October 1, 2002

Health Care Article: The Growing Case Against Herbs

Malpractice Article: Deadly Errors Dog Procedures At Doctors Offices and Clinics

September 1, 2002

Health Care Article: HEART FAILURE

Malpractice Article: Hospital May Not Be Sued For Failing To Preserve Evidence That Could Have Helped
Patient Prove Claim Against Manufacturer Of Medical Instrument

May 1, 2002

Health Care Article: Drug / Herb Interactions

Malpractice Article: Diagnosis of Pulmonary Embolism

April 1, 2002

Health Care Article: Ultrasonic Diagnosis of Appendicitis: Accurate, But of Little Help

Malpractice Article: Immunization

March 1, 2002

Health Care Article: Herbs / Supplements

Malpractice Article: Ultrasonic Diagnosis of Appendicitis: Accurate, But of Little Help

February 1, 2002

Health Care Article: Cholesterol

Malpractice Article: Malpractice Defendant Must Answer Deposition Questions About Knowledge Obtained After Patient's Treatment

January 1, 2002

Health Care Article: Urine Color

Malpractice Article: $120M verdict Against HMO Upheld

December 1, 2001

Health Care Article: Breast Cancer Diagnosis

Malpractice Article: Conflict of Evidence Results in Issue For Jury to Decide

October 1, 2001

Health Care Article: Cervical Cancer

Malpractice Article: Illinois Suspends, Then Reinstates, MD’S License for Prescribing Viagra Over internet. 

August 1, 2001

Health Care Article: Mastectomy

Malpractice Article: Recovery For Lest Chance Of Survival Barred By Patient's Comparative Fault In Failing To Seek Prompt Medical Care, Suit Alleged Failure to
Diagnose Cancer

July 1, 2001

Health Care Article: CAUSATION/RISK FACTORS

Malpractice Article: Management Company That Provided Hospital With Administrative Services Is Not Vicariously Liable For Nurse’s Negligence

June 1, 2001
Health Care Article:  ARE NASA STEROID SPRAYS BENEFICIAL IN ACUTE SINUSITIS?

Malpractice Article:  COURT REJECTS CLAIMS AGAINST INSURER, STATE FUND AND DEFENSE COUNSEL FOR SETTLING MALPRACTICE CLAIM WITHOUT PHYSICIAN'S CONSENT

May 1, 2001
Health Care Article: KEEPING THE FLU AT BAY WITH A SPRAY

Malpractice Article: COURT FINDS SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE TO ALLOW CLAIM THAT MANUFACTURER ILLEGALLY PROMOTED OFF-LABEL USE OF MEDICAL DEVICE

April 1, 2001

Health Care Article: COMPLICATIONS AFTER PROSTATECTOMY OR RADIOTHERAPY FOR PROSTATE CANCER

Malpractice Article: ENVIRONMENTAL AND HERITABLE FACTORS IN THE CAUSATION OF CANCER

March 1, 2001

Health Care Article: RELATIONSHIP OF BASELINE SERUM CHOLESTEROL LEVELS IN THREE LARGE COHORTS OF YOUNGER MEN TO LONG-TERM CORONARY, CARDIOVASCULAR, AND ALL-CAUSE MORTALITY TO LONGEVITY, AS WELL AS TO LONGEVITY

Malpractice Article: MATERIAL AGE AND FETAL LOSS: POPULATION-BASED 
REGISTER LINKAGE STUDY

February 1, 2001

Health Care Article: PRIMARY PREVENTION OF CORONARY HEART DISEASE IN WOMEN THROUGHOUT DIET AND LIFE STYLE

Malpractice Article: SURVIVAL IN END-STAGE DEMENTIA FOLLOWING ACUTE ILLNESS

December 1, 2000

Health Care Article: NEEDLE LENGTH AND IMMUNIZATIONS

Malpractice Article: CHINESE HERB MAY CAUSE CANCER

November 1, 2000

Health Care Article: PATIENTS ON KIDNEY DIALYSIS HAVE HIGH CANCER RISK 
Malpractice Article: ILLINOIS SUPREME COURT ALLOWS SUIT AGAINST HMO 

October 1, 2000

Health Care Article: COMMON CONDITION INDICATES GREATER HEART ATTACK RISK
Malpractice Article: MD'S TESTIMONY DOES NOT HAVE TO SATISFY DAUBERT TEST

