Health care professionals continue to prescribe risky medical procedures and interventions that aren’t necessary, ...

Plastic surgery complications can cause nerve damage, scarring, permanent disfigurement, severe injury, or even death. W ...

Misdiagnosis, surgical errors, treatment mistakes, and miscommunication are some of the most common reasons people sue f ...

Nursing shortages in hospitals, nursing homes, surgical centers, and other medical facilities increase the workload of n ...

Over 4,000 preventable surgical mistakes happen every year. Many of these common surgical errors are referred to as R ...

When doctors accept money and other kickbacks from drug companies to prescribe certain medications, they could be puttin ...

Electronic monitoring in tele-ICUs puts responsibility for patient care in the hands of off-site caregivers instead of o ...

Seriously ill patients are given prolonged heavy sedation in hospital intensive care units that can lead to delirium, in ...

When a locum tenens doctor makes a medical mistake, like a misdiagnosing a patient, providing improper care or making a ...

When radiologists make errors with x-rays, MRIs and ultrasounds they put their patients’ health, and lives, at risk. F ...