FDA announced yesterday it will begin requiring warnings on certain epilepsy drugs, that the medications may cause suicidal behavior.11 drugs, used for pain and epilepsy management will be required to include the labels. Pfizer, maker of Lyrica, test...

A foreign body is not a UFO or an illegal immigrant. Legally speaking, a foreign body is something where it doesn't belong. For example: - a catheter used to place a stent to your heart, found years later in your lung - a sponge left in your stomach...

Many nursing home residents are at increased risk for falling due to their medications, muscle weakness, stroke, Alzheimer's Disease, the use of walkers or canes, etc. I just read of a tragic story on this very problem and a nursing homes failure to...

We frequently get calls from people who have experienced medication errors due to pharmacy mistakes. People may be given their right medication - but wrong dose information. or Maybe they received their correct label, but with the wrong medication...

My local paper (The Roanoke Times) ran an Associated Press article yesterday entitled, "Tracking Technology Applies to Patients." The article discussed the development of radio wave beacons and GPS systems to help families and nursing homes know the...

I spoke to a lovely woman yesterday about a Medical Malpractice case. Her husband had gone through an unecessary surgery. While on the phone, I looked up the doctor in local Circuit Court records and learned he had been sued 6 times in the last 5...