September 1, 2000

Health Care Article: DOCTORS OFTEN NOT PRACTICING WHAT CLINICAL GUIDELINES PREACH
Malpractice Article: EMTALA CHARGES AGAINST MD'S INCREASE

August 1, 2000

Health Care Article: NIH ISSUES WARNING ABOUT BLOOD PRESSURE
Malpractice Article: TELERADIOLOGISTS MUST NAVIGATE LEGAL ISSUES

July 1, 2000

Health Care Article: PROSPECTIVE EVALUATION OF RISK FACTORS FOR BLOODSTREAM INFECTION IN PATIENTS RECEIVING HOME INFUSION THERAPY
Malpractice Article: HOW THE DAUBERT-KUMHO RULINGS AFFECT MEDICAL EXPERT WITNESSES

June 1, 2000

Health Care Article: MALIGNANT MELANOMA
Malpractice Article: MALPRACTICE WARS

May 1, 2000

Health Care Article: MANY MEN DON'T UNDERSTAND PROSTATE RISKS, TEST
Malpractice Article: PSYCHOTHERAPY MALPRACTICE

April 1, 2000

Health Care Article: CANCER SOCIETY IN DEBATE OVER STEM CELL RESEARCH
Malpractice Article: ONCE BURNED, TWICE DEFENSIVE

March 1, 2000

Health Care Article: CANCER TUMORS CONSUME MASS QUANTITIES OF VITAMIN C
Malpractice Article: WHO'S BEEN SUED-AND WHO WON

February 1, 2000

Health Care Article: EXPERIMENTAL DRUG MAY BLOCK p53 GENE
Malpractice Article: MANDATORY MEDIATION CAN COUNTER MISUSE OF DATA BANK

January 1, 2000

Health Care Article: TAXOL IMPROVES BREAST CANCER SURVIVAL RATES
Malpractice Article: OREGON DOCTOR CITED FOR NEGLIGENCE FOR UNDERTREATING PAIN

December 1, 1999

Health Care Article: LASER TREATMENT APPROVED FOR STABLE ANGINA
Malpractice Article: FEN-PHEN LAWSUIT EXPLOSION

November 1, 1999

Health Care Article: BETA BLOCKERS ARE UNDERPRESCRIBED FOR ELDERLY HEART PATIENTS
Malpractice Article: DISCOVERY AND EVIDENTIARY ISSUES

October 1, 1999

Health Care Article: AIRLINES PREPARE TO FIGHT HEART ATTACKS ALOFT
Malpractice Article: NEW JERSEY SUPREME COURT RULES THAT WARNINGS IN PHYSICIANS DESK REFERENCE REQUIRE EXPERT TESTIMONY TO SERVE AS EVIDENCE OF MEDICAL STANDARD OF CARE

September 1, 1999

Health Care Article: ARE WE ENTERING THE POST-HMO ERA?
Malpractice Article: MARYLAND HIGH COURT RULES THAT DOCTOR WHO DISCLOSED OTHER PHYSICIAN'S PATIENT'S MEDICAL RECORDS WHILE DEFENDING UNRELATED MEDICAL MALPRACTICE SUIT MAY HAVE VIOLATED STATE MEDICAL RECORDS CONFIDENTIALITY STATUTE.

August 1, 1999

Health Care Article: HEALTHCARE PLAN MALPRACTICE LIABILITY BILLS EXPECTED IN 21 STATES IN 1998, BLUE CROSS/BLUE SHIELD ASSOCIATION TRACKING REPORT SAYS
Malpractice Article: OHIO APPEALS COURT RECOGNIZES CAUSE OF ACTION FOR BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY AGAINST HOSPITAL THAT RELEASED MEDICAL RECORDS WITH PATIENTS' NAME AND DIAGNOSES TO LAW FIRM ATTEMPTING TO RECOVER PAYMENT FOR OUTSTANDING BILLS.

