Steven Kazan

Asbestos Concerns in the Wake of Hurricane Sandy

Steven Kazan | December 19, 2012 4:22 PM
Category: Toxic Substances

In the wake of devastation caused by hurricane Sandy, many New York parents are concerned about an usual, but deadly issue facing their public school systems. After completing testing of area...

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David Mittleman

More Patients Experience Complications After Skin Cancer Removal Procedures Than Doctors Anticipate

David Mittleman | May 23, 2013 10:45 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI
Category: Medical Malpractice

Skin cancer is the most common type of cancer in the U.S., and that's even among young people. Thanks to inventions like the indoor tanning bed, as well as not wearing sunscreen when spending...

Lawrence Cohan

The da Vinci Defect—Manufacturer of Surgical Robot Issues Urgent Notification

Lawrence Cohan | May 22, 2013 12:30 PM | 1 CommentCentral Pennsylvania, PA
Category: Medical Devices & Implants

The old phrase “To err is human” helps us to understand that even doctors make mistakes. While it is acceptable that humans make mistakes, surgical mistakes are not something that...

Eric Chaffin

Pradaxa May Increase Risk of Flu and Other Viral Infections

Eric Chaffin | May 23, 2013 1:17 PM | 0 CommentsNew York, NY
Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

Patients who take the anticoagulant Pradaxa to reduce their risk of stroke now have another reason to discuss this choice with their doctors. The FDA approved Pradaxa in October 2010 for use in...

Dottie Perry

Snake-Bite Season

Dottie Perry | May 23, 2013 2:19 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL
Category: Miscellaneous

My 5 year-old niece spent some time in a Raleigh, North Carolina hospital recently after an encounter with a copperhead snake in her front yard. Even though the ER doctors say her finger was...

Roopal Luhana

Ultrasounds Effective and Low-Cost Way to Detect MoM Hip Complications

Roopal Luhana | May 22, 2013 1:09 PM | 0 CommentsNew York, NY
Category: Medical Devices & Implants

In the summer of 2012, the Medicine and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) in the U.K. suggested that patients with certain types of metal-on-metal (MoM) hip implants should have annual...

Mike Bryant

Publicly Accused Minnesota Priests

Mike Bryant | May 23, 2013 9:16 AM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN
Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)

With the passage of the Child Victims Act, survivors who were sexually abused as children now have an open window in Minnesota to bring classes that have been previously barred by the statute of...

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