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Nataline Sarkisyan, a 17 year old California resident, passed away on December 20, 2007, due to liver failure. She developed liver complications while recovering from a bone marrow transplant. The most remarkable part of this story is that her health insurance company, CIGNA, reversed a decision to pay for a liver transplant only hours before she passed away.Nataline's doctors wrote to CIGNA...

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In the United States, it is estimated that 1.5 to 2 million people have cerebral palsy, with an annual diagnosis rate of approximately 10,000. Cerebral palsy is a neurological disorder that causes a defect in the ability of a persons brain to control their muscle movement. There are three general categories of cerebral palsy: spastic, ataxic, and athetoid/dyskinetic. While there is no one...

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Pharmacy error in both the local neighborhood stores and hospital setting is on the rise. The consequences of Pharmacy errors can range from harmless to fatal. More than 100,000 Americans die each year of adverse drug reactions, according to an article in the Journal of The American Medical Association. No one knows for sure how many of those deaths are the direct result of...

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A Van Buren County court decision to dismiss a hospital liability suit filed by a woman who had a sponge left inside her during an appendectomy, was overturned by the Michigan Court of Appeals.In June 2004, the woman had surgery at South Haven Community Hospital. A count of surgical sponges used during the procedure came up short. An x-ray the following day displayed no foreign objects and she...

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Starting January 1, 2008, Physicians practicing in Wayne County will see a 13% drop in medical malpractice insurance rates.Statewide and Wayne County malpractice rates will decrease by an average of 6.5 percent in 2008, making Michigan lower than Illinois and Ohio, according to data from the American Physicians Assurance Corp., the largest malpractice insurance company.The decrease is a clear...

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A St. Charles County couple has filed a lawsuit against Walgreen's for a prescription error that led to the miscarriage of their own born child. The medical malpractice and wrongful death suit was filed on Tuesday.On March 6th, she went to an O'Fallon Walgreen's with a prescription for Maturna - a pre-natal vitamin. But, the prescription was "negligently and carelessly misfiled" and she ended up...

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