Salem MA Personal Injury Law Blog

Surgeries are intricate medical procedures that involve professionals accessing organs, bones or other internal parts of the human body. Surgical treatments can be highly effective options for people with a variety of different medical challenges. Unfortunately, they...

Ozempic is an injectable medication initially approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the management of type 2 diabetes. However, physicians have noted that the drug helps patients lose weight with minimal effort. Off-label prescribing for exactly that...

Although people recognize that medical malpractice exists, they may not really understand how big of a risk it is. Someone going to the emergency room for immediate care, for example, likely trusts that the workers there will recognize the underlying cause of their...

Surgery has become such a commonplace means of addressing medical issues that people often have a flippant attitude about surgical procedures. Although modern medical equipment and training facilitate safe operations in most cases, no surgical procedure is without...

Prescription errors are a common cause of injuries among patients in the United States. One of the common errors made is giving the wrong drug to the patient. While doctors no longer prescribe medications to patients on a written prescription pad in most cases, they...

Medication errors, including mistakes that occur at the pharmacy and in a health care setting, can cause serious injury and even death.  Review the red flags of medication errors to help protect your family members from preventable incidents.  Changes in behavior If a...

Independent grading of hospitals allows you to know more about the safety of the hospital without bias. You can often look to these grades to tell you things about a facility that the facility may not make public or at least keep as quiet as possible, such as issues...

Prescription drug errors fall under the category of medical malpractice. In a 2016 study, Johns Hopkins researchers reported findings that medical errors are third in the leading causes of death in the U.S. These mistakes, which include adverse drug events, represent...