questions you should ask in relation to legal options.

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Nobody would want to get sick. This is especially true if the illness is...

My mother's hemoglobin was down to eight again, which is confirmation of severe anemia, so her primary care physician sent her over to a hematologist to receive a blood transfusion. It was all well intended to avoid another hospitalization. This blood specialist has her practice in a cancer center where they provide all kinds of intravenous therapy including blood transfusion, so it seemed that an out patient administration of packed cells made sense. Well, they infused two units over...

What are mesothelioma lawsuits and how do they arise?

Mesothelioma lawsuits are filed by the victims of mesothelioma to avail reparations for medical expenses, pain & suffering and loss of income associated with the growth of this disease. Mesothelioma is a kind of cancer, which is inflicted by exposure to asbestos most frequently used in industrial and residential places till the late seventies. The numbers of mesothelioma victims were on the rise as the employers...

It is important to note that when mistakes in health care arise, they generally have little or no effect on the patient whatsoever. Indeed, even though avenues of increased communication and disclosure between Doctor and patient have been forged in recent years, mot patients won’t even be aware that a mistake has occurred. The other side of the coin can equate to deliberate harm and these thankfully rare occurrences have been well documented in a series of high profile cases.

Pedestrians being hit by automobiles is a serious problem and it is especially prevalent here in the United States with somewhere between 65,000 and 75,000 injuries from pedestrian-vehicle collisions each year, and around 5,000 deaths. Many of these accidents and fatalities could have been prevented had the driver been aware of the laws regarding pedestrian right-of-way, and followed those laws. If you are the victim of an accident where a vehicle hit you when you were on foot, or if...

In earlier years, many victims of mesothelioma asbestos cancer believed their illness could not have been prevented. Companies described ignorance of the dangers of asbestos, and little or no knowledge that employees were at risk for malignant mesothelioma if they were exposed to asbestos dust. Because of this common perception, many workers injured by

Trasylol has contributed to more than 20,000 deaths since its approval by the FDA in 1993. This powerful drug has contributed to so many deaths that the makers of Trasylol, Bayer Pharmacuticals, after consulting with other pharmaceutical and medical professionals have temporarily suspended the marketing of Trasylol. Trasylol has been shown to be so dangerous that in order to even get to the website to read about the drug you have to go through about five pages of warnings about...

For most folks, it is fairly easy to see why a professional in the field of health care, such as a surgeon or chiropractor, would need to possess massage liability insurance. Working with patients in a manner that may be aggressive or invasive certainly calls for such a safety net, despite one's confidence in his or her ability to treat patients properly.

Among massage therapists and bodyworkers, however, seeing the need for massage liability insurance may not seem so...

Nuvaring was first approved by the FDA in 2001 as a birth control contraceptive. Nuvaring birth control dangers have been widely reported since. Nuvaring is the 3rd best selling product made by Organon USA.

This and other latest contraceptive devices have the goal of preventing pregnancies. Studies have shown that contraceptives such as Nuvaring which contain desogestrel have almost 2 times the risk of venous thrombosis (also known as Nuvaring Blood Clots) as compared to an...