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By Zach Christiansen of The Bowling Law Firm, A Professional Law Corporation posted in Medical Malpractice on Monday, August 6, 2018. JACKSON, Mississippi. Websites and centers that peddle alternative medicine solutions from everything ranging from back pain to infertility are currently flourishing. Yet, when “patients” get injured while seeking alternative therapies, who is responsible? According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, alternative therapies are no longer relegated to California and major cities on the east coast. St. Louis and other smaller cities are seeing a proliferation of therapies like infrared saunas, salt rooms, reiki, and crystal therapy. Alternative therapies can include everything from Chiropractic care to massage to sauna treatments. While the scientific community claims that many of these treatments offer......

By Zach Christiansen of The Bowling Law Firm, A Professional Law Corporation posted in Medical Malpractice on Monday, August 6, 2018. NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana. According to the New York Times, doctors sometimes use Depo-Medrol, a drug meant to alleviate muscle pain, in patients suffering from back pain. While the drug is not approved for spinal use, as doctors have moved away from prescribing opioids, they have turned to alternatives that can sometimes pose their own share of risks. Depo-Medrol is one such drug seeing increased use. Depo-Medrol, when used in the spine, is associated with risk of blindness, stroke, paralysis, and death. Unfortunately, according to the Times, patients and their doctors may not always be aware of this risk. While......

By Zach Christiansen of The Bowling Law Firm, A Professional Law Corporation on Monday, July 30, 2018. NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana. Some doctors claim that they order extra medical tests for patients as a defensive measure because they worry about lawsuits. Yet, until recently, there was no proof that doctors do order more tests. The New York Times recently reported on a study that found that doctors indeed do order more tests when they have a fear of a lawsuit. According to the paper, posted on the National Bureau of Economic Research, the researchers were able to study how doctors behaved in the Military Health System, where patients are barred from pursuing lawsuits, and how doctors in similar situations behaved when......