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When you visit a medical professional, you expect this person to take great care of you. This means providing you with an accurate diagnosis without delay. Unfortunately, there are times when a doctor makes a mistake.There is nothing about medical misdiagnosis to take...
You hear of many different reasons to sue doctors in North Carolina, and many of the ones that are talked about the most are fairly dramatic—like a doctor amputating the wrong arm and leaving a person with a disability that will drastically impact his or her...
Unfortunately, too many North Carolina residents receive a cancer diagnosis each year. Cancer is a terrible illness that profoundly affects its victims and their family members. The good news is that modern medicine is more equipped than ever to offer cancer victims...
The highly-respected Institute of Medicine has provided the medical community with groundbreaking reports in the past. More than a decade and a half ago, in 1999, IOM concluded up to 98,000 people nationwide were victims of hospital errors each year. The...
A Greenville patient visits a doctor counting on a well-educated, highly-skilled medical professional for a proper diagnosis and treatment. A physician who fails in his or her duties to provide quality care may be ordered by a court to compensate a patient for harm....
Pitt County doctors can't always pinpoint a medical problem immediately. Sometimes symptoms indicate several possible conditions. A thorough physical exam may require follow-up diagnostic tests or procedures to confirm what's wrong.Medical malpractice cases are based...
Going to the doctor for medical care really shouldn't be a lesson in patience or hope. You shouldn't have to sit back and wait while your doctor makes one diagnosis after another and hope that each one is the right one. Instead, you should be able to go to the doctor...
Doctors are expected to provide high quality care for North Carolina patients. This standard includes more than the treatment of known medical conditions. Physicians also must perform the proper diagnostic procedures to prevent the development of diseases like...
Any medical professional can make a mistake that endangers a Pitt County patient's life. It would be a mistake to assume patients with the best health coverage plans are immune to doctor and hospital negligence.A retired U.S. congressman is planning to file a medical...
A new law went into effect at the beginning of 2015 requiring North Carolina physicians to inform female patients about breast density. According to statistics reported in Citizen-Times, 1 in 8 women in the U.S. will have a breast cancer diagnosis sometime during...