We frequently handle cases involving pregnant women hurt during automobile collisions, and understand the dilemma that many soon to be mothers face regarding seat belt safety. Interesting research is ongoing by Ford Motor Company to develop pregnancy-friendly safety devices which will reduce the risk of injury to unborn fetuses. Until this technology hits automobile showroom […]
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A 16 year old high school football player in California remains in critical condition after suffering a severe head injury. Ironically, this athlete was wearing an advanced technology helmet designed to protect the head and brain. In addition, he was playing on FieldTurf, which has half the number of head and neck injuries as natural
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When long-term care residents needing supervision wander from their facility, death often results. Yesterday, two men were killed after wandering from the Britthaven rest home where they lived. A train struck them on a railroad track in Kannapolis within a mile of the home. http://www.salisburypost.com/Area/112809-kann-train-kills-two
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Britthaven, Inc., is a North Carolina based family owned nursing home chain with homes in North Carolina, Kentucky, and Virginia. One of its homes in Kentucky has been identified as one of the worst nursing homes in the United States. To read more, click on this link: http://www.somerset-kentucky.com/local/local_story_327191030.html
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The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the voluntary recall of more than 2.1 million Stork Craft drop-side cribs, linked to reports of four infant suffocations, due to the tendency of the cribs’ plastic hardware to break or deform. Parts also can go missing and the drop-side can be installed incorrectly, resulting in broken parts. When
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Nationally, falls continue to be a life-ending problem in nursing homes, and state investigators do not adequately investigate them. See this representative story relating to a Minnesota nursing home resident.
The new health care plan being promoted by Democrats provides much needed long term care health insurance. See article: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125857767877054273.html
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10 million Americans have osteoporosis. 34 million more have osteopenia, 80% of whom are women. Osteopenia can be, but isn’t always, a precursor to osteoporosis. Should you be tested and treated? Click to read more.
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A sad tragedy highlights what I have known for years. Concussions can be dangerous, and deadly, even when it seems innocuous at the time. This boy, a junior in high school, suffered two concussions in two weeks and then died two days after his third concussion. The brain is a remarkable organ, but it is
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The N.C. State Highway Patrol and the Governor’s Highway Safety Program will kick off Operation Slow Down/No Need 2 Speed Wednesday, Nov. 18. The event will be held at 10 a.m. at the N.C. Highway Patrol Training Center, 3318 Garner Road, in Raleigh. Local law enforcement agencies are joining troopers to encourage drivers to slow
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