Cerebral palsy is a lifelong condition caused by a brain injury. When a baby’s brain is injured, whether in the womb, during the birth process, or in the first three years of life, the child can develop cerebral palsy. A new drug has been developed that has shown potential to improve the condition of cerebral>> Read More

The availability of genetic testing to identify a host of medical conditions has left parents and the courts with difficult decisions. A couple in Montana is suing their health care provider for wrongful birth based on the failure to perform the genetic test that would have informed them that their daughter would have cystic fibrosis>> Read More

A number of hospital and clinic patients around the country are developing MRSA infections linked to dirty needles. MRSA, or methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, is a staph infection that is resistant to antibiotics. Patients can develop MRSA infections when medical professionals reuse disposable single-use needles on multiple patients. MRSA infections are just one potential risk associated>> Read More

In yesterday’s post we discussed a recent study which found that many medical malpractice injuries are attributable to hospital understaffing. Researchers found that adding a single patient to a nurse’s workload increased the risk of catheter-related urinary tract infections and surgery-site infections. While increasing a nurse’s workload was linked to a proportional number of new urinary>> Read More

In our last post we discussed medical malpractice and some of the costs associated with tort reform and settling a case too early. Although medical malpractice litigation is an important way of holding healthcare providers accountable for mistakes, it is much better to avoid unnecessary complications and infections from the onset. A recent article published>> Read More