It seems like U.S healthcare is more concerned about profits than patients these days. Now is the time to learn more about the latest legal battles patients face with conditions from head to toe and how to be your own best healthcare advocate, so you receive the care you deserve.
Welcoming a baby into the world should be an exciting and happy experience, and a little nerve-wracking. Great trust is placed in the hands of the medical professionals involved in the development and birth of your baby, but sometimes, mistakes are made and medical providers…
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Pregnancy complications can be debilitating, but many women find comfort in knowing that symptoms often can go away after childbirth. However, new research has found that the effects may be longer-lasting than experts had previously realized. A study published in JAMA Internal Medicine determined that…
There is an ongoing debate involving the high rate of deaths of pregnant women during labor and delivery in this country. In September, the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics released a report on the United States maternal death rates. The researchers reported that the…
About 3.6 million women give birth every year in the U.S. While childbirth is a happy occasion, it carries the risk of serious medical complications, and some of these patients will be left with permanent damage. Pelvic floor injuries are some of the most common…
On February 9, 2024, an Illinois woman filed a new Ozempic lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. She claims that after taking the medication, she suffered from gastroparesis, also known as stomach paralysis. She seeks both compensatory and punitive…
A birth injury recently led to the traumatic death of a newborn baby when the healthcare providers entrusted with his delivery allegedly failed to meet their standard of care. A young Georgia couple filed a lawsuit last August, claiming their child was decapitated during birth…
Every mother hopes for a smooth pregnancy, but complications are an unfortunate reality for many. The best way to prevent pregnancy complications from turning into severe birth injuries is to receive quality healthcare before, during, and after pregnancy. Despite steady advances in obstetric medicine, birth…
On December 1, 2023, a group of plaintiffs filed a motion request with the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) to consolidate all federally filed Ozempic, Wegovy, and Mounjaro lawsuits, alleging gastrointestinal and associated injuries. All of these products include medications called glucagon-like peptide-1…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has been looking into the potential side effects of diabetes and weight-loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy, including suicidal ideation. The administration noticed potential signals of the serious risk in the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS), which contains…
The Joint Commission recently released its Sentinel Event Data on serious adverse events that occurred from Jan. 1 through June 30, 2023. Serious adverse medical events are a kind of a euphemism within the medical community that often refers to serious medical errors, never events,…
