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Medical malpractice

Getting a medical second opinion could save or change your life

Getting a medical second opinion could save or change your life

Are you asking, "Should I get a second opinion?" Yes! Mayo Clinic study: Up to 88% of the time, second opinions changed the diagnosis or treatment.

How to prevent birth injuries and death during labor & delivery

How to prevent birth injuries and death during labor & delivery

Practical tips to improve chances for a successful, healthy labor and delivery

Your local Texas hospital might not be so local after all

Your local Texas hospital might not be so local after all

Our alphabetical listing shows who owns every hospital in Texas, and where the owners are located

Patient falls in hospitals and nursing facilities cause serious injuries and deaths

Patient falls in hospitals and nursing facilities cause serious injuries and deaths

Thousands of patients fall in hospitals each year and 30-50% of these falls injure patients

Four ways to uncover a harmful mistake or error by your doctor or hospital

Four ways to uncover a harmful mistake or error by your doctor or hospital

Harvard study shows that many doctors will not tell patients when there has been a significant medical error

Four tips to help prevent botched IV attempts and IV infections

Four tips to help prevent botched IV attempts and IV infections

Avoid serious IV complications by paying attention to these important factors

Denials, deflections, and cover-ups: Why some hospitals and doctors repeat the same mistakes and endanger their patients

Denials, deflections, and cover-ups: Why some hospitals and doctors repeat the same mistakes and endanger their patients

Study: 77% of doctors will not admit to medical mistakes

Would you trust your life and well-being to a doctor who was at the end of a 24-hour work shift?

Would you trust your life and well-being to a doctor who was at the end of a 24-hour work shift?

In Summer 2017, new rules start that allow hospitals to keep doctors-in-training working for 24 hours straight

Two Texas laws shield hospitals that 'hire' incompetent, bad doctors

Two Texas laws shield hospitals that 'hire' incompetent, bad doctors

We sued a neurosurgeon for making our client quadriplegic -- the same doctor is now spending life in prison for his conduct in Dallas-area operating rooms

Surgeons with bad attitudes get bad results more often for their patients

Surgeons with bad attitudes get bad results more often for their patients

When a surgeon has had lots of patient complaints, they have 14 percent more surgical complications and problems