Personal Injury Law

Famed Harley-Davidson Dealer Killed In Motorcycle Crash

Posted on July 31, 2009
Bruce Rossmeyer - May 1943 - July 2009 LEARN MORE About Bruce Rossmeyer 2005 article: Destination Daytona was Rossmeyer's Brainchild InjuryBoard Motorcycle Help Center IMAGE SOURCE: © Bruce Rossmeyer / photo from Camp Boggy Creek Web site Famed Harley-Davidson dealer Bruce Rossmeyer was killed in a motorcycle crash in Wyoming Thursday...

Study - Cosmetic Procedure May Ease Migraine Pain

Posted on July 31, 2009
LEARN MORE Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, August 2009 InjuryBoard on Headaches MAGNUM: The National Migraine Association InjuryBoard Migraine News IMAGE SOURCE: © iStockPhoto / splitting headache / author: pidjoe Are you one of the 30 million people in the world that suffers from the debilitating pain of migraines? I am...

HPV Virus May Affect Head and Neck Cancer Survival

Posted on July 30, 2009
LEARN MORE Cancer Prevention Research, July 2009 InjuryBoard News on HPV National Cancer Institute on Head and Neck Cancer IMAGE SOURCE: Wikimedia / head and neck overview Head and neck cancer patients who test positive for human papillomavirus (HPV) have a better rate of survival than patients that don't have the virus, according to new research published in the journal Cancer Prevention Research...

Study Suggests Organic Food Has No Nutritional Or Health Benefits

Posted on July 30, 2009
LEARN MORE The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, July 2009 USDA – National Organic Program IMAGE SOURCE: iStockPhoto /organic foods / author: dra_schwartz A new report by British researchers suggests organic food has no nutritional or health benefits compared to non-organic food...

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WHO Adds Tanning Beds To Highest Cancer Risk Category

Posted on July 29, 2009
LEARN MORE The Lancet, July 2009 InjuryBaord Help Center- Tanning Beds IB News- Tanning Beds Link To Cancer - National Cancer Institute, February 2002 IB - Florida Proposed Ban On Tanning Beds For Teens, March 2009 IMAGE SOURCE: iStochphoto / girl in tanning bed / author: technotr There is very little doubt, if any at all, that using a sunbed or sunlamp will raise the risk of skin cancer, say international cancer researchers...

Federal Ban Proposed On Texting While Driving

Posted on July 29, 2009
Texting While Driving LEARN MORE GHSA News Release NYT- withheld NHTSA documents on distracted drivers Virginia Tech Transportation Institute Web site  GHSA - Current Cell Phone Laws  IB News - OMG - Are You Addicted to Texting? - March 2008   IMAGE SOURCE:© iStockphoto/ teen texting/ roundhill     Legislation introduced Wednesday would withhold federal highway funds from states that do not ban texting while driving...

Bringing Health Care To The People

Posted on July 29, 2009
Health Care Delivered in Animal Stalls LEARN MORE RAM Web site  A message from Stan Brock  RAM schedule for 2009 IB News - Insurance Insider Goes Public, July 2009   IMAGE SOURCE:  National Public Radio/ Web site/ images from Wise, Virginia   It is the rural medical camp that turned Wendell Potter, former CIGNA spokesman, into an insurance whistleblower...

Viagra For Hypertension Trial Halted

Posted on July 29, 2009
  Drug Made By Pfizer LEARN MORE NIH news release on trial halt NIH - on Sickle Cell disease NIH - on Sickle Cell Disease Program, February 2008   IMAGE SOURCE:  The Stem Bell Blog Web site/ author : David Gransovsky     Viva Viagra, is the memorable advertising slogan for the erectile dysfunction (ED) drug...

