A pharmacist has a duty to safeguard their patients from pharmacy error.

A visit to a Georgia emergency room can literally mean the difference between life and death, and you have no choice but to rely on medical professionals to provide you with the best care as quickly as possible.

When Atlanta residents visit the hospital, they generally expect to leave the hospital in better condition than when they arrived.

TPN, otherwise known as total parenteral nutrition, was deemed to be the cause in an outbreak of Serratia marcescens bacteria in six Alabama hospitals recently.

During his state of the union address, President Obama made reference to working with the GOP on establishing medical malpractice tort reform, which has included economic caps on damages for non-economic damages in many states. An equally troubling development is the increasing tendency of politicians and the media to toss around language like "frivolous medical malpractice lawsuit". This raises an important question – What is a "frivolous medical malpractice lawsuit?"

This sea of pink throughout Atlanta this October marks National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. While great strides have been made in increasing public awareness of the disease and raising funds for research and treatment, breast cancer still claims the lives of over 40,000 victims per year. It is estimated that 10% of all women will be diagnosed with breast cancer at some point during their lifetime.

Many of us fear the possibility of a trip to our doctor where we are told that we may have some form of cancer. As scary as such a possibility can be, there is a much more terrifying possibility – a doctor failing to diagnose a form of cancer at a stage that is treatable. When cancer is detected has an enormous impact on the ultimate outcome.

Whether we go to the hospital or visit our family doctor, we routinely entrust our health and even our lives to the professional expertise of medical professionals. There is sometimes a sense that a medical professional is infallible and does not make mistakes. Unfortunately, this perception is a significant distortion of reality.