Medical Malpractice: Cancer Misdiagnosis
Robert Wolff
July 9, 2017
It’s only natural that you will trust your doctor fully and shall expect him to make a correct and timely diagnosis always.
It’s only natural that you will trust your doctor fully and shall expect him to make a correct and timely diagnosis always.
Removal of the gallbladder or the surgical procedure called cholecystectomy is all too common the world over. With recent advances in laparoscopic surgery moreover, a gallbladder operation may be performed in an hour’s time and the patient is free to resume normal duties within a week.
When the lens of your eye starts clouding over, you are said to be suffering from cataract. The condition leads to gradual vision loss over a long span of time.
Families of New York residents suffering from Alzheimer’s disease or another form of dementia may want to take heed of findings showing the prevalence of doctor misdiagnosis. Treatments are few and many are still experimental, but a study’s authors state that the future treatments will likely be very specific to the type of dementia. Findings show that in the best of situations, nearly a quarter of total Alzheimer’s prevalence was misdiagnosed as either false negative or false positive. The presence of psychosis was a leading factor in a failure to diagnose correctly.
It is often seen that defective medicines too, can be a cause of personal injury when the victim consumed certain medication that resulted in the
