Peptic ulcer disease (PUD) affects 6 million people in the US each year. If you’ve been experiencing abdominal pain, indigestion, nausea, vomiting, or bloating, you may have PUD. Read ahead to learn about what PUD is, how it’s diagnosed, and what the latest peptic ulcer treatment guidelines recommend. What is peptic ulcer disease (PUD)? PUD
Hemorrhoids can be a real pain in the you-know-what, and anyone who’s dealt with them knows how uncomfortable they can be. If you’re one of the 10 million Americans who experience hemorrhoids and looking for relief, you may have heard about bidets as a possible solution. But does a bidet help with hemorrhoids? In this
Doctors used to recommend starting colon cancer screening from the age of 50. However, recent guidelines from the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) and the American Cancer Society recommend starting screening from 45 years of age. Yes, you read that correctly — 45 is the new 50. Keep reading to learn the details. In
An expert witness can be retained by counsel as a consultant or be used to testify in court. These witnesses perform two important functions. The first is to use their tools, experience, and education to evaluate the evidence of a case, then form an educated opinion of that evidence as it relates to a court
A statute of limitations restricts the amount of time in which a claimant may pursue legal action. Most laypeople think of criminal offenses when they hear this term. However, such statutes are also directly applicable to civil law, including medical malpractice. These laws which set a time limit for filing a case in court exist
Medical malpractice means that a medical professional has breached the standard of care during the course of providing treatment to a patient. As far as the law is concerned, that breach of care must cause harm to the patient in some way, for that patient to be able to sue for medical malpractice. This definition—and
When we seek the care of a medical professional, we are putting our trust, our faith, and our lives in the hands of another person. There are few things as traumatic and life-changing as trusting your health to someone and getting worse instead of better due to something the doctor either did or failed to
Medical malpractice is more common than you think; in fact, recent study reports show that medical errors and negligence are the third leading cause of death in the United States. As the numbers increased over the years, so did the malpractice litigation business; and with it, the number of medical malpractice witnesses, both experts, and
When the help of a medical professional is needed, we trust that they have the training, capability, and good faith to help in a competent manner. When a professional is negligent or deviates from accepted standards, there can be serious consequences – lifelong injuries, or even death. A shocking number of valid medical malpractice cases
If you are reading this, chances are something in your recent medical history has gone wrong, and you are hoping to launch a malpractice suit against a surgeon. Or, perhaps, you are an attorney looking closely at a case, whether it is a defense or a plaintiff’s case. A crucial piece of the process is
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