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Worried about the safety of your kids’ toys? Join the club.Even if you haven’t had to take Thomas, Dora or Elmo away from your little one, you’re probably questioning whether the toys that he or she is playing with are safe. As parents, we’re all wondering what toys might be included in the next toy
Text messaging while driving can have deadly consequences, as we’ve written about here before.Prompted by a wreck that killed two women after a teenage driver crossed the center line while texting, city leaders in Phoenix are banning drivers from sending or reading text messages. Phoenix is one of t
Doctors around the country are experimenting with a new treatment that has been successful in protecting stroke victims and others from brain damage Physicians use cooling helmets, cooling pads and IVs to induce hypothermia, which decreases the brain’s demand for oxygen, thus reducing the likelihood
A California teen who suffered a massive brain injury while playing football has plenty of company: Football induces the most brain injuries of any sport in the United States. Scott Eveland, 17, of San Marcos, CA was injured during a recent high school football game. The only signs he was injured wa
Saying no saves insurance companies billions of dollars every year.Who’s paying the price? Innocent consumers, like you, who pay their insurance premiums every month and expect the insurance companies to be there in an emergency. But as victims of car accidents and natural disasters are finding out,
We’ve blogged before about the devastating effects of brain injuries.Brain injuries can cause lasting and chronic medical conditions that seriously impede on quality of life. Research has shown that professional athletes who have suffered from concussions and other brain injuries can have lifelong p
Not only was she allegedly driving drunk, but police said a Mebane woman who flipped a car with four children inside was driving on a revoked license. All five people in the car were hospitalized. Sherrill Shauntel Garner, 28, was driving east on Interstates 40/85, east of University Drive in Burlin
They don’t face criminal charges, but that doesn’t mean nuns who ran the Lafon Nursing Home in New Orleans when Hurricane Katrina struck are in the clear. That’s because they’re facing wrongful death lawsuits regarding 22 nursing home residents who died in the horrible conditions in the aftermath of
The mother of an HIV-positive man who died while in immigration custody plans to file a wrongful death suit against the United States government, according to news reports.The mother alleges that immigration officials denied medical treatment to her son while he was in custody.This immigration wrong
The cirminal trial of Tolly Carr is over, but the former television anchor still faces a wrongful death suit. The suit was filed in May in Forsyth County against Carr, a former anchor of WXII in North Carolina, and three Winston-Salem bars the lawsuit says served Carr the night in March that Casey B
Subtle brain injuries after a concussion are often undetected. But help is on the way.An experimental, handheld gadget may prove very useful on the battlefield, football field, or in any emergency situation enabling brain damage to be detected almost immediately after mild head injuries. Such damage
Today is the last day for 9/11 rescue and cleanup workers to assert their eligibility to receive workers’ compensation benefits should the need ever arise.You can read more about workers’ comp and 9/11 in my earlier blog posting on this topic.
