Imaging-Related Malpractice: View from a Plaintiff’s Attorney
In an interview with Renal & Urology News, Robert D. Kreisman, JD, of Kreisman Law Offices in Chicago, shares some insights on legal issues related to imaging tests.
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Making Avoiding Poorly-Timed Trades with Track Records
In the rollercoaster markets of recent years, many fund investors engaged in self-destructive trading. As markets approached their trough in March 2009, shareholders panicked and began dumping their stock mutual funds.
New Varicocele Technique Shows Promise
Recurrence rates after percutaneous embolization are similar to those of surgery, researcher says.
HIFU Shows Promise As a Prostate Cancer Therapy
AMSTERDAM—High-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) shows promise as a treatment for early-stage prostate cancer, according to interim study results presented here at the 7th Meeting of the European Association of Urology’s Section of Oncological Urology.
Study Examines Impact of Ergocalciferol on Markers of Bone and Mineral Metabolism
Weekly (50,000 units) and monthly doses (50,000 units) of ergocalciferol treatment does not significantly impact markers of mineral metabolism (MM) in chronic hemodialysis (HD) patients, a study suggests.
Obesity Does Not Alter RALP Outcomes
Obese and non-obese patients had comparable continence and potency rates one year after surgery.
Medical Malpractice Suits Drop by 39% in Pennsylvania
Two changes to the medical malpractice laws in 2003 have had a major impact on how many lawsuits are initiated in Pennsylvania and where they are filed, according to an article in The Daily Item newspaper in Sunbury, Pa.
Study: Interrupted Nurses Make More Mistakes
Nurses who are interrupted are more likely to make procedural and clinical errors, according to a new study published in Archives of Internal Medicine (2010;170:63-690).
Complaints to Maine Medical Board Rise Dramatically
Maine’s Board of Licensure in Medicine has reported a dramatic increase in complaints—up 50% over the past 10 years.
Nurse Settles Case, Then Is Found Not Liable
In a surprising twist in a major medical malpractice case in New York, a nurse was found not liable a week following her decision to settle the case for $1 million.
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