The laproscopic power morcellator is just the latest in a long…

U.S. health insurance companies historically have never given an tinker's damn about patient lives. In a profit-driven system, their only concern has been maximizing those profits. If a treatment…

Under normal circumstances, a hysterectomy – the surgical removal of a woman's uterus – is a fairly routine procedure. Though it is major surgery that entails a certain amount of risk and requires…

According to legend, the half-mad Emperor Nero played his fiddle while the Eternal City was being consumed by flames. This story has little basis in historical fact (first, Nero actually did take…

The risks associated with power morcellation surgery have been firmly established, and lawsuits from plaintiffs who have seen sarcomas spreading as the result of a…

What happens when a simple, laparoscopic procedure for hysterectomy or to remove a benign fibroid mass instead seeds potentially fatal consequences?  Levin, Papantonio Attorney…