Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease (CJD) is an untreatable brain disease affecting one in one million people each year. It is thankful that CJD is rare, because it is often regarded as the human version of "mad cow" disease, quickly transforming healthy brain proteins into...
A recent study reveals that 14 percent of pregnant women in the U.S. are prescribed powerful painkillers by their doctors. The statistic is particularly unsettling because there is little research about the effects of narcotics on unborn children. Of the few studies...
A family recently settled its lawsuit against a Hawaii military hospital for birth injuries that caused a boy to develop cerebral palsy. The lawsuit listed disturbing details about doctors' actions preceding the emergency c-section birth of Noah Whitney, now 3. Noah's...
On behalf of Michigan Lawyers Weekly, I want to congratulate Brian J. Mckeen of McKeen & Associates for being chosen as one of the distinguished lawyers who will be honored for reputable work and success in the legal community on Thursday, March 20th at the 2014...
The former patients of a surgeon recently filed lawsuits against the hospital that hosted him, arguing that it had knowledge that the doctor was an "an egomaniac, mentally ill, an alcoholic, drug addict or a combination thereof."The lawsuits allege that the hospital,...
Ever wonder how millions of people can be exposed to the deadly side effects of a medication before they receive warning? This is often the result of a disgusting campaign by the pharmaceutical manufacturer to make as big a profit as possible before the public learns...
The medical community has long been aware that oxygen deprivation before and during birth causes worse brain damage in boys than girls, but the reasons why have proved elusive. A recent study provides exciting insight into the differences between female and male brain...
A young couple is pleading for all doctors to discontinue use of forceps in deliveries after their daughter's skull was fractured. Their baby lived for only five days before dying from severe brain damage allegedly caused by their obstetrician's negligent delivery....
