Malpractice

I Could Write a Book About My Book Ordeal!

Dave Astor | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Newspaper Syndication, Malpractice, Publishing, Newspapers, Celebrity Memoirs, Cats, Cartoonists, Memoirs, Politicians, Columnists, Libraries, Small Publishers, Literary Agents, Entertainers, Celebrities, Getting Published, Books News

Celebrity entertainers and politicians have no problem getting their memoirs published. So a book partly about celebrity entertainers and politicians should have had no problem getting published, right?

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Polish Dentist Removes Teeth of World's Stupidest Ex-Boyfriend

Tony Phillips | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Ex-Girlfriend Revenge, Pulled Tooth, Malpractice, Teeth Pulled, Val Kilmer, Wroclaw, Dentistry, Poland, Anna Mackowiak, Marek Olszewski, Woman Pulls All Ex's Teeth, Weird News News

I was watching fishing or the UFC, I can't remember which, and the missus calls from the other side of the room, "Listen to this... " and proceeded to fill me in on the details in an episode of misanthropy so grisly even Eastern Europeans seem to disapprove.

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Report Of Dentist Removing All Of Ex's Teeth Turns Out To Be Hoax

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Malpractice, Video, Woman Pulls All Ex's Teeth, Marek Olszewski, Teeth, Weird London, Dentistry, Pulled Tooth, Teeth Pulled, Weird News News

RETRACTION: MSNBC reported today, May 9, that the dentist accused of drugging up her boyfriend and pulling his teeth out doesn't exist. Cops in Wrocla...

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The Doctor Made a Huge Mistake

Amy Parmenter | Posted 03.25.2012

Read More: Malpractice, Healthcare System, Physicians, Medical Malpractice, Elderly Care, Doctors, Heart Disease, Patient Advocacy, Healthcare, Seniors, Mindfulness, Healthy Living News

I got my mom back. But, just as easily, I might not have.

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Perry Campaign Rhetoric On Touted Reforms Contradicts Evidence

AP | PAUL J. WEBER | Posted 01.07.2012

Read More: Rick Perry Malpractice Reform, Rick Perry Texas, Texas Malpractice Reform, Perry Tort Reform, 2012 Elections, Tort Reform, Texas Tort Reform, Elections 2012, Malpractice Reform, Perry Malpractice Reform, Rick Perry Tort Reform, Rick Perry, Malpractice, Perry 2012, Video, Rick Perry 2012, Malpractice Lawsuits, Politics News

PRESIDIO, Texas — Presidio County is bigger than Delaware and has just one practicing physician who doesn't deliver babies or treat emergencies....

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Let's Sue Hollywood for Movie Malpractice

James Napoli | Posted 06.11.2011

Read More: Bad Movies, Malpractice, Pirates of the Caribbean, Entertainment Industry, Transformers, Green Lantern, Thor, Law Suits, Jackie Chiles, Movies, Captain America, Summer Movies, Comedy News

Perhaps the right hungry, Jackie Chiles-style lawyer could lead the charge on suing moviemakers for malpractice and getting the American public some compensation for all the crappy films they have had to endure.

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Busted: A Fugitive Fraudster Husband

Abigail Pesta | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Fraud, Medical Ethics, Mark-Weinberger-Arrest, Surgery, Indiana, Chicago, Mark Weinberger, Italy, Medical Errors, Michelle Kramer, Health Care, Health Care Fraud, Merillville, Malpractice, Psychology, Tony Robbins Breakthrough, Marie Claire, Narcissism, Healthy Living News

What do you do when your husband disappears from your bed one night, leaves you with $6 million in debt, and turns out to be a total fraud? If you're Michelle Kramer, you pick yourself up, dust yourself off and get a Ph.D. in psychology.

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My Doctor Says I'm Not Dead But I Want a Second Opinion

Mark Steinberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Medical Malpractice, Humor, Personal Injury, Operation, Illness, Docs, Malpractice, Do No Harm, Obamacare, House Call, Dentists, Satire, Doctors, Health Care, Medical Advice, Expert Witness, Novocain, Expert Testimony, Whiners, Comedy News

When I was growing up, my family relied upon a stable of health care professionals whose idiosyncrasies remain seared into my memory.

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Shoot This Stalking Horse for Tort Reform -- The Debt Commission's Bait and Switch

Martha Burk | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Malpractice, Social Security, Medicare, Malpractice Insurance, Debt Commission, Tort Reform, Politics News

It was just a lone sentence tacked on to the very end of a long New York Times article titled "Panel Seeks Social Security Cuts and Higher Taxes," abo...

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Study: Malpractice Worries Help Drive Health Costs

AP | STEPHANIE NANO | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Malpractice, Malpractice Lawsuit, Heart Tests, Medical Exams, Health, Cardiac Catheterization, Medical Malpractice, Peer Pressure, Health Care, Medical Tests, Healthy Living News

NEW YORK — A substantial number of heart doctors – about one in four – say they order medical tests that might not be needed out of ...

