Marciano & MacAvoy Law Blog
A Few Doctors Just Can’t Learn From Their Mistakes
If you choose to file a medical malpractice suit, it’s surprisingly likely that the doctor you’re suing has already been hit by one, or two or three claims in the past. A new study, which will publish in the New England Journal of Medicine on January 28, 2016, found that almost
Some Cancer Drugs Cost so Much Hospitals Refuse to Use Them
Some cancer drugs are so expensive that hospitals, like New York’s Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, have decided to stop offering them. But it’s not just a matter of astronomical prices, although colon cancer injectable Zaltrap’s $11,000-per-month price tag is indeed prohibitive for all but the wealthiest patients. It’s a question of
Full Disclosure: A Handful of Hospitals Are Making Docs Apologize
Apologizing is hard to do. That’s especially true for doctors, who often fear owning up to their mistakes because it can open them up to medical malpractice lawsuits. Even doctors will admit that reticence is ingrained in the medical community – but that doesn’t mean they’ll admit to a mistake.
Joe Biden Wants to Cure Cancer – Soon
Vice President Joe Biden, who lost his son Beau to brain cancer a year ago, is spearheading a wave of renewed interest – and investment – in cutting-edge cancer research. Biden Announces Cancer “Moonshot” Biden isn’t interested in refining traditional treatment methods, like chemo and radiotherapy, but in making “quantum leaps.” Completely
Colorectal Cancer Rates Are Skyrocketing in Young Patients
Just over 95,000 patients are diagnosed with colorectal cancers ever year, according to the American Cancer Society (ACS), and that’s a lot. Cancers that begin in the colon or rectum are America’s third most common type of malignancy, but the second leading cause of cancer deaths. Thankfully, an emphasis on pro-active screening
Bad Medicine: The Cancer Doctor Who Hurt Patients on Purpose
After graduating from the Lebanese University College of Medicine in 1992, Farid Fata, MD traveled to the US, serving his residency at New York’s prestigious Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. By any measure, Fata was a rising medical star, an American success story in-the-flesh. True to form, he eventually built a network