Blue Dye In M & Ms May Reduce Spinal Cord Injury

Posted on July 28, 2009
LEARN MORE University of Rochester - Neurology Dept. Wiki on Coomassie dyes InjuryBoard News - More Than Five Million Live With Paralysis, New Research Shows - April 2009   IMAGE SOURCE: CNN Web site/ blue rat Blue Dye in M & M and Gatorade Blue dye is found in foods normally considered in the "junk" category - blue M & Ms for instance...

Injury Victims Protest Outside Chrysler Headquarters

Posted on July 28, 2009
Jeremy Warriner and his daughter Maddie LEARN MORE Jeremy Warriner Consumer Protection Act IB - Chrysler GM Throws Consumers Under The Bus, June 2009 IB, Honolulu - Sad Day For Americans: Judge Allows GM to Escape Payments to Victims of Injury and Death From Defective GM Cars, July 2009 IMAGE SOURCE: Jeremy Warriner & his daughter Maddie from his Blog Walking Spirit A protest was held outside Chrysler's headquarters yesterday as a group of people who were injured or have lost loved ones due to unsafe and defective Chrysler vehicles, rallied together...

Canadian Malpractice Insurance Takes Profit Out Of Coverage

Posted on July 28, 2009
For Profit V. Nonprofit LEARN MORE Canadian Medical Protective Association Web site Americans for Insurance Reform InjuryBoard News - Medical Malpractice Payments Decline - July 2009 Public Citizen: The 0.6 Percent Bogeyman - July 2009 Public Citizen News Release IMAGE SOURCE: iStockphoto / medical solutions / author: gmutlu The St...

This Just In - Luis Jimenez Jury Sides With Hospital

Posted on July 27, 2009
Jury Sides with Hospital LEARN MORE IMAGE SOURCE:  So Florida Sun Sentinel Web site/ image of Luis Jimenez   The family of a man deported to Guatemala after he was hit by a car and left a paraplegic and brain injured, had sought $1 million for his continuing care in that country...

The Cost Of Obesity - $147 Billion Annually

Posted on July 27, 2009
The Cost of Health Care - Obesity LEARN MORE CDC - Recommended Community Strategies, report CDC- Economic Consequences of Obesity BMI Calculation  InjuryBoard on Obesity  InjuryBoard Help Center - on Type II Diabetes  CDC on Obesity  InjuryBoard News - CDC: Americans Have Packed On Pounds in 23 Years  Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Report - "F" as in Fat: How Obesity Policies Are Failing In America 2008    IMAGE SOURCE: ©Wikimedia Commons / waist circumference / author: Pharos, FDA Dietary Guidelines   The cost between rising obesity rates and rising medical costs is undeniable...

Parents Urged To Reject Restrictive Diets For Autism

Posted on July 27, 2009
Gluten and Dairy-Free Among Them LEARN MORE Autism Speaks Web site Pediatrics -  Abstract Institute for Vaccine Safety  Age of Autism  InjuryBoard on Autism  Injuryboard on Hanna Poling case  InjuryBoard on Chelation Therapy  InjuryBoard on Thimerosal  Injuryboard on Bernadine Healy  Moms Against Mercury  National Institutes of Mental Health  IB News - Parents Say California Autism Study is Flawed  IMAGE SOURCE:  WikiMedia Commons/ sleeping autistic boy with ducks in a row/ Author: Andwhatsnext   It has been observed that autistic children have higher rates of constipation and eating disorders, but a new study disputes the finding that these children have more gastrointestinal (GI) problems than other children...

Agent Orange Associated With More Illnesses

Posted on July 27, 2009
LEARN MORE Institute of Medicine - Veterans and Agent Orange: Update 2008 Agent Orange Act of 1991 InjuryBoard on Agent Orange Department of Veterans - Agent Orange IMAGE SOURCE: Institute of Medicine (IOM) A new report released by the Institute of Medicine suggests more diseases may be linked to exposure to Agent Orange, a defoliant used by U...

