Front air bags have been required in all passenger cars since 1998. Since that time, automakers have capitalized on the safety of adding side-impact air bags as a selling point. Are side impact air bags really necessary? Side impact air bags offer protection from...
Major depressive disorder affects approximately 14.8 million American adults or about 6.7 percent of the United States population, age 18 and older (Archives of General Psychiatry, 2005 June; 62(6): 617-27). It’s not surprising that pharmaceutical antidepressants...
As our parents begin to age, we are reminded of our responsibility to protect them. Elderly persons are at risk for bullying, being taken advantage of financially through scams, falls, and even neglect by those to whom we entrust their care. We see them become more...
In today’s world of health care, there are so many things that can go wrong. Unfortunately, we hear so much more about legal recourse than how to prevent medical errors. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Although physicians owe us a duty of reasonable...
In 2001, the FDA approved a new birth control device, NuvaRing. By 2007, complications started to arise from the use of NuvaRing when a 32-year old woman died from complications associated with deep vein thrombosis. She died from a pulmonary thromboemboli. Other...
On December 20, 2013, the Nebraska Department of Roads released its monthly report for November 2013 regarding traffic fatalities. During the month of November, twelve persons were killed in traffic crashes on Nebraska’s roadways in a total of ten crashes. Seven of...