Midwife settles birth injury case

Birth injuries are all-too-frequent occurrences and often blame lies with doctors or hospital staff, leading to major lawsuits. But a case in New Hampshire recently placed fault with another relatively common responsible party in more rural areas in these catastrophic cases -- midwives. Suit was brought by Sarah and Jonathan Sadowski of Concord, whose daughter suffered cerebral palsy following

Illinois expands Internet info on doctors

If patients in Illinois want to know more about their doctors, all they'll have to do is go on the Internet. Gov. Pat Quinn recently signed a bill called the Patients' Right to Know Act which requires that all physicians have online profiles that will include whether they have criminal records or any history of medical malpractice lawsuits. Illinois previously had such a law but it was struck