Many sources believe that nursing homes in the United States will be aversely affected by nursing home cuts and healthcare cutbacks, now and in the not-too-distance future. As reported by the Associated Press, a Medicare rate adjustment was recently put into effect by...
According to WrongDiagnosis.com, over 4,000 medical malpractice payments are sent every year to patients who have suffered because of surgical errors. The majority of these instances, some fatal, some debilitating, occur not because of human error, but because of negligence, irresponsibility and reckless behavior...
When most people think of car accidents they think of one car colliding with another in some fashion. Pedestrian accidents, where a vehicle runs into a person on foot, rarely come to mind. Amazingly, 11 percent of fatalities caused by motor vehicles involve pedestrians. In...
There are countless things parents have to worry about. Until lead paint toys began to surface a couple of years ago, the safety of their children’s toys was rarely one of them. Most parents assume that the packaged toys that have been purchased from...
Name of Product: Durabrand DVD Players. (The August 20 recall of the silver Durabrand DVD player has been expanded to include the pink and purple-colored versions of the same DVD player.)Units: About 4.2 million (1.5 million were previously announced) Importer: Wal-Mart Stores Inc., of Bentonville,...
Dental malpractice is not an issue that frequently comes up, as most malpractice cases involve major surgeries and vital organs. However, according to the National Practitioner Data Bank’s Annual Report there are over 27,000 dental malpractice cases reported in the U.S. each year. Obviously, no one...
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission recalled Vertical Land window blinds and shades after a 4 year-old girl was strangled to death.Vertical Land Inc. has participated in recall of approximately 15,400 horizontal blinds, 16,400 vertical blinds, and 800 cellular shades. Vertical Land is a...
As most people are aware, there are many complications that can occur during childbirth. One of the lesser known ones is called shoulder dystocia. This term refers to when, during delivery, the baby’s head passes through the mother’s pelvis, but the shoulders cannot pass...
Having proper prenatal care is imperative for many reasons. Perhaps one of the most important ones is the prevention of brain injury to the unborn child. This type of injury can lead to the chronic condition called cerebral palsy. While some cases of cerebral palsy...
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