» Medical Malpractice

Which would you prefer: to be incorrectly diagnosed with a serious illness and to undergo painful and unnecessary treatment, or not to be diagnosed with the serious illness you actually have, only to find out the truth too late? Neither outcome, of c… Read More

Your dad has a pacemaker. Your next-door neighbor just got a knee replacement. Your coworker recently had a cardiac stent placed, and your sister confided that she’s thinking about getting an IUD. If it seems to you that a lot of people are get… Read More

Not all that many years ago, people, especially athletes, who got concussions shrugged them off. “Got my bell rung,” they might say, with a touch of pride at having taken the hit. Now, of course, we know that repeated concussions can lead… Read More

With the increase in electronic medical record-keeping, many people have expressed concern about the privacy of their medical information. But not all breaches of private medical information are accidental, or the result of misused technology. Someti… Read More

If 44,000 people per year died in avoidable incidents from a single cause, you’d think the American public would be up in arms for a solution. In fact, that many people are killed, and many more injured, from something that could be prevented.… Read More

The United States takes pride in being exceptional, often going in a different direction from much of the world. Historically, that has been a good thing, with the United States granting freedoms and opportunities that other countries did not. But in… Read More

It takes a certain level of insight and courage to enter therapy. Insight to recognize that you need help that you cannot get on your own, and courage to make yourself vulnerable enough to open up to the therapist so that he or she can help you. Very… Read More

With the high-profile case of Larry Nassar, the team doctor for USA Gymnastics, so recently in the news, many people are wondering how a doctor was able to get away with sexual abuse of patients for so long. At last count, the number of Nassar’… Read More