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Why Proposed Nurse-to-Patient Ratios Are So Controversial in Massachusetts

Question One on the ballot in Massachusetts ballot has been highly controversial in the weeks leading up to the midterm election due to the impact it could have on the state’s healthcare system. If approved, Question One will establish a nurse-to-patient ratio requirement in hospitals—meaning…

By Legal Examiner Staffer

/ 5 Nov 2018

Why Proposed Nurse-to-Patient Ratios Are So Controversial in Massachusetts

New Case – Sexual Assaults at Massage Envy

On October 29, 2018, Copeley Johnson & Groninger PLLC filed a civil complaint against Massage Envy – both its franchise corporation and a local franchise – on behalf of two separate victims of sexual abuse by a massage therapist at the Massage Envy facility in…

By Legal Examiner Staffer

/ 5 Nov 2018

New Case – Sexual Assaults at Massage Envy

Is Brain Cooling Ineffective in Treating Traumatic Brain Injury?

For decades, brain cooling has been used as a method to reduce brain inflammation and damage in patients who sustain a traumatic brain injury (TBI). However, it has also been considered a controversial treatment within the medical community. Although there have been multiple prior studies…

By Christopher T. Nace

/ 5 Nov 2018

Is Brain Cooling Ineffective in Treating Traumatic Brain Injury?

Crosswalk Lights: Lifesaving Equipment that Promotes Pedestrian Safety

Despite a decrease in overall traffic fatalities between 2016 and 2017, pedestrian deaths in Nevada have reached an all-time high. While in 2016, less than 24 percent of the fatalities were pedestrians, that number jumped up to nearly 33 percent just one year later. Today,…

By Legal Examiner Staffer

/ 2 Nov 2018

Crosswalk Lights: Lifesaving Equipment that Promotes Pedestrian Safety

Why So Many People are Being Hit with Surprise Medical Bills

A Kaiser Health Tracking poll recently revealed that, of adults ages 18-64 with health insurance, 40 percent have received an unexpected medical bill in the past year—ten percent of these consisted of a surprise bill from an out-of-network provider. These surprise bills, or balance bills,…

By Legal Examiner Staffer

/ 2 Nov 2018

Why So Many People are Being Hit with Surprise Medical Bills

A History of Polypropylene Hernia Mesh and Its Many Problems

The 1950s was the golden age of plastics and polypropylene (PP) was used extensively in consumer products, including automotive components, carpets, clothing and structural foam. In the 1960s, the polymer plastic used in surgical mesh switched to polypropylene (PP), developed by Phillips Petroleum.

By Legal Examiner Staffer

/ 1 Nov 2018

Community Service is Good for the Soul

Volunteer work is designed to benefit a particular community or area. However, as research has shown the benefits go well beyond the projects and people that are outwardly being helped. The act of performing community service has both emotional and psychological benefits for the people…

By Legal Examiner Staffer

/ 31 Oct 2018

Sexism: The Elephant in the Courtroom

We welcome this week’s guest, Wake Forest County Judge, Ashleigh Dunston to talk about Sexism: The Elephant in the Courtroom, her recent journal published by the Wake County Bar Association. Why is sexism one of the least discussed topics for lawyers and how can we get…

By Legal Examiner Staffer

/ 31 Oct 2018

Uterine Rupture: A Very Real Risk to the Life of an Unborn Baby

While many are not familiar with the medical complication known as a “uterine rupture,” country music star Walker Hayes and his wife, Laney, recently found out how devastating this occurrence can be. This summer, the two were looking forward to the birth of their seventh…

By Legal Examiner Staffer

/ 29 Oct 2018

New USC Lawsuits Over Sex Abuse and USC Settlement Offer

On Thursday October 18, 93 additional women filed lawsuits against the University of Southern California University claiming the school purposefully concealed sexual abuse by former campus gynecologist George Tyndall. This brings the total number of Tyndall accusers to about 500. The following day,…

By Joseph H. Saunders

/ 28 Oct 2018

How New Hospital Technology is Improving the Patient Experience

From the 1956 debut of the clinical ultrasound to the 1978 release of the M.R.I., medical technology has been improving the availability of health care for generations. Today, new medical technology is regularly being unveiled that ultimately offers better care and increased safety, as well…

By Christopher T. Nace

/ 27 Oct 2018

How New Hospital Technology is Improving the Patient Experience

Highway Patrol PSA Interrupted by Crash

On October 22nd, the Nevada Highway Patrol was present on Interstate 11 outside of Boulder City, NV. No, it wasn’t a speed trap, but an on-location filming of an upcoming PSA spot. By coincidence though, they picked an interesting “spot” to shoot their commercial, as…

By Legal Examiner Staffer

/ 25 Oct 2018