Daydreaming more dangerous than texting and the FDA investigates robotic...
Daydreaming more dangerous than texting according to new report. Plus the FDA investigates robotic surgery devices and how they relate to medical malpractice.
View ArticleFDA Investigating Robotic Surgery Problems
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is investigating a rise in problems with a robotic surgery device, including errors that may constitute medical malpractice. The robot, called da Vinci, is...
View ArticleAntidepressants Increase Risk of Birth Injuries
Although the use of antidepressants has skyrocketed in recent years and they are still prescribed to pregnant women, multiple studies have demonstrated a link between antidepressant use during...
View ArticleNearly 10,000 Cases Pending in Yasmin/Yaz Multidistrict Litigation in Illinois
There are nearly 10,000 lawsuits pending in multidistrict litigation in federal court in Illinois over personal injuries allegedly caused by the contraceptive drugs Yasmin and Yaz. The U.S. Judicial...
View ArticleUnreported robotic surgery injuries pose new FDA questions
More than 350,000 surgeries were performed with Intuitive Surgical Inc.’s robotic da Vinci device in 2012 alone. The use of robotic devices in surgery has expanded greatly in recent years....
View ArticleChicago jury awards fourteen million dollars in medical malpractice lawsuit
A Chicago jury recently awarded $14 million to the plaintiff in a medical malpractice lawsuit. The plaintiff, Mariola Zapalski, was prescribed the birth control drug Yasmin. After taking the medication...
View ArticleMedication errors cause more than 1.3 million injuries per year
Medication errors are one of the most common causes of medical malpractice, resulting in 1.3 million injuries per year, according to estimates from the FDA. A study of 50 pharmacies nationwide found a...
View ArticleReport reveals the tainted medical devices that are giving rise to superbug...
A Senate health committee report published in mid-January has found a growing number of patients have been infected or killed by contaminated medical scopes in recent years, including two people who...
View ArticleConfusion over drug names leads to medication errors
According to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), some physicians and pharmacists are experiencing some confusion over the similarity of the names of an antidepressant and a blood-thinning...
View ArticlePharmacy error causes woman to become comatose and suffer memory loss
A woman from Cook County, Chicago, filed a lawsuit against Walgreens, alleging that a pharmacist gave his recommendation that she take two incompatible drugs, which caused her to lapse into a coma, and...
View ArticleIllinois man claims Nexium use caused kidney disease
An Illinois man filed a product liability lawsuit against Nexium, claiming he suffered chronic kidney disease after taking the heartburn drug. George Mullen brought the complaint against Nexium...
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