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CT vet wins nearly $1M for botched eye surgery
A 60-year-old Army veteran won a $925,000 settlement with the Department of Veterans Affairs after he was blinded in...
Web Exclusive: Medical Malpractice Claims Declining, Says Insurer
Data gathered over a 10-year period shows that medical malpractice claims are declining slightly and the severity is...
Web Exclusive: Fear of Malpractice Litigation
Lots of people fear visiting the doctor's office for a variety of reasons, among them not wanting to deal with...
IL doctor records taken offline
Illinois once provided the public with detailed histories of the state's doctors — including whether the...
Limited training among some cosmetic surgery doctors worries FL officials
A Tampa doctor accused of allowing unlicensed assistants to perform liposuction should have his license suspended for a...
Why physicians hate to admit their errors, even to themselves
It seems entirely obvious: Doctors need to apologize for their errors, even if the patient didn't suffer irreparable...
Bill that would offer free malpractice coverage faces hurdles
  House lawmakers moving legislation to lure physicians to medically underserved areas are hoping the politics...
States fail to report disciplined caregivers to federal database
Hundreds of state agencies nationwide have never told the federal government about health professionals they...
Earliest tests for finding breast cancer are prone to error
Monica Long had expected a routine appointment. But here she was sitting in her new oncologist’s office, and he...
Rhode Island medical groups sued over unapproved IUDs
  A class-action suit has been filed against three Rhode Island medical groups that implanted unapproved...