June is Elder Abuse Awareness Month, a time to raise awareness about the kinds of abuse and neglect that happen in home care and nursing…
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‘Dancing Surgeon’ Facing Multiple Patient Lawsuits for Medical Malpractice
Medical malpractice is never a joking matter, yet it is difficult to find cases more perplexing than that of Dr. Windell Davis-Boutte, a dermatologist who…
Overburdened Nurses Face Burnout, Raise the Likelihood of Medical Errors
Burnout among medical professionals is a growing concern, given its link to medical errors. Medical error is a leading cause of death in the United…
Johnson & Johnson to Pay $25.7M in Second Trial Loss over Claims Linking Baby Powder to Mesothelioma
For the second time in 2 months Johnson & Johnson (J&J) finds itself facing a multimillion-dollar verdict in an asbestos-contaminated-talc trial. On Wednesday, a Los…
The Cancer Risks of Working for the U.S. Government: USDA Exposes Employees to Asbestos
One of the last places you’d want to find asbestos, a mineral that kills more than 39,000 Americans every year, is in a federal building…
The EPA’s Failure to Ban Asbestos ‘Is a Crime,’ Says EWG, So Why Is It Still Legal?
We know asbestos kills people, but we’ve never known precisely how many. What we do know is that U.S asbestos deaths are severely underreported. For…
Will the EPA Take Action Against a Paint Stripper Chemical That’s Killing People?
Barely a day goes by without the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency cropping up in the news, but the press isn’t necessarily positive. Last month, the…
High Burnout Rate Among Physicians Is Linked to Cases of Medical Malpractice
The mortality rate from medical malpractice in the United States is alarmingly high, ranking as the 3rd leading cause of death. Part of the reason…
Financial and Nursing Home Abuse of Elders Is Seriously Underreported
Nursing home and elder abuse affects millions of individuals and their families. As people grow older and need additional help caring for themselves and their…
