If caught in the early stages, oral cancer can be treated. The longer it takes to detect, the lower the mortality rate. A late diagnosis can be the result of negligence. In Pennsylvania, that's an argument for medical malpractice. Oral cancer exam The American Cancer...
Malpractice
Damages to claim in birth injuries
Birth injury lawsuits may require significant compensation for injured children and their families. Cerebral palsy is one of the most common issues that families face because of medical negligence. If you live in Pennsylvania and need to file a medical malpractice...
What are the most common errors that lead to medical malpractice?
Medical malpractice is extremely common in Pennsylvania and occurs when healthcare professionals are negligent with the medical care they provide. Some of the most common errors that lead to medical malpractice include misdiagnosing or failing to diagnose patients....
Medical malpractice and costly medication errors
One of the most commonplace types of medical malpractice in Pennsylvania involves medication errors. A study has revealed that almost 1.5 million medication errors occur in the United States annually. That translates to a medication error occurring in the country...
Hospital medication dispensing errors can be harmful
Approximately 6,800 different types of prescription medications are available in the United States and dispensed in Pennsylvania hospitals. Somewhere in the neighborhood of 7,000 to 9,000 people die in the U.S. annually as the result of some sort of medication error....
Medical malpractice can cause these types of birth injuries
Sometimes, the cause behind a birth injury in Pennsylvania is medical malpractice. If you suspect that negligence from your health care provider injured your newborn, you could speak with a lawyer to see if there is a case that you can pursue compensation. Negligence...
Prolonged traumatic brain injuries can cause severe problems
An estimated 1.5 million people in Pennsylvania and across the United States experience a traumatic brain injury each year. Traumatic brain injuries often result from auto accidents, sports incidents, falls at home and work accidents. Though medical professionals have...
What you should know about Lewy body dementia
Few people in Pennsylvania have heard of Seaver's illness even though it's relatively common in older adults. In fact, Seaver's illness is more common than other diseases like ALS and cerebral palsy. Seaver's illness is also known as Lewy body dementia, a disease that...
More people under 50 are getting colorectal cancer
Colon and rectal cancer used to be thought of as affecting mainly older people in Pittsburgh and around the country. In 1989, the median age of colorectal cancer patients was 72. Yet the median age dropped to 66 in 2016, and just as fewer people over the age of 65 are...
What is shoulder dystocia, and whom does it affect?
Shoulder dystocia is one of the rarer birth injuries, but expectant mothers in Pennsylvania should know about it all the same. It arises in 0.2% to 0.3% of pregnancies. What happens is that during labor and birth, the baby has one or both shoulders stuck in the...