Save Money - Deport The Patient

Posted on July 24, 2009
  Jury Will Decide If Unreasonable and Unwarrented LEARN MORE   IMAGE SOURCE:  So Florida Sun Sentinel Web site/ image of Luis Jimenez   A South Florida hospital quietly chartered a plane and sent a brain-injured Guatemalan man back to his country over the objections of his family and guardian...

FEMA Toxic Trailer Exposure Confirmed

Posted on July 24, 2009
FEMA Slow To Respond  LEARN MORE Homeland Security Department - Inspector General's Report  CDC- on Travel Trailer study  CDC on indoor air quality concerns  Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory FAQ About formaldehyde Manufactured Housing Institute  InjuryBoard on formaldehyde exposure InjuryBoard on baby furniture and formaldehyde InjuryBoard on Katrina relocations, June '08 CDC indoor air tests on formaldehyde    IMAGE SOURCE:  Wikimedia Commons/ trailers St...

Can Hearts Be Mended?

Posted on July 24, 2009
Can Hearts Be Mended? LEARN MORE Cell- Abstract    IMAGE SOURCE:  Wikimedia Commons/ laboratory mice/ author: Aaron Logan   The answer to that question was thought to be no. It's been assumed that heart muscle could not repair itself after birth and that once a heart is damaged by disease such as a heart attack, the cells do not regenerate...

Hot Dog Lawsuit

Posted on July 23, 2009
Hot Dog Lawsuit LEARN MORE The Cancer Project Web site AICR Web site  AICR - Guideline for Cancer Prevention The Cancer Project on processed meats  Processed Meats in Schools: Putting Children at Risk for Cancer, Summer 2008 NCI- Red Meat Consumption NCI- Processed Meat Consumption, 2006 IMAGE SOURCE:    National Hot Dog and Sausage Council Web site    The Cancer Project, a cancer prevention nonprofit, has filed a lawsuit on behalf of three New Jersey residents against hot dog makers...

Swine Flu And Seizures In Children

Posted on July 23, 2009
CDC Warns Parents, Doctors LEARN MORE InjuryBoard News - Swine Flu Comeback with School Predicted- July 2009 InjuryBoard, Atlanta, Childers & Schlueter LLP, - Government Creating Legal Immunity for Swine Flu Vaccine Makers - July 2009 CDC on H1N1  CDC weekly report on seizures  IMAGE SOURCE:  Wikimedia Commons/ Swine flu diagram / author: Mikael Haggstrom   Doctors and parents are being warning to watch for seizures among children who appear to have the flu...

FDA Warns Of E-Cigarettes Hazard

Posted on July 23, 2009
E-Cigarettes LEARN MORE NJOY Web site  Smoking Everywhere Web site  American Thoracic Society Web site  American Academy of Pediatrics- Tobacco Consortium American Lung Association Web site  InjuryBoard Help Center on cigarettes and tobacco  InjuryBoard News -Teens quitting smoking, December 2008 InjuryBoard News on Cigarettes  NIH on Smoking Cessation    IMAGE SOURCE : NJOY e-cigarette/ NJOY Web site    They are used to help people stop smoking...

Med Mal Insurance Profits Up, Claims Are Down, Study Finds

Posted on July 22, 2009
Study: No Basis To Limit Liability  LEARN MORE True Risk  - study  American Academy of Family Physicians - Examples of State Tort Reforms   IMAGE SOURCE: Cozy Crab Sunshade / CPSC A major study released today by a coalition of nearly 100 consumer groups, finds that medical malpractice premiums and claims for doctors have dropped significantly in recent years at the same time as the insurance providers are enjoying record profits in a time of global economic collapse...

Compulsory Health Coverage Leads Policies

Posted on July 22, 2009
  Individual Mandate LEARN MORE WHO on health care delivery  Physicians for a National Health Program Web site  PNHP on single-payer National Health Insurance JAMA on Single-Payer - August 2003   The Commonwealth Fund  Kaiser Family Foundation   IMAGE SOURCE:  Physicians for a National Health Program Web site    President Obama plans to update the nation tonight on the national health care system that is on the front burner as differing factions push one of three bills being considered by Congress...