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Judge's Innovation May Offer Malpractice Fix

AP | RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Malpractice, Medical Malpractice Lawsuit, Medical Malpractice, Malpractice Lawsuits, Health, Malpractice Law, Malpractice Suits, Healthy Living News

WASHINGTON — Part listening, part cajoling, an innovative approach to resolving medical malpractice cases could become a model for courts around...

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Electronic Medical Record Shift: Signs Of Harm Emerge As Doctors Move From Paper

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Malpractice, Medical Records, Deaths, Cpoe, Injuries, Digital, Hospitals, Aarp, Fda, Health Care, Electronic Medical Records, Paper Records, Politics News

By Fred Schulte and Emma SchwartzHuffington Post Investigative Fund One day in March 2009, hospital workers misread small print on a computer screen,...

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Hospital Errors: Be Wary of the "July Effect"

ABC News | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Health, Malpractice, Medical Mistakes, Medical Malpractice, Patient Safety, Hospital Errors, Medical Error, Medical Errors, Video, Healthy Living News

Findings from a new University of California San Diego study lend credence to what is called the "July effect" -- a long-held suspicion that July is t...

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Illinois Supreme Court: Malpractice Law Unconstitutional

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Malpractice, Illinois Supreme Court Malpractice, Illinois Supreme Court, Medical Malpractice, Illinois Malpractice Unconstitutional, Chicago, Illinois Medical Malpractice, Illinois, Illinois Malpractice Law, Chicago News

The Illinois Supreme Court struck down a law Thursday that capped the amount of damages that could be awarded in malpractice lawsuits, saying that it ...

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Medical Kidnapping: Rogue Obstetricians vs. Pregnant Women

Jacob M. Appel | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Aclu, Medical Ethics, Abortion, Civil Liberties, Women's Rights, Equality, Women, Law, Jana Bures-Forsthoefel, Crime, Reproductive Rights, Civil Rights, Abortion Rights, Tallahassee, Obstetrics, Pregnancy, Feminism, Malpractice, Politics, Human Rights, Apologies, Women's Health, Freedom, Samantha Burton, Florida, Doctors, Ob/Gyn, Bioethics, Healthy Living News

The treatment of a pregnant Tallahassee mother, Samantha Burton, by her obstetrician may well rank among the most egregious abuses perpetrated against a patient by her caregiver since the triumph of the patients' rights movement.

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Too Many Lawsuits? My Foot

Amitai Etzioni | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Malpractice, Health Care Reform, Health Care, Medical Malpractice, Lawsuit, Politics News

Republicans seek to limit medical malpractice lawsuits. But actually, for every patient who sues, there are several who should but don't.

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Louis Bair, Grand Junction Doctor, Accused Of Inappropriate Sexual Contact

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Malpractice, Medical Board, Sex, Grand Junction, Medical License, Doctor, Physician, Misconduct, Louis Bair, Sexual Contact, Denver News

Dr. Louis Bair, a physician in Grand Junction, has had his medical license suspended in response to allegations of inappropriate sexual contact with s...

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Report: Health Care System Wastes Up to $850 Billion Annually

Politics Daily | David Sessions | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Malpractice, Fraud, Medical Mistakes, Thomson Reuters, Paperwork, Preventable Conditions, Billions, Inefficiency, Administrative Inefficiency, American Health Care System, Billions of Dollars, Waste, Unnecessary Care, Fradulent Medicare Claims, Health Care, Business News

According to a report by Thomson Reuters, the American health care system wastes between $505 billion and $850 billion every year, which is up to a th...

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Why Is The AMA President Lying (Again)?

Dr. Daniel Palestrant | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Effort, Ama President, Physicians, Appeal, Lobbying, Medical Liability, Litigation, Formula, Liability, Lobbyist, Malpractice, Fix, Ama, Bills, Massachusetts, Medicine, Healthcare, Health, Health Care, Healthy Living News

Dr. Rohack tries to spin the fact that the AMA's failure to achieve their two biggest goals, tort reform and repeal of the SGR formula were in fact victories. He is not including two critical pieces of information.

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Tort Reform -- Another Dangerous Scapegoat

Saul Segan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Malpractice, Law, Politics News, Politics, Tort Reform, Health Care Reform, Living, Congress, Business News

There is no reasonable cause and effect between the costs of health care and the rendering of jury verdicts.

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Matt Osborne | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Malpractice, Tort Reform, Medical Malpractice, President Obama, Medical Errors, Medical Costs, Medicine, Obama Speech to Congress, Politics News

Trial lawyers are a widely-despised lobby. Yet courts remain the only way individual Americans can redress grievances against the rich and powerful; they are a great leveler, and limits have had perverse effects.

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President Has Gone Over To The Dark Side

Deane Waldman | Posted 05.25.2011

Obama has succumbed. The lure of the Dark Side was too powerful. Though he acknowledges that "our healthcare system is broken," he points the finger of shame at people: the doctors.

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Gitmo on California and Foster- Part Three: Left to Rot for Twenty Grand a Day

Alice Singleton | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health, Malpractice, Health Care, Swedish Covenant Hospital, Health Insurance, Healthcare, Health Insurance Industry, Chicago News

A word of advice: Never go to the hospital alone. Have a trusted associate accompany you; literally have them move in with you for your hospital stay.

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