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Most Illinois residents are aware that many types of cancer are treatable and survivable if diagnosed in their early stages. New and more effective treatments are being devised to combat many cancers, but if they are not administered in time, they are useless. This is at least partly why diagnosis errors increase the death…

Early detection of breast cancer can greatly increase a woman’s chances of survival. Women across the country, including here in Illinois, are encouraged to have mammograms done, which are normally the first step in discovering abnormalities in a woman’s breasts that could be cancerous. If diagnosis errors occur at this stage, the window of…

When Illinois patients go to an emergency room with a physical complaint, they expect doctors and other medical staff to diligently attempt to identify the problem so that it can be treated. When misdiagnoses occur, patients can end up suffering further pain and even permanent damage. In some cases, people have died because of…

Sometimes, doctors or hospitals make mistakes, whether in Illinois or another jurisdiction. One man recently filed a complaint in Cook County Circuit Court against a doctor and St. Luke Medical Center. He also named his family doctor as an additional defendant with regard to alleged misdiagnoses of his medical issue. On May 17, 2013,…

A man from a state other than Illinois recently sued over a dozen health care professionals after they allegedly failed to properly diagnose him. As a result, he is now paralyzed from his waist down. It is his belief that multiple misdiagnoses led to the paralysis. The 26-year-old began to experience back pain in…

A jury in another state has awarded $3 million to a man’s estate. The award came after a 2008 misdiagnoses that led to the man’s death in May 2009. Illinois residents may be interested in the outcome of this type of case. His wife, who was also the executor of the estate, sued both…

A woman in another state is suing a medical corporation and a doctor after undergoing what was supposed to be a simple procedure. Illinois residents may be interested to know that this procedure and the diagnosis errors that occurred as a result allegedly caused permanent injury to the woman. She filed the suit in early April…

A woman has sued three doctors and a hospital in another state after misdiagnoses of her medical condition. Illinois patients may be interested in the details of the alleged medical malpractice by misdiagnoses. The incidents happened in 2012, and the lawsuit was filed this past April. The woman says she entered the emergency room…

Diagnosis errors often result in more injuries and sometimes death. Illinois patients and families who were affected by these types of mistakes often seek legal recourse for their damages. A doctor’s office was ordered to pay a stroke victim over $7 million for failure to diagnose. The man had high blood pressure, which resulted…

When doctors treat patients with certain conditions, it is imperative that they accurately diagnose them. Without proper diagnosis, Illinois patients’ actual conditions could get worse due to delayed treatment. In one such case, a woman filed a claim against Baptist Health for misdiagnoses. The woman says that she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis back…