July 1, 1999

Health Care Article: THE GROWING LIABILITY OF HEALTH PLANS
Malpractice Article: FIFTH CIRCUIT FINDS MILITARY PHYSICIAN IN RESIDENCY AT PRIVATE HOSPITAL IS NOT BORROWED SERVANT OF HOSPITAL AND GOVERNMENT IS NOT IMMUNE FROM LIABILITY FOR HER NEGLIGENCE

June 1, 1999

Health Care Article: EDTA CHELATION THERAPY NOT RECOMMENDED FOR PERIPHERAL VASCULAR ATHEROSCLEROTIC DISEASE
Malpractice Article: MALPRACTICE CASE NETS $12M JUDGEMENT IN ALLEGED ERCP PERFORATION

May 1, 1999

Health Care Article: ENDOSCOPY BY NON-PHYSICIANS
Malpractice Article: NOT ALL HOSPITAL DOCUMENTS ARE PROTECTED

April 1, 1999

Health Care Article: MISTREATED ELDERLY MORE LIKELY TO DIE
Malpractice Article: PEER REVIEW OF EXPERT WITNESSES.

Health Care Article: IN SEARCH OF GUIDELINES FOR COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENING
Malpractice Article: RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HEALTH CARE DISPUTE RESOLUTION

Health Care Article: WHAT IS THE MEANING OF A POSITIVE HEMOCCULT
Malpractice Article: SIZING UP THE FACTS ABOUT MALPRACTICE AND THE AMERICAN JURY

January 1, 1999

Health Care Article: COMPLICATIONS OF GALLSTONES LOST DURING LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY:
Malpractice Article: DOCTORS TARGET ENEMY WITHIN

December 1, 1998

Health Care Article: RESEARCH REPORTS:
Malpractice Article: PHYSICIANS ANNOUNCE NEW SPECIALTY REFERRAL GUIDELINES FOR PEOPLE WITH DIABETES CONSENSUS CONFERENCE TAKES AIM AT EARLIER INTERVENTIONS TO HELP PREVENT THE COSTLY, OFTEN-LIFE THREATENING COMPLICATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH DIABETES

November 1, 1998

Health Care Article: HEART DISEASE; ANTIOXIDANT VITAMINS IMPROVE CARDIAC PATIENT OUTCOME
Malpractice Article: 18.7 MILLION DEFAULT JUDGEMENT SHOWS RISK OF TRYING TO STALL

October 1, 1998

Health Care Article: MEDICARE AND MEDICAID PROGRAMS; REQUIREMENTS FOR PHYSICIAN INCENTIVE PLANS IN PREPAID HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATIONS
Malpractice Article: AN "EPIDEMIC" OF MEDICAL MALPRACTICE? A COMMENTARY ON THE HARVARD MEDICAL PRACTICE STUDY

September 1, 1998

Health Care Article: PRIMARY ANGIOPLASTY VS. LYTIC THERAPY FOR ACUTE INFARCTION. IS THE BALLOON HALF FULL OR HALF EMPTY?
Malpractice Article: PHYSICIAN'S OVERSIGHT PROVES COSTLY IN DELAYED DIAGNOSIS OF CANCER

August 1, 1998

Health Care Article: CLINTON SEEKS MORE SCREENING FOR DOCTORS
Malpractice Article: MALPRACTICE LITIGATION INVOLVING LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY

July 1, 1998

Health Care Article: EVIDENCE REPORT ON COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENING RELEASED BY AHCPR
Malpractice Article: BE PREPARED FOR NEWEST MALPRACTICE EPIDEMIC

June 1, 1998

Health Care Article: ACP RELEASES NEW PROSTATE CANCER SCREENING GUIDELINES
Malpractice Article: JOURNAL ARTICLE EXPLORES EFFECT OF CLINICAL PATHWAYS IN MALPRACTICE CASES

May 1, 1998

Health Care Article: DOCTORS CONSIDER SETTING VOLUNTARY STANDARDS FOR INTERNET ADVICE
Malpractice Article: RELIGIOUS BELIEFS AND INFORMED CONSENT: IMPLICATIONS FOR TREATMENT

April 1, 1998

Health Care Article: PHYSICIANS ARE NOT FULLY ADOPTING CHOLESTEROL MANAGEMENT RECOMMENDATIONS, STUDY SUGGESTS

Medical Malpractice Article: INHALED STEROIDS FOR ASTHMA MAY CAUSE CATARACTS, STUDY HINTS

