A man who pleaded guilty in April in a patient abuse case was sentenced Thursday to nine months in prison.

Patients said a Pennsylvania foot doctor got handys with them during appointments while keeping them dependent on opioids. Now, he's been sentenced. Women who accused a western Pennsylvania podiatrist ...

State investigations at two Prospect-owned hospitals in Connecticut unearthed a pattern of alleged patient abuse and a failure by hospital staff to conduct timely investigations in accordance with ...

Three-quarters of Canadian family doctors say they suffered at least one incident of major abuse at the hands of a patient, according to a new study. The study, the first national look at violence in ...

Editor’s note: This story includes descriptions of sexual abuse and assault. When a woman came to the Illinois Bone & Joint Institute complaining of hip and groin pain, X-ray technician Karol Ruszczyk ...

Poor training, understaffing and confusing work policies were to blame for an incident in which a patient was improperly restrained at the state's newest psychiatric hospital in Butner, workers said ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A former residential healthcare employee is now in jail after being accused of abusing a vulnerable adult in his care. Larry Brantley, 44, is charged with aggravated kidnapping and ...

Two Lancaster County nursing home workers accused of physically and verbally abusing dementia patients will have their cases move forward after waiving their preliminary hearings, prosecutors ...

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