Stories about physicians and other healthcare professionals involved in lawsuits—as either a plaintiff or a defendant—or accused of breaking the law. Various legal updates or unusual stories in the news may land here.
A grand jury previously indicted dermatologist Emily Yu, MD, PhD, in 2023, charging her with four felony counts for allegedly poisoning her former husband with Drano.
It is estimated that personal information from 350,000 patients, including Social Security numbers and medical diagnoses, was exposed during the attack.
Xiaoqin Du, 63, of Suzhou, China, allegedly formed a rival firm in the same Chicago suburb as Philips, luring away engineers to relay intimate company details.
A California appeals court recently ruled in favor of on-call radiologist Peymam Kangavari, MD, after he was accused of overlooking a bowel obstruction on X-ray and ultrasound images.
Arizona residents Mary and Fred Blakley purportedly charged $300 a pop for ultrasound scans, claiming they could unearth cancers and cure various ailments.
Concerns stem from manufacturing and distribution of the BioZorb marker, with possible ramifications including "seizure, injunction and civil money penalties."
