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What a Delaware man noticed when he woke up from surgery that has him filing suit.
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Doctor accused of late-term abortions stripped of last license
(AP) New Jersey’s Board of Medical Examiners has stripped an abortion doctor accused of violating state laws of his final medical license. The board voted unanimously to revoke Steven Brigham’s license at its meeting Wednesday. The revocation means that he ...
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Read More »NIH sends Ebola-exposed doctor home
(AP) An American doctor exposed to the Ebola virus after a needle stick in Sierra Leone has been released from isolation and sent home. The doctor had been kept in isolation at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda since ...
Read More »Rockville doctor arrested, alleged to have run ‘pill mill’
A Rockville doctor with a pain management practice has been indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly running a “pill mill,” distributing oxycodone, methadone and other powerful drugs. Dr. Silviu Ziscovici, 59, also has been charged with supplying methadone ...
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Read More »Woman weighs lawsuit over Md. doc’s licensing
A woman who says she was molested by a doctor at a western Maryland walk-in clinic in April was astonished when she learned after contacting police that the man had served prison time for a 1987 Florida rape conviction, her lawyer said Tuesday.
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Read More »Lawyer: Md. doctor to plead guilty to drug charge
A gynecologist charged with illegally distributing powerful painkillers to patients is expected to plead guilty to federal charges next week.
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Read More »Family can sue doctor, though patient did not
A cancer victim’s failure to file a medical malpractice suit within the statute of limitations does not bar her family from suing the doctor, Maryland’s top court unanimously ruled Friday.
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Read More »Columbia doctor, Lasik patient settle lawsuit
A man who partially lost his vision after Lasik eye surgery has reached a settlement with the Columbia doctor who performed the procedure.
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Read More »CSA affirms revocation of doctor’s license in medicine-for-sex case
A physician accused of exchanging medicine for sex with two patients cannot have his medical license back, the Court of Special Appeals has held.
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Read More »Delegate says fraud ruling shows need to expand False Health Claims Act
Del. Sam Arora, whose bill to expand Maryland’s False Health Claims Act to all state contractors failed in the General Assembly last session, said the state’s $300,000 share of a Medicaid fraud judgment proves the need for broader legislation to protect the state’s taxpayers.
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