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THE NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE ISSUES REPORT ON OVARY CANCER DIAGNOSIS AND DEATHS IN U.S. IN 2014

The following is an abridged version of the lengthy NCI Report Provided As a Public Service to Readers of This Blog by The Top New York Medical Malpractice Law Firm of Dankner Milstein, P.C. An alarming report issued recently by The National Cancer Institute reveals that there were an estimated 21,980 cases of ovary cancer diagnosed in the US in 2014. And of those cases, an estimated 14,270 women died from the disease. Further, based

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March 3, 2015

TOP NEW YORK ERB’S PALSY LAWYER SAYS C-SECTIONS MAY BE SAFER DELIVERY METHOD FOR LARGE BABIES AND MOTHERS

In a recent conversation this blogger had about birth injuries with top New York Erb’s Palsy lawyer Edward P. Milstein, Milstein said injuries at birth to the brachial plexus, a network of nerve fibers that control movement of the shoulder, arm, wrist, hand and fingers, most often occur in situations where the fetus is large (greater than 20 pounds), or the pregnancy is complicated by gestational diabetes and maternal obesity. As a consequence of these and other risk

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March 3, 2015

CDC REPORT HIGHLIGHTS STUNNING DIFFERENCES IN DELAYED CANCER DIAGNOSIS RATES BASED ON LOCATION AND DEMOGRAPHICS

The following information is provided to readers of this blog as a public service by the Top New York Delayed Cancer Diagnosis Law Firm of Dankner Milstein, P.C. The Centers for Disease Control reported recently that more than 30% of all breast cancer cases and nearly 50% of all colon and cervical cancer cases are diagnosed at late stages, when there are fewer treatment options for patients and when the prognosis for the results of those treatment

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February 13, 2015

HOSPITALS HIDE MEDICINE ERRORS FROM PATIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES, ACCORDING TO SHOCKING REPORT FROM FAMOUS MEDICAL INSTITUTION

TOP NEW YORK HOSPITAL MALPRACTICE LAWYER URGES VICTIMS TO SEEK LEGAL ADVICE IMMEDIATELY If you or someone you love has spent any time as a patient in a hospital ICU and unexpected problems arose that caused complications which compromised your, or your loved one’s health, recovery, or even led to their death, don’t necessarily expect your doctor, or any other hospital staff member, to be up front with you about what caused the problem, especially

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February 12, 2015

Failure to Identify Abnormalities and Misinterpretation of Radiology Images

Account For Most, If Not All, of All Radiology-Related Medical Malpractice Lawsuits, Says Top New York Medical Malpractice Lawyer “The Achilles heel in medical malpractice cases involving radiologists,” Edward P. Milstein, partner in the top New York medical malpractice law firm of Dankner Milstein, P.C., said, “are errors in the correct interpretation of medical images that radiologists produce — errors that can lead to failures by the radiologist, or a doctor, to accurately diagnose potentially life-threatening illness thereby causing

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February 3, 2015

DESPITE CONSIDERABLE ADVANCES IN TECHNIQUES, TOP NEW YORK MEDICAL MALPRACTICE LAW FIRM WARNS PATIENTS

POSSIBLE COMPLICATIONS RESULTING FROM ANESTHESIOLOGIST ERRORS Despite considerable advances since the beginning of the twenty-first century, the use of anesthesiology continues to put patients at risk and anesthesiologists, doctors, hospitals and other healthcare providers in the precarious position of possibly facing the consequences of medical malpractice lawsuits when things go very wrong in the OR. Advances in the use of anesthesia notwithstanding, errors can, and still, are made. And, they can cause dire complications in

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January 20, 2015

HOW TO AVOID A MISDIAGNOSIS OF COLON CANCER

The managing partner at one of New York’s top colon cancer misdiagnosis law firms recommends steps people can take to prevent doctor error when examining patients who present with symptoms of the dreaded disease. According to Jay W. Dankner, Esq., of the top colon cancer misdiagnosis law firm of Dankner Milstein, P.C., it’s virtually impossible for medical officials to get an exact count on the number of colon cancer cases that are misdiagnosed in the city each year. Health

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January 10, 2015

BIRTH INJURIES IN THE USA HAVE DECLINED IN THE PAST DECADE

Data from The Centers for Disease Control reveals a troubling statistic that runs contrary to what otherwise is regarded by most experts to be one of the most progressive and advanced national healthcare systems in the world. “While there is no argument that medical technology in the U.S. has indeed advanced dramatically in the past decade,” Edward P. Milstein, partner in the top New York medical malpractice and Erb’s Palsy law firm of Dankner Milstein, P.C., said “the number of birth

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January 10, 2015

THE UNIQUE CHALLENGES OF JURY SELECTION IN HIGH PROFILE CIVIL CASES

An Interview with Jay W. Dankner, Esq. and Marcelo A. Buitrago, Esq. On October 28, 2014 an article in The New York Daily News reported that Joan River’s daughter Melissa Rivers had set in motion the filing of a wrongful death lawsuit by engaging a top New York medical malpractice law firm to begin the process of gathering all of the facts surrounding the death of her famous mother.   Those familiar with the situation anticipate Ms. Rivers intends to

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December 10, 2014

PREVENTING A PEDESTRIAN AUTO ACCIDENT

LOOK BOTH WAYS BEFORE TAKING FIRST STEP Martin Scorcese’s 1973 film Mean Streets is a story about a small-time hood who struggles to survive on the rough and tumble streets of New York.   But unlike the Academy Award-winning director’s tale of a young thug trying to work his way up the ladder in the local Mafia, when top New York pedestrian car, truck and bus accident lawyer Jay Dankner refers to the city’s “mean streets,” he’s talking about the dangers

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October 28, 2014

Twelve Tips From New York City’s Top Pedestrian Auto, Truck and Bus Accident Law Firm

GETTING AROUND TOWN SAFELY ON FOOT Compared with other major cities around the world, like Paris with its circuitous arrondissements and Tokyo with its bewildering maze of themed districts, New York City, especially the borough of Manhattan, is a relatively easy place to navigate.   For the most part, the avenues run north and south and the streets go east and west in numerical order. There are exceptions, like Greenwich Village and SoHo, which are arranged

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October 8, 2014

NUTRI BULLET BUYER BEWARE WARNS TOP NEW YORK PRODUCTS LIABILITY LAWYER

Park yourself in front of the TV screen on any weekday afternoon, perhaps to catch-up on the status of your favorite daytime dramas and if you channel surf like I do you are very likely to run smack dab into an unavoidable onslaught of tediously boring 30-minute long product demonstration-style videos called infomercials, many of which are designed to promote a spiffy looking new mini-blender that threatens to make toast (or should I say puree) out of

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August 22, 2014
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