More and more doctors have started performing tonsillectomies as a way to treat sleep apnea in their patients. However, some medical professionals are saying that these procedures are too risky to perform on certain populations because there has not been enough research done to prove their effectiveness. A thirteen-year-old California girl underwent a tonsillectomy earlier […]
One former hospital employee was sentenced recently for infecting dozens of patients with Hepatitis C, according to an article on the St. Louis Post-Dispatch website. The thirty-four-year-old man would steal pain killers in the hospitals he worked in, and replace them with saline-filled syringes that had his own blood on them. Many patients used these […]
According to Forbes.com, medical negligence is the third leading cause of death in the United States. That puts it right behind heart disease and cancer. Many people have a significant reason for pursuing a medical malpractice case, but they are unsure about the facts. Here are a few for you to consider, as you think […]
Many St. Louis drivers are proud owners of a family minivan. More than likely, many of them have opted to purchase the Sienna minivan from a local Toyota dealership. However, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, many models of this popular minivan are being recalled. If you are a Sienna driver who has suffered an accident […]
A Springfield, Mo. man has files a medical malpractice suit against Mercy Clinic in Springfield, Mo. and two of its physicians, claiming that they failed to provide proper treatment to prevent the spread of flesh-eating bacteria. Claiming he was denied emergency room treatment because he did not have health insurance, a claim the clinic disputes, […]
The Staphylococcus aureas bacteria that can cause the very serious infection known as MRSA has been found by a recent research study to be prevalent in nursing homes. The study, conducted by researchers at the University of California Irvine, found that twenty of the twenty two homes evaluated had the bacteria present. This bacterium is […]
A recent study published in the December Issue of Medical Care, a journal published by Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, found that many news stories paint a negative picture of nursing homes. The researchers found that about 49% of nursing home news stories are negative with only about 10% being positive. According to the report the […]
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch has reported that a Washington University surgeon had his laptop stolen while at a conference in Argentina. According to the doctor, the laptop contained private information on over 1,100 patients. The information included patient names, diagnoses, surgeries performed and 39 social security numbers. The University has sent letters out to the […]
In a possibly unprecedented move the Missouri Healing Arts Board has suspended a physician, Dr. Randall E. Meyer, from practice until a hearing scheduled for February 4, 2013. According to the story reporting the suspension in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on December 26 the board could not find any mention of a previous action like […]
According to the results of some recent testing in Europe he drug Pradaxa has been shown to possibly be harmful to patients with mechanical heart valves. The FDA has issued a warning that the popular blood thinner should not be used by patients that have been given these types of valves. A recent clinical trial […]
