Baby burns throat in battery accident

Gary Silverstein January 5, 2017

New York residents may have heard about a Florida toddler who suffered severe burns after swallowing a small remote control battery. Although her mother was at home at the time of the accident, she was unable to prevent the battery from going down her daughter’s throat before calling 911. The child’s parents filed a lawsuit against Wolfson Children’s Hospital claiming that it didn’t remove the battery soon enough.

The methods for diagnosing endometriosis

Gary Silverstein January 3, 2017

Some New York women could have endometriosis and not even know it. This disease of the reproductive system develops when the tissue lining of the uterus, which is called the endometrium, grows outside of the uterus. Medical professionals do not fully understand why this happens, which is part of the reason why it is difficult to diagnose.

Deep Vein Thrombosis Caused by Medical Negligence

Robert Wolff January 2, 2017

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, although the specific number of people affected by deep vein thrombosis is unknown, it is estimated that as many as 900,000 could develop the condition each year in the United States.

Negligence leading to bedsores in hospitals

Robert Wolff December 30, 2016

A common type of problem that can happen when New York hospital patients are bedridden is the development of a bedsore. Health care facilities have protocols in place in order to prevent people from developing bedsores, but medical staff members do not always take the steps that are required to help prevent their development.

Amputation Resulting from Negligence and Medical Malpractice

Gary Silverstein December 29, 2016

According to statistics, nearly 2 million people live with limb loss in the United States. The main causes of loss of limb are peripheral arterial disease, diabetes, and other vascular diseases, which make up for 54%, trauma which makes up for 45% as well as cancer, which accounts for 2%. Every year, about 185,000 amputations take place in the US.

Pressure Sores and Medical Malpractice

Gary Silverstein December 29, 2016

According to pressure sore statistics from the US Department of Health and Human Services, 2.5 million patients are affected by bed sores each year in the United States. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that in 2004, 159,000 residents of nursing homes had pressure sores. Pressure sores cost $9.1 to $11.6 billion each year in the country.

Misdiagnosis of Alzheimer’s and Medical Malpractice

Gary Silverstein December 27, 2016

According to the Alzheimer’s Association, over 5 million people in the United States are affected by Alzheimer’s disease. Although it is commonly known to affect people aged 65 and older, up to 5% of those diagnosed have early onset Alzheimer’s.

Mortality rates better with women doctors

Robert Wolff December 27, 2016

A recent study published by JAMA Internal Medicine sheds some light into how the gender of a doctor may play a role in the quality of health care for patients in New York and across the U.S. The information suggests that patients treated by female physicians have a greater chance of living after being discharged from a hospital. Additionally, the study revealed that patient deaths are higher when they are treated by male doctors.

Pacemaker Implant Complications and Legal Claims

Gary Silverstein December 27, 2016

In the past two decades, the number of people in the United States getting pacemaker implants has increased significantly. There are 225,567 people with internal cardiac pacemakers, making it the country with the highest number of patients with this implant. A study found that between 1993 and 2009, there were close to 3 million people in the U.S. who had a pacemaker implanted.

Study: elderly patients with female doctors have better results

Gary Silverstein December 23, 2016

Many people who are in need of medical care don’t notice the difference of care if their doctor is a man or a woman. As people age, the degree and frequency of care increases, and it becomes very important that the elderly patient receives the best care possible.

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Baby burns throat in battery accident

The methods for diagnosing endometriosis

Deep Vein Thrombosis Caused by Medical Negligence

Negligence leading to bedsores in hospitals

Amputation Resulting from Negligence and Medical Malpractice

Pressure Sores and Medical Malpractice

Misdiagnosis of Alzheimer’s and Medical Malpractice

Mortality rates better with women doctors

Pacemaker Implant Complications and Legal Claims

Study: elderly patients with female doctors have better results

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