This fall, many citizens gathered at a Boston City Council committee meeting to express their public support for lowering the speed limit for the city’s roads. The proposed speed limit reduction would decrease the current speed limit from 25 to 20 mph; this comes less…
“Least burdensome.” It is the jargon used by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to guide how it regulates medical devices. It sounds like what Americans expect of their federal agency—that an FDA clearance means only the safest devices make it to market.…
Broken backs, occupational cancer, traumatic brain injuries…it’s no secret that catastrophic workers’ compensation injuries in North Carolina cause devastating physical pain, disability, and even death to affected workers. But what about the children of those injured workers? As the families of inju
QUE ES LA LEY DE COMPENSACION DE TRABAJADORES? Es el pago de tres separados beneficios cuando el trabajo le causa o empeora una condición medica: 1. Incapacidad Temporaria- Ingreso mientras usted esta incapacitado para trabajar. 2. Tratamiento Medico- Todos los cargos médicos para tratar su…
A tour bus traveling from Huntsville, AL to the casinos in Tunica, MS crashed today. The crash left two people dead and injured dozens more. The single vehicle wreck occurred on I-269 on the overpass of Hwy 78. Wintry weather around the time of the…
In addition to risk and danger, should we also be talking about values and respect when it comes to deterring distracted driving? Despite a number of well-intended campaigns by governmental agencies, corporations, law enforcement, healthcare providers, cell phone service providers and insurance comp
Recent studies indicate that cancer is surpassing heart disease as a leading cause of death across the United States. Breast cancer is a common form of cancer, affecting 1 out of every 8 women.
What happened in Pennsylvania doesn’t necessarily stay in Pennsylvania. As I suspected, some of the priests named in the Pennsylvania Grand Jury Report have ties to California. Priests accused of sexual abuse of minors were often transferred to other dioceses so that they would go…
When a patient with an already weakened immune system acquires an infection in the hospital, devastating consequences can result. Luckily, a Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study team recently revealed that the rate of this happening is decreasing. Today, approximately 3.2 percent of
A recent incident involving a self-driving car in California has reemerged concerns about the safety of testing these vehicles on public roads. When a vehicle abruptly moved into the lane that the self-driving car was in, the test driver took control of the car to…
Science Magazine is reporting about conflicts of interest in medicine that remind us it is a business! You’ve heard reports that doctors are compensated, in many cases in the millions, by the very drug and device makers whose products they recommend. It is almost impossible…
There has been a sharp increase of U.S. lawsuits alleging Monsanto’s weed killers such as Roundup and Ranger Pro brands are causing cancer. The increase comes after August 10, 2018, when a San Francisco jury awarded $289 million in a landmark case claiming that Roundup…
