August 3, 2016
Reducing the Risk of Medical Errors that Make Hospitals Deadly
Medical errors in hospitals and doctor’s offices kill anywhere between 210,000 and 440,000 Americans each year, according to NASA’s chief toxicologist’s report in 2013. In fact, medical errors are the nation’s third largest killer, right after heart disease and cancer. The Wall Street Journal, in an editorial published May 17, stated that the number of…
March 10, 2014
Medical Mistakes that Cause Birth Injuries
Sometimes, birth injuries are the results of entirely unavoidable circumstances. The birth injuries may have occurred while the child was a fetus in the womb and, in some cases, they may result from illnesses that are very difficult to notice and that may not have responded to treatment. In other cases, however, medical mistakes that…
September 3, 2013
RI Injury Lawyer Posts New Failure to Diagnose Breast Cancer Infographic
Breast cancer is the second most common type of cancer among women in the United States. It is estimated that in 2013 alone there will be 232,340 of new cases invasive breast cancer and 39,620 women will die from this disease (i). As this disease progresses to later stages the survival rates are lower which…