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North Carolina readers might be surprised to learn that diagnosis problems topped the list for most common lawsuits filed against cardiologists. A physician owned insurer, The Doctors Company, examined 429 cardiology claims filed between 2007 and 2013. According to...
North Carolina residents may be interested in a case that involves health care fraud in New York. A Poughkeepsie orthopedic surgeon pleaded guilty to health care fraud and was sentenced in federal court to 54 months in prison, fined $250,000 and ordered to pay...
Residents of North Carolina may have heard that the family of a Russian boxer who received injuries in a bout intends to file a lawsuit for medical malpractice after it was declared that he is bedridden and may never walk again. Magomed Abdusalamov competed in a...
A mother, who wishes she could have been a better advocate for her son, is sharing her knowledge through her non-profit organization Citizens for Patient Safety with North Carolina residents. She is hosting speaking engagements entitled, "Finding Your Way Through a...
According to a report by the Society for Women's Health Research, women in North Carolina and around the country who experience heart problems are often misdiagnosed with other illnesses. The 2011 report concluded that a gender bias exists in the diagnosis of...
A recent report revealed that a North Carolina hospital may have exposed 18 of its patients to a brain infection. The hospital, Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center, released a statement after a neurosurgery patient was diagnosed with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, which...
North Carolina residents who are considering plastic surgery may be shocked to learn that an 18-year-old Florida woman reportedly suffered brain damage after having a breast augmentation in August 2013. The family of the girl plans to file a medical malpractice...
In a landmark decision that may eventually affect families living in North Carolina, the Washington Supreme Court has decreed that the statute of limitations does not apply to medical malpractice cases that involve minors. The decision comes from a medical malpractice...
North Carolina medical patients may want to know the story behind a formerly active 72-year-old left in a vegetative state after his cardiac surgeon allegedly walked off during the operation to attend a luncheon. The man's family was seeking answers about the apparent...
North Carolina residents may be interested in the story of a family who received an anonymous phone call about how their relative ended up in a vegetative state after an open-heart surgery. The 72-year-old man initially went into a health care facility on March 31,...