On behalf of Davis & Davis, Attorneys at Law | Feb 28, 2020 | Failure to Diagnose, Firm News
In Texas and across the country, medical misdiagnosis may be a largely unrecognized crisis. Every year, roughly 12 million people are affected by some kind of medical diagnostic error. While many of these situations are quickly resolved and do little long-term harm,...
On behalf of Davis & Davis, Attorneys at Law | Feb 17, 2020 | Failure to Diagnose, Firm News
More and more people in Texas and across the U.S. are visiting the emergency room for primary care. In 2015, the U.S. saw a 10-year high in the number of ER visits, and in 2016, the number of such visits exceeded 145 million. At the same time, overcrowding in ERs has...
On behalf of Davis & Davis, Attorneys at Law | Feb 16, 2020 | Failure to Diagnose, Firm News
Texas residents battling neurodegenerative disorders may be interested in new technology that could help doctors distinguish better between two progressive forms of the disease. Both Parkinson’s disease and multiple system atrophy (MSA) present similar early...
On behalf of Davis & Davis, Attorneys at Law | Feb 15, 2020 | Firm News
By the time you reach your 40th or 41st week of pregnancy, you are probably ready or nearly ready for it to be over. The problem is that your unborn child is already setting your schedule for you and is already not listening to you. After all, your baby’s lungs...
On behalf of Davis & Davis, Attorneys at Law | Feb 14, 2020 | Firm News
Infection is one of the biggest post-surgical complications people experience. In the ordinary course of events, medical personnel properly monitor you and catch the infection before it progresses into a life-threatening situation, such as sepsis. If those attending...
On behalf of Davis & Davis, Attorneys at Law | Feb 5, 2020 | Firm News, Surgical Errors
Texas residents may think that most medical errors occur in hospitals, but a new report shows that as many as 4 in 10 patients in primary and outpatient healthcare settings are injured globally because of errors. Of these errors, 80% are deemed to have been...
