Personal Injury Law

When Government Makes Mistakes

Posted on October 24, 2008
  Americans injured by the financial collapse of this country have to look at the housing industry and specifically Alan Greenspan, former chairman of the Federal Reserve. He was considered a "monetary policy genius" who was in charge of the Federal Reserve Bank for over 20 years...

Gardasil Is Safe Says CDC, Sets Aside Risks

Posted on October 24, 2008
LEARN MORE Judicial Watch on Gardasil Injuryboard on Judicial Watch reports  Read the adverse reports  CDC promotion of Gardasil FDA approval of Gardasil, June 2006 Gardasil package insert Injuryboard on Merck seeking fast track VAERS FDA promotion of Gardasil CDC/FDA on Gardasil safety FDA full page PDF on Gardasil by Merck   IMAGE SOURCE: © ©iStockphoto/ girl being vaccinated/ author: pflorendo   The federal government says Gardasil is safe...

Depression During Pregnancy Raises Preterm Delivery Risk

Posted on October 24, 2008
LEARN MORE Journal Human Reproduction HealthFinder: Depression During Pregnancy May Cause Premature Birth American Pregnancy Association on Depression During Pregnancy Dr...

Antilock Brakes On Motorcycles Saves Lives - Insurance Institute

Posted on October 23, 2008
LEARN MORE Insurance Institute for Highway Safety IIHP Report Injuryboard Help Center - motorcycles  Injuryboard blog on increased motorcycle deaths, 2008    IMAGE SOURCE:  Wikimedia Commons/ Harley rider/ author: Vmatosc   The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety finds that motorcycles equipped with antilock brakes save lives...

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Food Allergies Among Children Surge Over Last Decade

Posted on October 23, 2008
LEARN MORE CDC: Food Allergy Among U.S. Children: Trends in Prevalence and Hospitalizations The Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network Allergy Kids: Our Intimate Relationship with Food - and 10 Things You Can Do to Protect Your Family Kids' Allergies: One Mom and 7,000 Physicians Look for Answers IMAGE SOURCE: NCHS Data Brief / © U...

Study: Cancer Drug Shows Promise for MS Patients

Posted on October 23, 2008
LEARN MORE NEMJ: 10/23/2008 InjuryBoard on Multiple Sclerosis National MS Society Mayo Clinic on Multiple Sclerosis MS Society Phase II Clinical Trials of an MS Drug Show Promise IMAGE SOURCE: © Wikimedia Commons / Types of MS / author: Lipothymia A new study in the New England Journal of Medicine suggests a drug developed to treat leukemia was significantly more effective than standard therapy in treating early multiple sclerosis...

Three Inconvenient Truths About Health Care

Posted on October 23, 2008
LEARN MORE Injuryboard -Healthcare, a right or privilege? Injuryboard on private money looking for cure to health care NEJM report- "Three Inconvenient Truths"   IMAGE SOURCE:  Center for Health Policy, Stanford web site/ Dr. Victor R. Fuchs   Three "Inconvenient Truths " about health care is the title of a brief article that appears in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) today...

Gene Study Sheds New Light on Lung Cancer

Posted on October 23, 2008
LEARN MORE Journal Nature 10/23/08 Issue NIH Press Release NHGRI: Cancer Sequencing Project InjuryBoard on Cigarettes & Tobacco InjuryBoard Lung Cancer Help Center InjuryBoard Lung Cancer News IMAGE SOURCE: © iStockPhoto / Lung Cancer slide / author: JamesBenet A large new study by the National Institutes of Health more than doubles the number of genes associated with lung cancer and points to new treatment options...

Gene-Targeted Therapies The Future Of Cancer Treatments

Posted on October 23, 2008
  LEARN MORE American Association for Cancer Research New England Journal of Medicine -on Kras mutation Injuryboard on cancer treatment Erbitux  Web site  NCI: An introduction to colorectal cancer  Injuryboard on two new tests    IMAGE SOURCE:  Wikimedia Commons/ Colorectal anatomy/ author: U...

Drug Deaths, Injuries At Record Number

Posted on October 23, 2008
LEARN MORE ISMP- Quarterly report  Chantix warning for truck drivers Injuryboard on Chantix Injuryboard Help on Chantix FDA Public Health Advisory on Chantix  May 16, 2008  Injuryboard on Chantix  Injuryboard on aggressive behavior  Injuryboard on Chantix and truckers  Injuryboard on Chantix and pilots  Institute for Safe Medication Practices  Chantix Web site  Pfizer stock  Injuryboard on Levine issues   Injuryboard -what is federal pre-emption?  IMAGE SOURCE: Pfizer, Chantix ad   A record number of deaths and injuries associated with drugs were reported to the Food and Drug Administration during the first quarter of 2008...

