February 2011

Upcoming Worker’s Compensation Reform Will Shift Burden To Taxpayers

The anticipated legislation that will reduce benefits for injured workers is also expected to increase the burden on taxpayers. If Worker’s Compensation benefits are cut, injured workers will be forced to turn to Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security, and other public assistance programs funded by taxes. This amounts to yet another bailout for businesses. It will […]

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RECALL: Some Warfarin Tablets

Drug Injury, Health and Safety, Recalls, Safety

Warfarin is an anticoagulant medication used to prevent blood clots in people who are at risk of heart attack, stroke, or other serious health problems. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the voluntary recall of Jantoven Warfarin Sodium tablets (manufactured by Upsher-Smith Laboratories). The company is initiating the recall as a precautionary measure

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RECALL: Child Car Seats

Health and Safety, Recalls, Safety

Approximately 800,000 infant, convertible, and booster child restraint systems, which were sold both as stand-alone seats, or as part of a travel system (with stroller). The seats were manufactured by the Dorel Juvenile Group (DJG), but are sold under various brand names, including Eddie Bauer, Safety 1st, Maxi-Cosi, and Cosco. On the recalled seats, the

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Zinc Helps Nip the Common Cold

Health Advice, Health and Safety

For generations, scientists have been looking for a cure to one of life’s most annoying illnesses: the common cold. Now, a new report from the prestigious (and reliable) Cochrane Library says that taking zinc within 24 hours of the onset of cold symptoms can reduce the cold’s severity and shorten its length. The Cochrane Collaboration

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Three taken to hospital following Raleigh auto accident

Auto Accident

February 10, 2011 Thee people were taken to a local hospital following a Raleigh auto accident, WTVD reports. One SUV hit another SUV, and that SUV hit a pole in the Raleigh auto accident. Power was shut down in the area as a result of the SUV that hit the pole in the Raleigh auto

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Should Helmets Be Mandatory for Skiers and Snowboarders?

Brain Injury, Coma, Concussion, Head Injury, Safety

Serious snow-sport injuries are quite rare, thank heavens. But a new study published in the British Medical Journal suggests that if skiers and snowboarders are required to wear helmets, injuries could be reduced even further. Every year, approximately 12,000 people go to the hospital with a head injury due to snow sports. There are about

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Program Helps Some Nursing Home Residents Go Home Again

News, Senior Health

Given the choice of long-term care at home or in a nursing facility, most people would choose to stay in their own home. Now, there is a program that helps people make the transition back home after living in an inpatient facility. The program is called “Money Follows the Person” (MFP), and that’s a good

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Multaq Linked to Severe Liver Damage

Drug Injury, Safety, Toxic Injury

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced that the heart medication dronedarone (brand name Multaq) has been associated with rare but severe liver injuries—including two cases of acute liver failure leading to liver transplant. Dronedarone is a drug used to treat abnormal heart rhythm in patients who have had an abnormal heart rhythm

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Remember to Walk…or Walk to Remember?

Health Advice, Health and Safety

Once we hit late middle age, the part of the brain most associated with memory—the hippocampus—begins to shrink. As we all struggle with daily memory “hiccups,” memory issues become more frightening and life-altering as we reach the age when dementia is an all-too-real possibility. But there’s some good news! In an online article of the

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Super Bowl Workers Injured

Workers Compensation

Workers were injured at Texas Stadium while preparing the venue for the Super Bowl. Large sheets of ice fell off the building and struck the workers below. Six workers were injured and one of the six was critically injured: http://www.etidbits.com/ice-falls-from-dallas-super-bowl-stadium-roof-injures-six-workers=2239

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Upcoming Worker’s Compensation Reform Will Shift Burden To Taxpayers

RECALL: Some Warfarin Tablets

RECALL: Child Car Seats

Zinc Helps Nip the Common Cold

Three taken to hospital following Raleigh auto accident

Should Helmets Be Mandatory for Skiers and Snowboarders?

Program Helps Some Nursing Home Residents Go Home Again

Multaq Linked to Severe Liver Damage

Remember to Walk…or Walk to Remember?

Super Bowl Workers Injured

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