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The Journal of Patient Safety has published an evidence-based estimate of patient harms relating to hospital care. In 1984, the Institute of Medicine estimated that up to 98,000 Americans died each year as a result of medical...

On April 23, 2014, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a warning that the injection of corticosteroids into a patient’s epidural space of the spine “may result in rare but serious adverse events, including...

According to the New Jersey Law Journal, on Monday, May 12, the New Jersey Senate passed an amended bill that would allow adoptees to access their original birth certificates. If the bill passes the Assembly and is...

The New York Times reports that some medical groups are pushing for doctors to consider not just the effectiveness of treatment, but also the cost of it when making patient care decisions. This would involve doctors...

On May 15, 2014, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pension Committee was scheduled to hold a hearing on electronic cigarettes in light of the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) recent decision to regulate the...