Four hundred miles due south of Covington, a jury recently decided in favor of a woman who suffered internal damage during a routine gallbladder operation. The jury agreed that the woman should receive nearly $11 million from the surgical team

If you drive south from Covington for 7 hours, you come to Clayton County, Georgia. It is perhaps most famous in fiction as the setting of Tara, the home of Scarlett O’Hara in “Gone With the Wind.” The suburban Atlanta

As patients, we put our trust in our doctors, especially when those doctors are about to use anesthesia. After all, as we drift off, we are leaving everything in their control, trusting that things will turn out. Most of the

The physical act of love is one of the special ways in which a husband and wife reaffirm their affection, their passion and their commitment to one another. It is one of life’s gifts, and to have it taken away

Many women who are in labor look forward to the epidural since it offers some pain relief. While many women know that there is a risk of injury because of the epidural, many women still choose to put their comfort

Anyone who seeks care from a medical professional wants to find out what medical condition is causing their symptoms. They also want to find out a treatment plan for the condition. In every case, the patient has a right to

When you go to the hospital for medical care, the last thing you expect to happen is to end up with an infection that you didn’t have when you were admitted. Sadly, for some hospital patients, being diagnosed with a

People who seek medical care from a hospital likely expect to receive the best care possible for their condition. Those patients don’t expect to be harmed simply because they need medical care. Interestingly, some patients do suffer from harm when

People who seek medical care at a hospital don’t expect that they will suffer from negligence that might make their medical condition worse. They don’t expect that they will suffer adverse effects from their hospital stay. Fortunately, the efforts being

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is taking immediate steps to help reduce the risk of spreading unsuspected cancer in women being treated for uterine fibroids. In an updated safety communication, originally issued in April 2014, the FDA warns

In last week’s post, we discussed some of the problems with surgeons using the da Vinci Surgical Robot when doing a surgery. This might have some of our Kentucky readers wondering exactly what happens when a surgeon does make a

When most people have surgery, they usually want to have the least invasive, least painful option possible. For some people, the da Vinci Surgical System is the method that fits the bill. While the da Vinci is a wonderful tool