Recent Articles
September 01, 2008
An Arizona law that set qualifications for expert witnesses is unconstitutional, the state court of appeals has decided.
September 01, 2008
OFF-LABEL USE of sildenafil (Viagra) relieved the sexual side effects of antidepressants for women in a recent clinical trial.
September 01, 2008
A West Virginia surgeon will get less than half the $25 million a jury awarded him in a defamation case earlier this year.
September 01, 2008
Inadequate hospital-discharge procedures can create a minefield of malpractice risks, as outlined in a recent report from the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority (PPSA).
September 01, 2008
North Carolina will soon make physicians' malpractice histories accessible to the general public by posting them online, as more than a dozen states already do.
September 01, 2008
Increasing temperatures could raise the prevalence of kidney stones, researchers reported in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2008; 105:9841-9846).
July 22, 2008
OFF-LABEL use of sildenafil (Viagra) relieved sexual side effects of antidepressants for women in a recent clinical trial.
July 22, 2008
Limits on awards for noneconomic damages are unconstitutional, a Georgia judge has ruled.
July 22, 2008
Patients who want to sue a doctor in Tennessee will first have to get a medical expert to certify that their charges have merit under a new state law.
July 22, 2008
A negligence lawyer's gaffe has a New York urologist breathing easier these days. He's off the hook in a malpractice suit while the attorney is being sued.