Medical Malpractice

Three Austin doctors were among 70 physicians disciplined earlier this month by the Texas Medical Board, including two who are on board…

The Texas Medical Board fined Dr. Philip W. Caterbone of Pflugerville $1,000 for a record-keeping violation. He was among 75 doctors…

Three years ago, the maker of a surgical clip called the Hem-o-lok issued an urgent recall notice warning doctors to stop using the…

The Texas Medical Board sanctioned six Austin-area doctors, including a Marble Falls psychiatrist who the board said had a sexual…

The state dental board gives the public “inaccurate, incomplete, and inconsistent data,” about Texas dentists and other dental professionals…

A Missouri doctor who relocated to Austin after a series of professional and legal tangles is seeking to practice medicine in Texas. Dr…

As much as 25 percent of drug errors when someone gets the wrong prescription, say, or the wrong dosage occur when the name of one drug…

Scrawl on the patient with a permanent marker to show where the surgeon should cut. Ask the person’s name to make sure you have the’ right…

Drug errors affect 1 in 14 children, study says, more than was thought. Medicine mix-ups, accidental overdoses and bad drug reactions harm…

In an unsigned, unanimous ruling, the Texas Supreme Court ruled last week that the family of Sharon Boyd, a Fort Worth woman who died last…