New Guidelines to Reduce Induced Labor

Posted on July 21, 2009
Not Before 39 Weeks LEARN MORE ACOG on induction guidelines  June issue of Perinatology The March of Dimes  Injuryboard on premature infant drugs Injuryboard on children's health matters   IMAGE SOURCE : Wikimedia Commons/ premature infant/ author: Hallbrianh      The nation's largest association of obstetricians and gynecologists issued new guidelines today to reduce the number of induced labors now at "epidemic" numbers...

Flea And Tick Product Safety

Posted on July 21, 2009
LEARN MORE Regulation of Flea and Tick Products Hazardous Chemicals Contained in Pet Products Learn how to Protect your Pet without Hazardous Chemicals Listing of EPA-registered Spot-On Flea and Tick Products (pdf) IMAGE SOURCE: My dog, Tequila As a dog owner, one of your many concerns is likely flea and tick prevention...

New York City Restaurants Ditch Trans Fats

Posted on July 21, 2009
  98 Percent Phase Out LEARN MORE Annals of Internal Medicine, July 21, 2009 The Campaign To Ban Partially Hydrogenated Oils Web site  Harvard School of Public Health - on trans fats   IMAGE SOURCE:  Harvard School of Public Health Web site / Trans fat label     The New York City Board of Health says menu fare is healthier in the city since restaurants ditched the artery-clogging artificial trans fats in nearly all restaurants...

How Safe Is Your Pool?

Posted on July 20, 2009
  How Safe is Your Pool? LEARN MORE National Swimming Pool Foundation - Seven Tips For Safer Swimming Manufacturers of Approved drain covers CPSC - Pool & Spa Submersions Report, May 2009 American Academy of Pediatrics -  on pool safety  The National Swimming Pool Foundation Virginia Graeme Baker Pool & Spa Safety Act  Who was Virginia Graeme Baker? Virginia Graeme Baker Image/ About...

Boston Trolley Operator Arraigned For Texting Crash

Posted on July 20, 2009
LEARN MORE MBTA - Cell Phone Ban Expanded - June 2009 IB News - Older Washington D.C. Metro Cars Never Replaced - June 2009 Federal Railroad Administration  NTSB - Web site  InjuryBoard Partner, Rick Shapiro, Northern Virginia/DC - Railroad Injury Lawyer / former head of the American Association for Justice Railroad Law section American Society of Mechanical Engineers - Rail Division  IMAGE SOURCE: Boston Herald Web site/ Aiden Quinn and accident photo Third Incident Since May Last May, Boston trolley operator, Aiden Quinn, 24, (not the actor) admitted he was sending a text message when he ran into another trolley injuring more than 62 people...

CDC Study - Teen Pregnancy & STDs On The Rise

Posted on July 20, 2009
Rates* of primary and secondary syphilis among adolescents aged 15--19 years, by sex and year --- Nationally Notifiable Disease Surveillance System, United States, 1997--2006 LEARN MORE CDC – MMWR – July 17, 2009 InjuryBoard News on Teenagers CDC STD Prevention TeenSource – Teen Sex Education IMAGE SOURCE: US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention After a 14 year decline, a newly released study by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows birth rates among teens increased in 2006 and 2007...

Swine Flu Comeback With School Predicted

Posted on July 20, 2009
  Swine Flu  LEARN MORE World Health Organization  WHO- Europe InjuryBoard News - Swine Flu Immunity Seen in Older People - May 2009 InjuryBoard Swine Flu News  CDC - Swine Flu latest  WHO H1N1 News    IMAGE SOURCE:  Flu View/ CDC Web site   The swine flu is expected to make a comeback with the opening of school, earlier than the flu season in October or November, federal health officials predict...

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