A recent USA Today article discussed how the recent cutbacks and job furloughs related to the government shutdown are endangering the safety of large swaths of Americans. While the FAA has ensured that air-traffic controllers stay on the job and the FBI is keeping investigators…
Back in 1999, a group of researchers with the Institute of Medicine published an estimate of the number of deaths caused by medical errors each year, pegging the figure at around 98,000. Since then, the media and other groups have latched onto the figure, seldom…
The New York Times recently covered the case of a teenage model plane enthusiast who died in a Brooklyn park earlier this month after the remote-controlled plane he was piloting crashed and hit him in the head. The attention the man’s death generated resulted in…
In a recent investigative article by two reporters at USA Today, it was revealed that thousands of doctors across the country are allowed to practice medicine despite having been reprimanded for negligent or even illegal conduct. The report focused on the failure by state medical…
When it comes to modern birth control it seems there are plenty of options. But many of these options carry dangerous risks and complications. When choosing a birth control it’s important to be informed. Here is a brief overview of some popular brands. Yaz, Yasmin,…
A recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association threw cold water on the recent trend of huge increases in the numbers of robotic surgeries performed each year. Though the number of procedures performed by robots, such as Intuitive Surgical’s da Vinci…
Three families in San Francisco recently filed a very unusual injury lawsuit against Boeing and Asiana Airlines. The suit, concerning the recent crash of Flight 214 at SFO International Airport, claims that passengers in the coach cabin suffered more severe injuries than their wealthier brethren…
The chemicals that are used in hydraulic fracking (or simply fracking) may contribute to oil explosions and disasters, according to preliminary investigations by the U.S. Federal Railroad Administration. Fracking is the process by which small incisions are made into rock formations with high-pressur
MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland OH, recently was held accountable for medical negligence in a birth injury lawsuit from 2010. The baby suffered a severe brain injury while in the care of the hospital, which resulted in an $8.5 million pay out to the family. According…
After a series of electrocution incidents involving third-party chargers in China, Apple Inc. is offering to sell its brand-name chargers at reduced prices in order to lessen the risk of injury and death. The announcement comes after two separate tragedies in which consumers were electrocuted and,…
A vitamin B supplement currently on the market is putting consumers in the hospital due to its being infused with steroids, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration reports. The Federal agency has been cracking down on the dangerous supplements, which contain two unlisted and potentially-dangerous ster
The Syracuse Post-Standard recently uncovered a report from the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that described a series of errors by medical staff at St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center that almost resulted in the removal of organs in a patient they thought…
