Month: July 2013

A spinal surgeon with offices in Kentucky and Ohio has been arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigations on charges of making false statements in health care matters and for health care fraud. The FBI says the surgeon performed unnecessary surgeries on patients...

Neglect and abuse in nursing homes is more common than many people want to consider. These care facilities are tasked with providing our loved ones with exceptional care and comfort in the senior years. However, a case out of Cold Springs, Minnesota, highlights the...

A medical malpractice suit has been filed in the death of a 60-year-old man who received the wrong medication while undergoing surgery to repair a gastric perforation. The suit was filed against North Carolina Baptist Hospital and Wake Forest University Health...

When a loved one is put in the care of a Kentucky nursing home, you expect the care he or she receives to be above reproach. Unfortunately, in the neighboring state of Tennessee, that was not the case for several residents of a nursing home.On Tuesday, July 15, four...

A medical malpractice lawsuit filed in Kentucky's neighboring state of Ohio against Ohio University has been settled for $250,000. The lawsuit was filed by a student who claimed she was misdiagnosed in 2007 by the university's Hudson Health Center and that led to the...