Law Firm Resources & News

This morning my local paper, the Roanoke Times, printed a story on how gastric bypass surgery may be treating and or healing type II diabetes in some recipients. Well – apparently, this is not news to everyone. Diabetes Health printed the following article in May – so while little is know about the long term…

The parents of a Wanaque, New Jersey boy born with severe birth defects have won a $1.5 million settlement in their wrongful birth lawsuit against Physicians for Women of Wayne. The parents alleged that medical professionals responsible for reading a 19-1/2 week sonogram failed to observe a hand defect and diagnosed the pregnancy as normal.…

The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) has highlighted sepsis (an infection of the blood) and identified several deficiencies which may lead to poor outcomes with patients with severe sepsis. The deficiencies include inconsistency in the early diagnosis of severe sepsis and septic shock, inadequate volume resuscitation, delayed use of antibiotics, and failure to control hyperglycemia…

Check out this article in the Washington Post by RoB Stein: LINK Breast Cancer Drug Study CanceledBy Rob SteinWashington Post Staff WriterWednesday, June 20, 2007 The federal government yesterday canceled a $100 million study designed to test a new generation of drugs to prevent breast cancer in women at risk for the disease.The National Cancer…

The Tennessee Health Department fined and suspended new admissions to a nursing home in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. The 140-bed nursing home was ordered not to admit any new patients after the state conducted a complaint investigation June 3- 13. The state also imposed a $3,000 fine on Tennessee Veterans Home for having been cited with immediate…

According to an article on MSNBC, even though it is a standing joke for medical residents, hospitals can be a terrible place for a sick person. A large number of people (100,000+ according to the Center for Disease Control) end up with potentially deadly infections while they are in the hospital. Incisions which become infected…

Wow… Medical Facilities of America, Piney Forest Nursing Home was sued in the City of DANVILLE, for the wrongful death of Charlie Musgrove. Check out the Danville Register Bee, that reports: “The family of the 80-year-old claimed his death was caused by dehydration and an infection caused by bedsores.” The family and their attorney Jeff…

Can Motion Sensors Predict Dementia?By LAURAN NEERGAARDThe Associated PressMonday, June 18, 2007; 11:13 PM WASHINGTON — Tiny motion sensors are attached to the walls, doorways and even the refrigerator of Elaine Bloomquist’s home, tracking the seemingly healthy 86-year-old’s daily activity.It’s like spying in the name of science with her permission to see if round-the-clock tracking…

Today I read that a hedge fund is calling to sell their interest in Sunrise Assisted Living / Nursing Homes – a Virginia Corporation valued at $2 billion. The fund is clearly in the interest of making money for its members – and fears that continued litigation against the health care provider will decrease the…