October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and that means that television shows, magazines, and web articles will be reminding women all over the country to check for breast cancer. Every year in the U.S. more than 200,000 women find out that they have breast cancer and...
Middle-aged white women are at greatest risk. Over a 15-year span, deaths from opiate overdose have risen 400 percent among middle-aged white women in America. Most of the deaths are attributed to accidental overdose. Some are suicides fueled by addiction and...
"It wasn't like, I'm going to lie." It was, "I'm going to support my colleague." This was the mindset of Dr. Lars Aanning, a retired South Dakota surgeon, when he testified at a medical malpractice trial roughly 20 years ago. At the time, he claimed he had never seen...
Angelina Jolie's dramatic decision in 2013 to have a preventative double mastectomy raised awareness around the world of the importance of genetic testing for cancer. She reached the decision after tests revealed the presence of a mutated gene that predisposed her to...
Thousands of concerns flash through an expecting mother's mind. While most of these fears dissipate at the sight of your new baby's face, the issue of mishandled tearing can become a lasting impact. It is common for most mothers to tear slightly when their baby is...
It's a situation you never want to face: stuck in the ER, desperate for answers about what's happening to a person who is dear to you. Far too often, the triage patients experience in these emergency department settings is brutal. The snap judgments are...
Last April, we posted a blog entitled "What Steps Do Hospitals Take to Avoid Retained Surgical Items?" While this remains a necessary component of patient safety in the OR, new technologies have been released in recent years to further minimize this risk. These new...
Apologizing to someone for an error on your part that injured the other person is basic human decency. Indeed, some psychologists believe that saying you're sorry is important even if you weren't at fault. It's a way of expressing empathy and showing you care about...
Former client Blake Haxton will compete in the 2016 Rio Paralympics as a member of the U.S. Paralympic Rowing Team. Blake was a standout athlete at Upper Arlington High School and was being recruited by several prominent national rowing programs until he had both of...
Last month, attorney Craig Tuttle of settled two cases on behalf of his clients against The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. The first case settled for $75,000 and the second case settled for $125,000. Both cases, while...
