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Ron Springs, a former Dallas Cowboy player, is one of eleven plaintiffs challenging Texas' medical malpractice caps. The lawsuit challenges if the limits awarded to Plaintiffs of medical malpractices are unconstitutional. The 2003 Medical Malpractice and Tort Reform Act limited awards for pain and suffering to $250,000.00 for doctors, hospitals, and nursing homes.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22940079/A study in London shows that 1 in 10 hospital patients can be precented. More than half of patients in the hospital are at risk for blood clots. Surgery patients are at most risk, but also patients with fractures, cancer, poor circulation, family history or obesity are at risk. Most patients can have preventative measures taken suck as blood-thinning drugs...

In Chicago, five people have filed lawsuits against Sierra Pre-Filled. The company makes pre-filled syringes. The syringes are made to flush catheters and IV lines. The plaintiffs all had to be hospitalized for several days because of the bacteria.The Food and Drug Administration and the company has recalled pre-filled syringes because the bacteria Serratia marcescens. The bacterial...

Drug trials which were never published regarding antidepressants like Paxil and Prozac have misled consumers regarding their effectiveness. A recent article from The New England Journal of Medicine found in published trials about 60 percent of people taking the antidepressents report significant relief from depression, compared with roughly 40 percent of those on placebo pills. However...

The San Antonio Fire Chief admitted in an interview on Tuesday that paramedic did not check for vital signs on Erica Nicole Smith.Ms. Smith was deemed dead by a paramedic that responded to a head-on collision in December, 2007. She had severe head injuries and remained inside her Honda for over an hour before the medical examiner came to the scene and discovered her breathing. She was finally...

According to a new study by Massachusetts General Hospital nearly half of doctors are likely to protect their colleagues. The doctors will see or know that another doctor has made a medical mistake and will not report their findings. The study, released Monday, reveals that 46 percent of doctors admitted to not reporting a serious medical error they had witnessed. Likewise, 45 percent admitted...

On Sunday, December 16, a drunk driver hit another vehicle in San Antonio and injured all three passengers. Medical personnel originally thought one of the passengers, Erica Smith, had been killed by the accident.Jenny Ybarra was driving drunk the wrong way down the road when she collided with Smith's vehicle. Ybarra has been charged with three counts of intoxication assault, and the charges...

Merck, the maker of Vioxx agreed to pay $4.85 billion to settle more than 26,000 lawsuits. The settlement will becomes final only if 85% of the Plaintiffs agree to drop their suits. Additionally, Merck still will face approximately 265 potential class-action lawsuits by people or family members who say Vioxx has injured or caused death to its users. For more information on this subject, please...

Jose Bejarano has brain damage due to a botched delivery at a Boston teaching hospital. The family sued due to the doctors' negligence. The boy has brain damage and will never walk or talk. The jury awarded $26.5 million to the family. Mr. and Mrs. Bejarano said that money will allow them to continue Jose's care at home. Jose uses a wheelchair, eats through a feeding tube and cannot care for...

Texans for Lawsuit Reform(TLR) is a business group that spends hundreds of thousands of dollars to bash plaintiffs' lawyers and win restrictions on judgments against physicians and other defendants.A retired orthopedic surgeon, Forney Fleming, was eager to help TLR bash plaintiffs' lawyers especially those who targeted doctors. Dr. Fleming was quoted as saying, "I was practicing in a 'judicial...

Nurse aides blacklisted by the Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services continue to get certified to work by the same agency. The complaints include abuse and stealing money from elderly patients. "The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports that this occurs despite the aides being listed among 680 caregivers the state wants to keep out of its regulated facilities." Apparently, the...

Last week nurses from Christus Santa Rosa Hospital's Intensive Care Unit told the news that the ICU is understaffed and it is affecting patient care. Another major San Antonio hospital, University Hospital, is alleging there are too many patients and not enough nurses which is leading to lapses in care for patients and even death. A University nurse, Imelda Balderas stated, "There's not enough...

The estate of a woman is suing a Kanawha County doctor for medical malpractice after she needed to have her leg amputated following a heart catheterization. A review of the case found that the doctor did not act in a timely manner when complications arose after the surgery. According to the suit, Rosa Griffith underwent a left heart catheterization via the right groin artery June 13, 2005....

Researchers have found that many patients are not getting treatments to prevent blood clots. Blood clots can be life-threatening if not diagnosed and treated and hospital patients are at an especially high risk of developing them. A study shows that less than half of the patients receive drug therapy to prevent blood clots. Short hospital stays greatly increase chances of developing a blood...

A study shows that patients taking Avandia or Actos have twice the risk of developing heart failure compared to people not on the popular medications.Meaning one out of every 50 patients with type 2 diabetes taking these drugs will develop heart failure within 26 months. More that 3 million patients are taking these drugs in America. 25% of patients under the age of 60 developed heart...