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Some prominent medical centers are offering apologies and compensation to try to dilute patients’ anger.

The woman, who her lawyer said was forced to undergo a hysterectomy as a result of the abortion, filed a lawsuit in State Superior Court in Newark against the clinic.

Ob-gyn arbitration; course work.

An American surgeon was in a Portland jail on Thursday awaiting extradition proceedings over charges that he caused the deaths of three patients in Australia.

A doctor faces three felony counts in a case that has sent a shudder through the field of transplant surgeons.

Most doctors are afraid to take responsibility for medical errors, but studies have shown that physicians’ apologies may protect against litigation.

Selling kidneys from consenting donors is not illegal in Pakistan, which has a reputation as the world’s “kidney bazaar.”

The state health commissioner has proposed a series of changes to help prevent delays in notifying patients who may be exposed to various infections in case a doctor’s infection-control practices are faulty.

After Texas limited awards in medical malpractice lawsuits, doctors arrived from all over the country.

After several botched executions, you might think that we would want to know more, not less, about the government employees charged with delivering death.

The Spitzer administration approved a 14 percent increase in medical malpractice insurance rates, the largest rate increase in a decade.

Those treating pain make subjective choices about dosage. When a doctor gets it wrong, is it a mistake or a felony?

One hundred children have tested positive for H.I.V. after being given blood transfusions they might not have needed.

Young children are the most likely victims of surgery-related medication mistakes, a new study has found, and poor communication is the most likely culprit.

Mistrial is declared in medical malpractice case brought by University of Notre Dame head football coach Charlie Weis after juror collapses; Drs Richard A Ferguson and Charles M Hodin, who are defendants in case, rush to help him; case was brought by Weis, who says doctors let him bleed internally for 30 hours after gastric bypass in 2002; photo

If you have suffered injury because of faulty medical treatment, you can sue your doctor or health professional for malpractice. Here are the important steps you should follow while filing a successful medical malpractice claim.

Human Rights Watch on Monday said that Iranian authorities have not disclosed why two physicians known for their work on HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment were detained last month or where they are being held, BBC News reports.

HealthMarkets, a health insurer that primarily sells coverage to the self-employed, on Monday agreed to pay $20 million to settle violations found by regulators in 36 states, USA Today reports.

HealthMarkets, Inc. has announced that its insurance subsidiaries have reached a comprehensive settlement with state insurance regulators leading a multi-state examination of HealthMarkets' insurance subsidiaries. "We have worked closely with insurance regulators during the multi-state examination and settlement process, and we understand our obligations to regulators, as well as our customers," said HealthMarkets chief executive officer Phillip J. Hildebrand.

Operating department practitioner (ODP), Christopher Webster, has been removed from the HPC Register for falsely obtaining donations from medical companies. A panel of the HPC Conduct and Competence Committee heard that while employed by University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Mr Webster along with one other individual set up a private bank account named the ODA Professional and Technical Development Fund.