North Carolina’s consumer protection division fields questions and complaints about virtually any topic of interest to residents across the state. If you can buy it or use it in the state of North Carolina, the consumer protection division gets feedback about it. In total, the office received 21,879 complaints during 2010. That’s about 85 complaints each […]
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This is probably going to be a good-news, bad-news story for many people. Two studies, both reported in ScienceDaily, point to small behavioral changes that could help manage blood pressure. Study #1: Napping The first study found that people who take a daytime nap for at least 45 minutes during the day have lower average
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Here’s a conversation every college student needs to have before spring break: Find a friend to “get your back” and you’ll be less likely to cross dangerous behavioral lines. According to a ScienceDaily article, researchers at the University of Michigan found that students who had an understanding with friends about alcohol use and sexual behavior
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I first became interested in this line of legal work when I was two years out of law school and my first brain injury client came to me for help. It was then that I realized that he was just like me – young, interested in finding a wife and starting a family, owned his
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A disturbing article published in The New York Times reports that 92% of nursing homes employ one or more people who have been convicted of at least one crime…it amounts to 5% of all all nursing homes employees have had at least one criminal conviction. About half of nursing homes employ five or more people
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The goal of Brain Injury Awareness Month is to help the public learn more about brain injury, and to improve the lives of everyone affected–those who are living with brain injury, and their families and caregivers. To play our part, we have created our own quiz to help test your level of awareness. 1. According
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Mickey Rooney was born in the spotlight: His parents were actors, he made his stage debut when he was 15 months, and he has been acting in films ever since 1927, when he was 7 years old. Now, he has taken on a new role: Advocate speaking on behalf of victims of elder abuse. And
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The ideal doctor is brilliant, caring, and infallible. Unfortunately, that ideal is impossible. At HensonFuerst Attorneys, we handle enough medical malpractice cases to know that doctors and hospitals make mistakes. Many times those “mistakes” could have been prevented if standard medical had been given, or if the hospital followed proper quality procedures. When serious, preventable
New research published in the online issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine shows that smoking heavily can cause effects on the the brain decades later. The researchers followed more than 21,000 people for an average of 23 years. Of those, 5,367 people were diagnosed with some form of dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease and vascular
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The National Football League (NFL) has issued new guidelines about concussion diagnosis during games. Basically, team doctors will use a new standardized assessment protocol on the sidelines if concussion is suspected. This tool allows immediate evaluation of injury so that athletes with concussion or other serious brain trauma so that players can be removed from
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