The Return of Judge Fancy Pants

Posted on October 23, 2008
LEARN MORE Fancy Pants video The Institute for Legal Reform   IMAGE:  Judge Roy Pearson   Former Judge Roy Pearson is in the news again. Remember Judge Fancy Pants who was heralded as a shining example of "frivolous lawsuits," a frequent cry of the tort reform movement?  Everyone agreed that suing a dry cleaner for $54 million was absurd and wondered why the case was not thrown out on its face...

Study Finds Half Of Doctors Prescribe Placebo Treatments

Posted on October 23, 2008
LEARN MORE BMJ: Prescribing "Placebo Treatments" NIH: Placebo Effects & Their Implications for Pain Studies IMAGE SOURCE: iStockPhoto / author: stockcam More than half of all American doctors prescribe fake prescriptions, that really won’t help their patient’s condition – and many of them are not honest about what they are doing, according to a new study...

A Closer Look At The Candidates' Health

Posted on October 22, 2008
LEARN MORE InjuryBoard on Melanoma McCain – Palin 2008 Obama – Biden 2008 IMAGE SOURCE: © iStockPhoto / USA President 2008/ author: 7nuit Serious voids remain in the public's knowledge regarding the health of the presidential and vice-presidential nominees, with less than two weeks before the election...

Should You Get A Flu Shot?

Posted on October 22, 2008
LEARN MORE CDC on Flu vaccine CDC recommendations July, 2008 BMJ on influenza numbers Vaccine Risk Awareness Network- Canada nonprofit Injuryboard Help Center on Influenza British Medical Journal on flu prevention CDC on live virus vaccines, September 2003 Kids and staph, Pediatrics, October 2008 Institute for Vaccine Safety on thimerosal U...

C-Section Death In Boston Reminds Us Of Risks

Posted on October 22, 2008
  LEARN MORE NIH on C-sections CDC Data on methods of delivery  Injuryboard on birth injuries Injuryboard on premature infant drugs  Injuryboard on children's health matters  Injuryboard on SIDS     IMAGE SOURCE: Wikimedia Commons/ premature baby/ U...

Millions Of Children Without Health Insurance

Posted on October 21, 2008
LEARN MORE JAMA study Abstract Families USA on health care issues Injuryboard News on SCHIP program Injuryboard on President veto of SCHIP expansion, October 2008 The Commonwealth Fund report   IMAGE SOURCE: ©iStockphoto/ father comforting girl/ author: YazolinoGirl   A new study finds that in many households, the parents have health insurance and the children do not...

What Helped Get Me Through: Cancer Survivors Share Wisdom and Hope

Posted on October 21, 2008
LEARN MORE American Cancer Society InjuryBoard on Cancer Help Center InjuryBoard Cancer News National Cancer Institute IMAGE SOURCE: © What Helped Get Me Through: Cancer Survivors Share Wisdom and Hope, published by the American Cancer Society...

White Collar Wall Street Fraud May Go Unpunished

Posted on October 21, 2008
LEARN MORE Injuryboard Help on Securities & Investment Fraud Injuryboard News on Securities & Investment Fraud Injuryboard Blog: SEC - Market Ripe for fraud Injuryboard on identity theft   IMAGE SOURCE: Wikimedia Commons/ Wall Street and Broadway, NYC/ author: Fletcher 6   If we rely on the Federal Bureau of Investigation to uncover the factors that led to our country's House of Cards financial collapse, we may have a long wait...

Personal Genome Project: Share Your DNA With The World

Posted on October 21, 2008
LEARN MORE Personal Genome Project Human Genome Project The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act IMAGE SOURCE: © Wikimedia Commons / Genome - from DNA to Life / author: Dodo George M...

Who Is Commiting Suicide - White Boomer Women

Posted on October 21, 2008
LEARN MORE NIH on suicide Bloomberg School of Public Health Injuryboard on Chantix & suicide Injuryboard on Paxil & suicide  Injuryboard on Singulair & suicide  Injuryboard Help Center - Depression   IMAGE SOURCE: ©iStockphoto/ praying silhouette/ author: Pete Will   The results might surprise you...

