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Two new studies — one in veterans and the other in retired football players — add to the mounting evidence linking brain injuries to an increased the risk of dementia later in life. In…
Today’s Richmond Times-Dispatch contained a spot on editorial about how the horrible Upper Big Branch mine explosion that killed 29 miners might have been averted had Massey Energy followed basic,…
A tour bus carrying Asian tourists headed to Flushing, New York rear-ended a flatbed tractor trailer truck on the Pennsylvania Turnpike on Monday, killing the bus driver, Mr. Bo Hua Tan, and…
Diabetic macular edema (DME) is a condition in which the retina thickens and swells. DME can lead to blindness. A new study of more than 100,000 people which was presented Sunday at the Amercan…
This week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced it is adding information on bladder cancer risk to the label of medicines containing Actos (pioglitazone) and to patient medication…
During the past twenty plus years representing children with disabilities in personal injury cases, I encountered a common problem. After a good settlement or verdict was obtained and a special…
The recent criminal conviction of Galleon hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam indicates that big money is still being made by Wall Street kingpins through insider trading, the lazy, but fool-proof,…
According to Michael Paul Williams of the Richmond Times- Dispatch, renegade bus lines prove the need for government regulation. Check out his video blog citing the recent Virginia bus crash…
Five days after Germany and France pulled Takeda Pharmaceuticals’ diabetes drug Actos off the market, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning consumers that the diabetes drug…
The Virginia bus crash last week that killed four and injured over 50 people has re-ignited the debate over a massive transportation spending bill that Congress passed in 2005 called SAFE-TEA-LU….
I really wanted to avoid blogging about last week’s Virginia bus crash, because I am reluctant to be lumped in with the lawyers who blog about tragedies to get cases. However, as the news about Sky…
Anyone interested in ignoring the propaganda and taking an objective look at medical liability reform should read New Directions in Medical Liability Reform, an article co-written by an M.D. and a…
