We see a doctor or obtain medical care to prevent illness or to treat illness or injury. The last thing we expect is for the medical care provider to make things worse. Doctors and other medical professionals and facilities must provide a certain standard of care....
Male breast cancer patients in West Virginia and around the country are more likely to die than women, according to a new study published in JAMA Oncology. The study, which is the biggest of its type, was conducted by researchers at Nashville’s Vanderbilt...
Approximately one in five women living in West Virginia and across the U.S. is suffering from polycystic ovarian syndrome, or PCOS, according to the Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome Awareness Association. To help raise awareness about the condition, the organization...
The Food and Drug Administration has issued guidelines for the inclusion of men in clinical trials testing the efficacy of breast cancer drugs. This is a major step because, as men in West Virginia and across the U.S. should know, breast cancer does affect men. The...
Malpractice is the failure of a doctor, nurse or another medical professional to live up to an objective standard of care. There are five common examples of malpractice with which West Virginia residents should be familiar. If they ever become a victim of one of these...
One in three of the medical malpractice cases in West Virginia and around the country that involve patients who either died or were left permanently disabled are caused by delayed diagnosis or a misdiagnosis. That was the conclusion reached by researchers from the...
