About 80 percent of Americans suffer from neck or back pain at some point in their lives. According to a new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine, however, many doctors…
Illinois residents that are scheduled to receive medical treatment or undergo a surgical procedure may be alarmed by the frequency that preventable medical mistakes occur in hospitals both inside and…
Illinois residents may be surprised to learn that some medical procedures are safer at certain times of the day than others. A variety of studies indicate that doctor errors are…
Illinois residents may worry about a doctor making a mistake if they go into a hospital for surgery, but their biggest source of risk is actually that a doctor has…
Doctors, being human, will occasionally make mistakes. Medical school, however, traditionally has not taught physicians how to deal with errors. Once physicians begin practicing, their risk managers and malpractice attorneys…
Many Illinois parents are watching the South Carolina case in which parents are suing the state over a child's sex-assignment surgery that happened eight years ago. The parents, who are…