FREE CONSULTATION - CALL NOW!

212-LAWYERS or (212) 344-1000

Dementia in people under 60 often overlooked

Neurologists in New York must consider symptoms and neural imagining in order to accurately diagnose dementia diseases. Alzheimer’s disease is often presumed to be present in people exhibiting changes in behavior, language, motor skills and personality, but frontotemporal lobar degeneration and primary progressive aphasias represent two diseases that could also cause these problems.

Read More »

Medical errors behind thousands of deaths annually

The BMJ has published a study indicating that medical errors result in between 200,000 and 400,000 deaths annually across the United States. The BMJ estimate took into account diagnostic errors, communications breakdowns, systems failures, inadequate skill and poor judgment. The focus of the study was fatalities that occur secondary to a medical error, and many occurred in New York.

Read More »

Study shows different medical errors for men, women

New York patients may be interested in the results of a study that found that men and women encounter different safety issues in medical situations. For example, women are more likely to have adverse reactions to drugs that they have been administered, ranging from rashes to low blood pressure to changes in their mental state. Men are more likely to get abrasions and cuts.

Read More »
NYC Personal Injury lawyer - RMFW Law Logo Inverted

Get a Free Consultation

No Win No Fee