Diabetes is colorblind and ageless. Anyone at any time can be affected by this disease. In fact, more than 23 million Americans are living with diabetes, which is nearly 2.5 times North Carolina’s population. But unless you’ve experienced the effects of this disease firsthand, it’s nearly impossible to truly understand its devastating nature. To aid […]
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Injured brains need quick, intensive, and thorough treatment from a team of experts. Ask any neurologist or other traumatic brain injury (TBI) expert when treatment should begin after someone suffers a brain injury, and the answer will be the same: As soon as possible. According to an amazing and disturbing article in the Raleigh News
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In 2004, 74-year-old nursing home resident Julia McCauley, who had dementia, was left unattended and without an alert device on her wrist. According to an article in the Boston Globe, Ms. McCauley “apparently wheeled herself through the double doors and fell down eight steps.” Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley attempted to prosecute the nursing home–Life
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A report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that the number of injuries are often under-counted. In addition, the severity of symptoms is underestimated. For example, some states only require that injured athletes be removed from play for the rest of the day… and yet, a study by the Children’s National Medical Center in
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A nursing home in Williamstown, Massachusetts has set up a notebook computer with a Web camera and set up a Skype account to allow its residents to see and talk with family members and friends around the world. The free Internet video program is being tested with a few residents now, but managers are hoping
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The key to preventing back injuries is strengthening the muscles of the back. A professional athlete would not think about playing their respective sport without training to do so. Why? The answer is obvious: their performance will suffer and injury is likely. Why then should it be any different for those who do hard/heavy work?
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Dr. Kathryn L. Locatell is a geriatrician who has extensive experience with nursing homes, personally and professionally. Her first job as a teenager was in the kitchen of a nursing home, and her father died as the result of neglect in a nursing home. Dr. Locatell was asked to testify before Congress about the state
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We most office associate Worker’s Compensation Injuries with high risk occupations like construction work. However, surgeons who perform minimally invasive surgical procedures are increasingly beginning to experience physical problems. A surgeon has to deal with a limited range of motion when performing, for example, a laparoscopic procedure, as opposed to dealing with an open incision.
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The Health Care Reform Act provides some much needed relief for victims of nursing home neglect and abuse. In recent years, many nursing home chain operators have avoided responsibility for injuries and death caused by their neglect. They have done so by setting up multiple dummy corporations and other legal entities to siphon cash away
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According to WRAL.com, Highway Patrol Captain James Williams, Jr., was fired weeks after being pulled over and reported to be “extremely drunk.” This story caught our attention last month when it was reported that when Williams was pulled over, the police officers took him to a hotel instead of charging him. Fortunately for the public,
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