A hernia forms when fatty tissue or an organ pushes through surrounding tissue or weakened muscles. It typically causes a bulge in the area where the hernia formed. In some cases, the blood supply to the organ or tissue bulging through a small opening is cut off,...

Doctors have more tools than ever before to help them diagnose medical conditions accurately. Every year, researchers develop new tests that can provide an affirmative diagnosis for specific medical conditions. Beyond that, as information becomes more widely available...

Any personal injury or wrongful death lawsuit filed in a Baton Rouge civil court is based on negligence or fault that leads to death or personal injury. In many medical malpractice lawsuits, hospitals are held liable for negligence. It is not necessarily the public or...

When you hire a skilled, educated professional to handle a specific issue, you put trust in their education, experience and state licensing. For example, when you go to your doctor for a diagnosis of your symptoms, you expect that they will listen, conduct necessary...

People in Louisiana who believe the injuries they suffered constitute medical negligence may have difficulty proving the allegations in court. There are five specific elements of negligence they must prove when presenting a medical malpractice claim in a civil court....

Patients in Baton Rouge and elsewhere must give consent before undergoing certain medical treatments or procedures. However, doctors must ensure patients are fully informed about the proposed treatment and that all their questions were answered in a language they...

Although regulations and standards could vary by state, medical malpractice laws in Louisiana and elsewhere entitle patients to seek recovery of damages caused by harm suffered due to substandard medical treatment. The harm could involve medical errors in diagnosis,...

Although preventable surgical errors are not that common, it would not be unusual for patients in Louisiana who are scheduled for surgery to feel anxious. Occasional reports of WSPEs -- wrong-site, wrong-procedure, wrong-patient errors -- are enough to create fear of...

Think about any sports team. There are usually a couple of star players who take the credit when things go well and the blame when they don’t. The performance of others gets less attention. Hospitals are similar. The doctors are the stars of the show. They are the...

Have you ever had a phone or video call with your doctor? So-called telemedicine has been an option offered for a number of years, but its popularity has gone way up since the beginning of 2020 (when Covid-19 reached U.S. shores). Now, it seems that many people...