Category: News
A German hospital was recently sued for medical malpractice after surgeons allegedly left 16 surgical instruments inside of a cancer patient’s body during a 2009 operation. Although this may be the most radical example of gross hospital and doctor negligence covered by the media in quite a while, complications that result from preventable surgical errors […]
North Carolina workers’ compensation provides medical and disability coverage for individuals with work-related injuries, impairment/disfigurement and occupational diseases, such as asbestosis and hearing loss. If a worker can produce sufficient evidence that the injury or disease was a direct result of the job, the worker has a right to receive compensation for significant wage loss […]
Thousands of women across the United States suffer from Pelvic Organ Prolapse (POP) and Stress Urinary Incontinence (SUI) as a result of pelvic muscle weakness. Now, many of these same women are suffering from complications and side effects from surgically implanted vaginal mesh, pelvic mesh and bladder sling products, approved medical treatments for these common […]
An internal analysis by Johnson and Johnson, the makers of the recalled Depuy hip implants has been publicly released through court documents and reveals that the company projects that as many as 40% of the implants used will fail within 5 years in the patients who received it. According to an article in today’s New […]
What began as a constellation of seemingly isolated cases of deadly infections has become a raging nationwide outbreak of a rare fungal meningitis linked to contaminated epidural steroid injections. The disease continues to spread, and the latest numbers from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control are staggering: 510 illnesses from fungal meningitis and peripheral joint […]
A couple of weeks ago we experienced that bittersweet moment of moving our oldest child into a dormitory room at college. We knew the day would come, we just didn’t think that it would come so soon or that we would be so unready for it. Our baby would be on her own (kind of) […]
Ninety-seven hours. That’s how long it’s been since Watson, my 15-year old miniature schnauzer, walked away from home before dawn Wednesday morning. It has been a time of great compassion from co-workers, neighbors, friends, family and strangers. They have driven the neighborhood, knocked on doors, walked miles in the woods, inserted flyers into mailboxes, and […]
It’s 8:50 am Wednesday, August 31, 2011. I’ve been up since 4. I let my two dogs out to “use the tree,” as we call it, at 4:50 am. My German Shepherd Treva came bounding back within the typical 90 seconds. My fifteen year old, deaf, cancer-ridden miniature schnauzer, Watson, did not. And he still […]
Auto accidents are scary! You are driving down the street and suddenly a careless driver comes out of seemingly nowhere and collides with your car. Then there are lights and sirens everywhere as law enforcement, fire and ambulance crews descend on the scene. The officer asks you questions about how the accident occurred, and whether […]
Every year thousands of young people tragically die as a result of motor vehicle accidents. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reports that motor vehicle accidents are the leading cause of death among teenagers each year. More than one-third of teen deaths are caused by motor vehicle accidents – a frightening statistic indeed. According to […]