March 1, 1998

Health Care Article: CHANGES MADE IN PDR FOLLOWING CRITICAL STUDY

Medical Malpractice Article: MEDICAL MALPRACTICE AWARDS CLIMB TO HISTORICAL LEVELS

February 1, 1998

Health Care Article: AIRLINES ADDING DEFIBRILLATORS

Medical Malpractice Article: THE PHYSICIANS ASSISTANT EXPERT WITNESS

January 1, 1998

Health Care Article: HIGH COSTS MAY KEEP CHEMO PATIENTS FROM 'RESCUE' DRUGS

Medical Malpractice Article: LACK OF CLOSE PA SUPERVISION CAN LEAD TO MALPRACTICE TARGETING OF MD

December 1, 1997

Health Care Article: NET TO HELP WITH IN-FLIGHT EMERGENCIES

Medical Malpractice Article: TEACHING HOSPITALS ARE PRESSING U.S. TO CURB INQUIRY ON FRAUDULENT MEDICARE BILLING

November 1, 1997

Health Care Article: THE KASSEBAUM-KENNEDY BILL-THE LIMITS OF INCREMENTALISM

Medical Malpractice Article: STATE HMO LIABILITY LAWS MAY BE STYMIED BY ERISA PREEMPTION

October 1, 1997

Health Care Article: THE ROADTO REGULATION

Medical Malpractice Article: CALIFORNIA HIGH COURT REBUFFS KAISER

September 1, 1997

Health Care Article: THIRD-PARTY LIABILITY DIABETES CASES

Medical Malpractice Article: WALKING THE AUDITOR'S GANGPLANK. IG INVESTIGATES OVERBILLING AT TEACHING HOSPITALS

August 1, 1997

Health Care Article: ESTABLISHMENT 0F TELEMEDICINE REIMBURSEMENT POLICIES IN CALIFORNIA

Medical Malpractice Article: TELEMEDICINE IN THE USA - THE DRAWBACKS

July 1, 1997

Health Care Article: 100 TOP HOSPITALS NAMED FOR 1996

Medical Malpractice Article: AMICUS BRIEF FILED BY RELMAN, TODD, KOOP FOR THOMPSON V. COLUMBIA/HCA

June 1, 1997

Health Care Article: Acute Myocardial Infarction Study

Medical Malpractice Article: HHS IG Medicare Physician Billing Audit of Teaching Hospitals Could Involve Total of 30 Institutions, IG Reports to PPRC

May 1, 1997

Health Care Article: Aches, fevers, chills? You're not alone

Medical Malpractice Article: Rules on Physician Incentive Take Effect for HMOs

April 1, 1997

Health Care Article: Medical Guidelines Established For Cruise Ships

Medical Malpractice Article: Managed Care May Change Medical Malpractice Patterns

March 1, 1997

Health Care Article: The Physician's Desk Reference -- Problems and Possible Improvements

Medical Malpractice Article: HMOs Worry Malpractice Insurers

February 1, 1997

Health Care Article: Anatomy of a Netscam: Why Your Internet Search May Not Be as Honest as You Think

Medical Malpractice Article: Hospital Policies Regarding Anesthesia rejected As Establishing Standard of Care

January 1, 1997

Health Care Article: Patients with Rare Illnesses Fight New HMO's to Receive Treatment

Medical Malpractice Article: Lawsuits for Missed MI Rank Third Costliest

December 1, 1996

Health Care Article: New Rules Press HMOs to Disclose Data

Medical Malpractice Article: Verdicts: On-Call Liable for Negligence Of Ob/Gyn Residents

November 1, 1996

Health Care Article: Federal Gag Clause Ban Debate

Medical Malpractice Article: D.C. Court of Appeals Ties Protocols To Establishment of Medical Malpractice Standard of Care

October 1, 1996

Health Care Article: Mediation: Method of Choice in Resolving Disputes

Medical Malpractice Article: Malpractice Insurance: Careful Choice CAn Prevent Later Problems

August 1, 1996:

Health Care Article: Sign of the Times: Anti-managed care legislation

Medical Malpractice Article: Advice to physicians from the Florida Physians Association

July 1, 1996:

Health Care Article: Florida Physicians Association's Review of the Medicare Preservation Act and Proposed Amendments

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