Air travel security breaches and near-misses have made this a busy month! First the debacle with three planes nearly colliding, when taking off and landing, at Reagan National Airport, in…
In medicine, early detection is often the key to successful treatment. That is certainly true with a condition known as sepsis, where a quick diagnosis means the difference between life and…
Arthur Kirkland was right, if often misquoted. The whole [dang] court is out of order. If you don't remember off the top of your head, Kirkland was the public defender Al Pacino played in…
Summer is in full swing, and as temperatures rise, so do tragic reports of infants and small children left in sweltering cars. The stories rarely have happy endings. In Portsmouth, VA, earlier…
The Missouri Supreme Court decided to strike down caps on payouts in medical malpractice lawsuits. The Court determined that the 2005 state law which placed an arbitrary cap on non-economic…
Having a law on the books that requires drivers to move over for stopped emergency vehicles to some people may seem a bit unnecessary. But it is on the books for good reason, as a recent…
According to a new report by the Public Citizen, medical malpractice payments in 2011 were at their lowest level on record by almost any measure. This report provides further evidence debunking…
Hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy is a condition caused by the brain being denied oxygen and/or blood, which are vital to its function. This deprivation can cause permanent damage leading to…
School nurses have a tough job, and their contributions should not be taken for granted. Each day a school nurse may see several children and for different reasons. One child may come see the…
A recently published study has raised concerns over potentially fatal health risks associated with using the insertable birth control device NuvaRing (ethinyl estradiol and etonogestrel). The…
The International Agency for Research on Cancer announced on June 12, 2012, that decades of evidence showed diesel exhaust fumes are as dangerous to people's health as plutonium. This is not…
High-speed chases are the highlights of many movie, all blaring sirens, flashing lights and crashing vehicles. But real-life police pursuits put people's lives at risk and often cause costly…