Western Diet Raises Global Heart Risk

Posted on October 21, 2008
LEARN MORE journal Circulation American Heart Association on Diet & Nutrition INTERHEART Study American Heart Association: Diet and Lifestyle Recommendations Study Finds Low-Carbohydrate Diet Most Effective IMAGE SOURCE: © iStockPhoto / diet concept / author: Zocha_K A newly released study of eating habits suggests opting for salads instead of fried and salty foods could help lessen the global incidence of heart attacks by as much as a third...

inSPOT: The First Online STD Notification System

Posted on October 21, 2008
LEARN MORE inSPOT inSPOT: The First Online STD Partner Notification System Using Electronic Postcards ISIS - Internet Sexuality Information Services CDC on STDs IMAGE SOURCE: © inSPOT [STD] Internet Notification Service For Partners A newly released report finds 30,000 people have sent 50,000 e-cards using an Internet service that allows them to notify their sex partners that they may have been infected with HIV, syphilis, Chlamydia or other sexually transmitted diseases (STD)...

This Political Season: How One Hospital Reforms Medicine

Posted on October 20, 2008
LEARN MORE JFK Medical Center U of Miami program goal U of Miami School of Medicine Palm Beach County Project Access MDVIP home Injuryboard on managed care  Injuryboard on X PRIZE Foundation contest on health care   IMAGE SOURCE: iStockPhoto / doctors circling / author: Kovalvs   Imagine having more than an hour of time with a medical doctor...

Wisconsin Medical Society Says No To Physician Gifts

Posted on October 20, 2008
LEARN MORE Wisconsin Medical Society Press Release Public Citizen on Drug Company Incentives The Prescription Project PharmedOut...

School Bus Rules - Protect Children, Protect Bus Makers From Liability

Posted on October 20, 2008
LEARN MORE NHTSA rules Injuryboard on Federal Preemption Explained  "Get Out of Jail Free" report on Bush administration and federal pre-emption   IMAGE SOURCE: Wikimedia Commons/ school bus Laidlaw/ author: Dori   School children riding in the nation's nearly 500,000 school buses should be protected by new safety improvements just approved by the federal government...

Study Finds Tap Safer Than Bottled Water

Posted on October 20, 2008
LEARN MORE EWG: Bottled Water Quality Investigation EWG: Guide to Safe Drinking Water International Bottled Water Association National Tap Water Atlas IMAGE SOURCE: © iStockPhoto/ author: skodonnell A newly released study by The Environmental Working Group (EWG) found some bottled waters are “no different than that of tap water...

Overeating Explained: My Genes Made Me Do It

Posted on October 20, 2008
LEARN MORE University of Texas Austin on dopamine Science Abstract on study   IMAGE SOURCE:  Wikimedia Commons/ Greek obese woman statue/ Louvre, Paris   This study, reported in the October 17th issue of Science, focuses on the brain's neurotransmitter, dopamine and its link to obesity...

Trial: Experimental Breast Cancer Vaccine

Posted on October 20, 2008
LEARN MORE Video: Dr. Leisha Emens Discussing Her Quest The Trial Of Their Lives – Six Parts InjuryBoard Breast Cancer Help Center InjuryBoard on Cancer Drugs Researchers Optimistic About New Breast Cancer Technology National Cancer Institute on Breast Cancer Dana-Farber Cancer Center InjuryBoard Breast Cancer News IMAGE SOURCE: © iStockPhoto/ Cancer Center /author: BradenGunem The Baltimore Sun has a six-part series on the research of Dr...

Commentary - Federal Preemption & Complete Immunity for Negligent Corporations

Posted on October 17, 2008
(image source: Wikimedia commons) About Federal Preemption The term Federal Preemption is broadly used to describe the Supremacy Clause (Article VI, Clause 2) of the United States Constitution, which gives the federal government legal authority over the States and establishes federal law as the "supreme Law of the land:" "This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding...

Nicotine-Based Pesticide May Explain Bee Colony Collapse

Posted on October 17, 2008
LEARN MORE Injuryboard news on pesticides Injuryboard on toxic substances Injuryboard on pesticides and produce The precautionary principle 60 Minutes on Colony Collapse Integrated Crop Management on neonicotinoids   IMAGE SOURCE:  Wikimedia Commons/ honey bees in the hive/ author: muslef     "60 Minutes" has profiled the dying bees...

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