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The Tragedies of 9/11 Continue: Sickened First Responders Still Paying the...
Today, on the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on America, it is a day of remembrance and reflection. It’s also a day to remember the hundreds to thousands of first responders...
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Legal Update: What You Need to Know About Medical Mistakes and How They Can...
Sometimes the serious injuries that medical patients undergo happen after they’re admitted to the hospital. Medical mistakes, the kind that happen when a doctor accidentally treats the wrong patient in...
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Vaginal Mesh Case Yields $11.1 Million Award Verdicts to Seriously Injured...
The case is the first jury verdict in a backlog of several thousand such vaginal mesh injury cases across the United States. A former nurse who endured multiple vaginal mesh implant surgeries which...
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What Women Need to Know About Vaginal Mesh Surgery Complications
Every year, thousands of women undergo surgery to correct a medical condition known as pelvic organ prolapse (POP) – when the cervix, uterus, bladder or other reproductive organs slip down into the...
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$1 Million Settlement in Death of Man After Hip Replacement Surgery
The family of a suburban Harrisburg man has received a $1 million settlement after the 56-year-old Hampden Township man died a few weeks after undergoing hip replacement surgery in 2008. The settlement...
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Montgomery County Man Awarded $4 Million Verdict After Errant Cyst Surgery
In July of 2009, 29-year-old Jeffrey Hierholzer of Hatboro, Montgomery County, went in to his doctor’s office to have a cyst removed from his neck. Shortly after the surgery, however, he began feeling...
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Medicinal Therapy for Low Testosterone in Men Has Serious Risks That Are...
The advertisements for “low-T” or low testosterone levels in men are appearing every day in television, newspaper, magazine and radio ads, but the still-developing serious health risks of such therapy...
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Family Receives $3 Million in Damages in Topomax Birth Defect Case
A Philadelphia jury has awarded $3 million in damages to the family of a toddler who was born with cleft lip and cleft palate after her mother took the drug, Topomax, during her pregnancy. The damage...
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Medical Lessons Being Learned from a Hospital’s Mistake
St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children in Philadelphia is reviewing its internal processes closely after a baby was given a “potentially lethal” chemotheraphy overdose early in October due to an...
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$1.57M Verdict in Injured Carpenter’s Medical Malpractice Case
A 56-year-old Port Angeles, Wash., carpenter has been awarded a $1.57 million medical malpractice verdict after he lost the use of his left hand and suffered permanent damage to his left arm after...
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$72M Jury Verdict in Johnson & Johnson Talcum Powder Cancer Case
A Missouri jury has ordered consumer products company Johnson & Johnson to pay $72 million in damages to the family of a 62-year-old woman who died in 2015 from ovarian cancer after using the...
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Inadequate Medical Treatment Leads to $625K Malpractice Verdict
Image credit © iStockphoto.com/stuartbur A Northumberland County, Pa., man has been awarded a $625,000 jury verdict after he received inadequate emergency room medical treatment at a hospital in 2012...
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