Connecticut medical malpractice occurs when a healthcare provider or facility deviates from the standard of care and it results in significant permanent injury including death. Pressure ulcers, commonly referred to as bedsores, take the lives of roughly 60,000 people in the U.S. annually. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), bedsores happen when the … Keep reading…

Last fall we published a blog on medical errors and that some of them are preventable. A study published in BMJ cited that if medical errors were a cause of death that was recorded by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) that they would be the third leading cause of death in the United States. … Keep reading…

Connecticut medical malpractice occurs when a healthcare provider fails to properly diagnose a patient and that failure leaves the patient with a permanent, significant injury, including death. A recent study out of the Mayo Clinic reports that 20% of patients who sought a second opinion with their specialists received an incorrect diagnosis had been misdiagnosed … Keep reading…

A study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute reports that deaths are on the decline for both men and women. Between 2010 and 2014, cancer deaths for men decreased 1.8%, women 1.4% and 1.6% for children. The decline is attributed to treatments, early detection and prevention. As much as early detection can … Keep reading…