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North Carolina patients may have noticed that some hospitals have made some major investments recently. The lobbies may be nicer, or they may even feature nail salons and flat-screen televisions. The one thing that hospitals are not making major investments in,...
As patients in North Carolina know, medical errors are sadly common in hospitals around the country. Researchers conducting studies on medical errors hope to shed light on how many deaths are the result of medical errors every year. Over the years, different methods...
North Carolina residents may have heard about a 49-year-old former Marine who went to a veterans' medical facility in 2007 to have some teeth extracted and was left permanently incapacitated. He and his family received $17.5 million in a medical malpractice judgment,...
Many North Carolina residents may have already heard about the medical malpractice case that occurred recently in Ohio involving a mistakenly discarded donor organ. A family has initiated a lawsuit against the University of Toledo Medical Center claiming that hospital...
North Carolina residents may be surprised to discover that many doctors who have been banned from practicing in certain hospitals and clinics are still legally allowed to practice medicine. According to an investigation done by USA Today, state medical boards allow...
North Carolina baseball enthusiasts may have already heard that star player Alex "A-Rod" Rodriguez may be about to file a malpractice lawsuit against the Yankees doctor who missed a left hip injury during the 2012 postseason. The failure to diagnose the injury may...
North Carolina readers may be interested to learn about a growing consensus that Americans tend to be overtested, overdiagnosed and overtreated for a variety of conditions, including some cancers. According to the estimates of some experts, unnecessary interventions...
When a serious medical condition goes untreated due to a doctor error, the result can be tragic. This may have been the case for a teenager who passed away in 2008. A lawsuit brought by the boy's parents alleges that their son's death was a direct result of medical...
While there are risks with any surgical procedure, one thing most patients don’t expect is an error by a member of their medical team that harms their well-being. A pair of siblings in Winston-Salem recently filed a lawsuit against Wake Forest University Health...
It's a condition that's often mistaken for something else. Parents and doctors may think it's something like the flu or an eating disorder and misdiagnose it. If the mistake is not discovered, the patient could die. The condition in question is type 1 diabetes, and...