Scott Weidenfeller has limited his practice of law to representing individuals who have been permanently injured and families who have lost a loved one as the result of medical errors for more than 20 years.
According to the Centers for Disease Control, drowning was the leading cause of death for children ages one (1) to four (4) years of age. https://www.cdc.gov/safechild/child_injury_data.html Obviously, bathtubs and sinks make up a significant percentage of those injuries and deaths, but so do fami
The Centers for Disease Control publishes and compiles data about what types of childhood injuries are most common by age group. Causes of death and injuries vary among different age groups between the ages of infant to age nineteen (19). Knowledge of some of these…
Young athletes dying from sudden cardiac death is something seen in the media, but thankfully, it is a rare occurrence. According to the Mayo Clinic, this type of death is rare and occurs in perhaps as few as one (1) in every fifty thousand (50,000)…
Pancreatic cancer is diagnosed in more than sixty thousand people annually (60,000), yet it currently defies knowledge of a precise cause. It also remains difficult to diagnose in the early stages as symptoms may not be present until the disease is at an advanced stage. …
Physicians have long used intravascular filters (IVC) to reduce the risk of blood clots which could travel to the lungs or heart. An IVC filter is an umbrella like metal mesh filter placed in the abdominal veins to capture any potentially deadly blood clots from…
The experts have weighed in on this question and the answer is “Yes” – both directly and indirectly. Long term stress has been shown to directly increase the level of cortisol in the body, which is positively associated with the build-up of plaque within arteries. …
The experts have weighed in on this question – a thirty (30) year study from 1985 to early 2002, with follow-up data led to release of this data in the spring of 2019. Associations of Processed Meat, Unprocessed Red Meat, Poultry, or Fish Intake With…
Young adults planning to attend their first year of university, which usually includes life in a residence hall, should consider asking their health care provider about the Meningitis vaccine. The CDC notes that this population of adults, living in close proximity, is as much as…
The Elephant sitting on the chest is the “classic” presentation of a heart attack (i.e., a myocardial infarction) that we are all familiar with. Approximately 1.5 million people experience a myocardial infarction/heart attack each year in the United States – but the symptoms can vary…
Physicians have both a legal and an ethical duty to provide their patients with appropriate informed consent prior to the performance of a surgical procedure. Appropriate informed consent requires that a patient be given accurate information about the nature of their own condition, the various…
The physician-patient relationship is sacred – or it should be. In Grand Rapids, Michigan a group of rowdy Ob/Gyn residents posted photographs of patient tissue, during surgery, to their Instragram accounts. The photographs featured such things as who could find the longest string of fibrous…
Placental abruption is present in around one percent (1%) of pregnancies and varies in terms of both type and severity. This condition, which involves the abnormal separation of the placenta from the uterine lining, can strike indiscriminately. https://www.health.com/condition/pregnancy/chrissy-tei
