A company called Peregrine Pharmaceuticals is suing another company called Clinical Supplies Management for an error that compromised a cancer treatment study from 2010 to 2012. The clinical study was supposed to have one group of patients receive the drug, and the...
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Defensive medicine and the diagnosing problem
Defensive medicine is one of those things that has two sides to it. On the one hand, you understand why medical professionals and medical institutions bow to defensive medicine because it eliminates a lot of potential conditions that a patient may have and it narrows...
Pediatric medication error rate is shockingly high
Medical professionals are going to make mistakes, regardless of their position or how much experience they have. They are human, after all, and thus they are bound to make these mistakes. The difference is that when they make a mistake, it can lead to the death of a...
Delay in waiting room causes patient to be paralyzed
In an unfortunate case of medical malpractice that hits close to home, a Lake Oswego man is suing Kaiser for the flimsy care he received when he was suffering from subdural bleeding (bleeding on the brain). The man went to the hospital complaining of extreme headaches...

