In a recent installment of its ongoing “Living Cancer” series, NPR and WNYC public radio focused on the daunting medical expenses faced by cancer patients and their families in the U.S. “Many people told us the financial cost of cancer treatment was something they preferred not to think about — at first,” reporter Kathryn Tam …
Posted by Powers & Santola, LLP | Medical Malpractice & Errors
An estimated 4,570 misdiagnoses of prostate cancer occur each year in the U.S., leading to about $880 million in unnecessary medical expenses, due to contamination and switching errors that occur during the biopsy process, according to a new study. The study, “The Clinical and Economic Implications of Specimen Provenance Complications in Diagnostic Prostate Biopsies,” appears …
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Posted by Powers & Santola, LLP | Personal Injury
Nurses sustain more on-the-job injuries than construction workers, yet many hospitals don’t do enough to protect them, an NPR investigation recently found. Statistics from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) show that 35,000 nurses suffer back and other injuries every year, many of which stem from lifting and turning patients. Those injuries are serious enough …
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Posted by Powers & Santola, LLP | Medical Malpractice & Errors
Miscommunication between a doctor and patient is one of many factors that can lead to a delayed or missed diagnosis of cancer. In some cases, a doctor may not listen as a patient describes symptoms. In other cases, patients may not communicate with their doctor particular symptoms or health issues they are experiencing because they …
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Posted by Powers & Santola, LLP | Medical Malpractice & Errors
Roughly one in four adults who participated in a recent Harvard School of Public Health survey said they had been personally impacted by medical errors. “But calls for public action remained clouded by a great deal of public uncertainty” about a variety of matters, the researchers found. For instance, the survey revealed that many …
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Posted by Powers & Santola, LLP | Cancer Prevention
Instead of asking your doctor to assess your risk of skin cancer, you can simply pay between $2 and $5 for an app that will do the same. Does that sound too good to be true? Yes, according to federal regulators. On February 25, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it reached agreements with …
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Posted by Powers & Santola, LLP | Uncategorized
Drunk driving accidents continue to be a major problem in New York State. According to the most recent statistics available from the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles, in 2013, there were: Additionally, as a result of these crashes: Out of the 11,251 drivers involved in these crashes, 7,898 of them were reportedly driving …
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Posted by Powers & Santola, LLP | Car Accidents
In recent months, a series of auto crash tests have been conducted to determine whether safety risks are posed by the Trinity ET-Plus guardrail system. As the New York Times reports, the eighth and last in the series of tests by the guardrail’s manufacturer, Texas-based Trinity Industries, Inc., has raised some eyebrows. During the January …
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Modern pharmaceutical drugs have helped to treat and prevent illnesses that, in the past, may have resulted in tens of thousands of deaths or left patients suffering from debilitating physical or mental health conditions. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has also played an important role in ensuring that the drugs prescribed to patients …
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Posted by Powers & Santola, LLP | Construction & Workplace Accidents
Avoiding potential injury on a New York construction site in the winter means more than adding an extra layer of warm clothing. Construction workers and others who work outdoors over the winter months face specific weather-related hazards that can lead to construction accidents. Here are the top five hazards to consider: 1. Cold Stress Cold …
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