One area of the law that many West Virginia residents tend to be confused about is medical malpractice. Determining what constitutes medical malpractice can be a bit overwhelming at first. Due to its complex nature, medical malpractice law has many myths surrounding...
When you're in the care of medical professionals, it's important to protect yourself to reduce the risk of medical errors and malpractice that can occur in West Virginia. It's important to understand the different medicines you're prescribed. Ask about any side...
Patients in West Virginia trust doctors to accurately diagnose and treat their symptoms with the utmost care. Medical malpractice is not usually intentional but commonly caused by negligence, oversight, errors or incompetence. Many patients are not aware that...
Even the most experienced doctors can make mistakes, experience temporary lapses of judgment and otherwise err in their diagnoses of patients. The question, then, becomes how you can know if your doctor misdiagnosed your medical condition. It's important that you...
If you're like many people in West Virginia, you might have had your tonsils removed when you were a child. Tonsils are made from tissues at the back of your throat and help protect your body from bacteria. But while they're supposed to protect you from disease, they...
Tonsil cancer, which falls under the category of head and neck cancers, is becoming increasingly common. The tonsils, which protect the body from bacteria and viruses that enter the mouth, are more likely to develop cancer if a person suffers from a human...
Lewy body dementia is a form of dementia caused by the development of protein deposits known as Lewy bodies in the nerve cells of the brain. In West Virginia and across the U.S., an estimated 1.4 million people have LBD, but the actual number is likely higher because...
It seems that in recent years, the practice of medicine has become less and less personal. While patients once enjoyed routine and adequately long visits with their primary care physician, these visits have increasingly become shorter and more cursory in nature. In...
Many cases of medical malpractice revolve around complex medical issues. As such, juries may need the help of expert medical witnesses to explain the issues and to help understand how the doctor or hospital was at fault. But there are also cases where a physician’s...
An infant that suffers oxygen deprivation before or during delivery is at serious risk of developing a brain injury. Effects can include visual or audial impairment, cerebral palsy and epilepsy. These conditions can cause lifelong impairment for your child. Sometimes,...
