A recent story about an Arizona couple that faced steep prices for much-needed medication is making headlines. Corinne and Ken have been married for 38 years. Their world was recently rocked by Ken’s Alzheimer’s diagnosis. His doctor prescribed cognition medication called Donepezil; the drug helps with mood and memory, but doesn’t slow or stop the [...]
According to FDA documentation, the Vagus Nerve Stimulator therapy system (VNS) was developed by Cyberonics, Inc. to treat patients with epilepsy or treatment-resistant depression. However, based on the results of a clinical study of more than 200 patients who had the device implanted and turned on, during the first three months none of the patients [...]
When you are dealing with the unexpected death of a loved one who has been ill or suffering from an injury, it can be a difficult time emotionally for your family. But grief can turn to outrage when you discover that your loved one's passing was actually caused by a preventable medical mistake, or a [...]
Regular readers of our blog will know that we have covered the costs associated with medical malpractice from time to time. Most of the time, we dismantle arguments that tort reform will decrease the cost of healthcare. We’ve been fighting Bills in front of our legislators to put an end to this nonsense once and [...]
The Schultz family had to endure one of the worst things in life: losing their child. In 2014, their son Tyler Schultz, 24, and two others were killed in a catastrophic wreck near the Center Point Road Exit on Vietnam Veterans Parkway in Hendersonville. The case was very complicated and more emotionally taxing than most [...]
…Shhhhh it’s just putting everyone at risk, no one has to know. Fueled by greed and profits, the most recent attempt by the healthcare and insurance lobby has berthed a new egregiously unethical study that forces physician residents at 63 randomly chosen hospital facilities across the country to participate in a trial which pushes them [...]
Last November, the US Food & Drug Administration convened a panel of experts to hear evidence regarding the dangers of fluoroquinolones, a group of antibiotics. The meeting came on the heels of a safety review of the drugs, which revealed that fluoroquinolones could cause severe and potentially permanent damage to muscles, tendons, joints, nerves, and [...]
Over 400,000 Americans die each year due to preventable medical errors. In 2013, there were 385 healthcare liability (medical practice) actions filed in whole state of Tennessee, of which, only about 20% of those lawsuits ultimately resulted in a favorable outcome or recovery for the injured party or their family. Since then, that number has [...]
You read that right. The University Medical Center in Lebanon, Tennessee, performed an unnecessary surgical procedure on a newborn baby in December of 2015. The pediatrician performed a frenulectomy on Jennifer Melton’s son Nate when it should have been performed on another newborn child. The doctor admitted that he made a mistake to Ms. Melton, [...]
In their search to find the cause and then possibly a cure for Alzheimer's disease, scientists have come incrementally closer to discovering whether the disease can be transmitted through medical procedures and surgery. An article in Nature describe how some autopsies were conducted on the brains of seven people who had died of the rare [...]
