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Females may be at higher risk for brain injury complications

A recent study published in the Journal of Athletic Training focused on more than 800 athletes who had suffered from concussions. This study reported that women were more likely than men to be misdiagnosed due to the fact that they often displayed different symptoms. Another study indicated that women may be more likely than men to experience concussions and may have more severe symptoms. Concussions are a form of brain

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Did unnecessary hospital procedures put patients’ lives at risk?

We depend on our doctors and health care practitioners to use best practices and good judgment. We count on hospitals and healthcare facilities to have standards of practice in place that provide consistent care with the goal of decreasing instances of improper care, medical malpractice, misdiagnoses, and unnecessary procedures. However, sometimes in their overzealousness, doctors may utilize treatments that are unnecessary and actually harm the patient leading to medical malpractice.

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Jury returns $21 million in birth injury claim

A number of birth injury lawsuits have been filed in Kentucky, Ohio and the rest of the country where medical malpractice has been alleged. A number of these birth injury claims have resulted in multi-million dollar verdicts. Just recently, a jury in an eastern state brought back a verdict of $21 million. A baby boy was born prematurely, and such a premature birth likely resulted in cerebral palsy. As in

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The failure to diagnose cancer in young adults

Unfortunately, even obvious symptoms can be missed by physicians. For this reason, patients from Ohio and Kentucky can always use a second opinion if they suspect something is being missed or misdiagnosed. One illness that is increasingly being misdiagnosed among patients under the age of 50 is cancer – in particular colorectal cancer. Rates of colorectal cancer have been on the rise for individuals under fifty. This comes about in

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Lawsuits may not be responsible for rise in healthcare costs

A consumer group called Public Citizen asserts that medical malpractice payments for 2011 were at a record low, and that medical malpractice payments are not the reason for the high cost of health care. What has instead occurred is that patients remain uncompensated for hospital errors. The group’s study also demonstrates that such a trend has been going on for a number of years. The number of malpractice payments made

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