Social Networking: Is the potential cost worth the rant?
Social networking has provided us with the ability to keep in contact with old friends and relatives, as well as trusted colleagues. It allows us to share personal and professional information easily, including photos and life events. While this is wonderfully...
CDC Reports Fewer Children Dying in Car Crashes
The U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention has released a new study showing death rates of children in car crashes fell by 43 percent from 2002 to 2011. Even more death could be prevented with use of adequate safety measures. The study showed that one of...
Pradaxa Complications Lead to Irreversible Damage
Pradaxa is a medication used to prevent stroke and blood clots in patients with atrial fibrillation. It has been widely prescribed since it’s release in 2010. Unfortunately, studies in the New England Journal of Medicine have warned that the lack of an effective...
Johnson & Johnson: Are Patients or Profits Taking the Lead in Risperdal Lawsuits?
Over the past several years, there has been an increase in lawsuits against Johnson & Johnson for various products including NuvaRing, vaginal mesh, and even a broad recall of children’s medicines. Although each lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson has its own...
Banged, Bumped and Bruised at Work – What are My Options?
You have a right to a safe workplace. In 1970, the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) was passed to prevent workers from being killed or seriously harmed at work. The Act created a government agency to set and enforce protective workplace safety and health...
Do Side Air Bags Pose a Risk to My Children?
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...
Lexapro Effectively Treats Depression, but Is the Cure Worse Than the Disease?
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...
Can I Protect My Parents from Elder Abuse and Nursing Home Negligence?
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...
A Patient’s Role in Preventing Medical Malpractice
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...
Is NuvaRing a Fatal Birth Control Decision?
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...