Personal Injury Law

NTSB Investigates Fatal Crash Of Flight 3407

Posted on May 12, 2009
Continental Connection Bombardier Q-400  Pilot Error And Procedures Questioned LEARN MORE **New- Transcript of last few minutes has been released. They talk about experience deicing.   Capt. Marvin Renslow Colgan Air Web site  InjuryBoard News - Continental Commuter Plane Crashes Killing Fifty, February 2009 InjuryBoard on Airline Accidents & Injuries  Flight 3407 Info...

H1N1 Flu Cases Rise To 2,618 In The U.S.

Posted on May 11, 2009
LEARN MORE InjuryBoard Swine Flu News H1N1 State by State CDC - Latest on swine flu WHO H1N1 News CDC -General Information about Swine Flu Outbreak of Swine-Origin Influenza A (H1N1) IMAGE SOURCE: Wikimedia Commons / Symptoms of Swine Flu There have been three reported deaths from the H1N1 flu (Novel influenza A) in the United States, with 2,618 confirmed cases, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Web site...

Curbing Health Care Costs- Round 2

Posted on May 11, 2009
Health Care Reform LEARN MORE InjuryBoard News - Health care reform top issue for voters, October 2008 InjuryBoard Help Center - on Managed Care and Insurance Companies  Unpaid Health Care Strains Families          IMAGE SOURCE: iStockphoto/ sick money/ author: Elnur   The only agreement in recent years has been that health care costs cannot continue to rise...

Overeating, Not Lack Of Exercise Equals Obesity

Posted on May 11, 2009
  Overeating  LEARN MORE 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   We've all seen sepia-tinted pictures of life in the mid 1940's and 1950's - none of the people pictured appear to be overweight...

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Wal-Mart Settlement In Black Friday Trampling

Posted on May 08, 2009
Black Friday Trampling LEARN MORE InjuryBoard News - Wal-Mart Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed For Black Friday Trampling - December, 2008 InjuryBoard News - Shoppers Stampede L.I. Wal-Mart Trampling Guard To Death - December, 2008 NY Post video Wal-Mart Web site General distain for the retailer  - Walmartsucks...

What You Can Do To Avoid The Flu

Posted on May 08, 2009
Avoid Flu - Boost Immunity LEARN MORE Bio on Dr. Susan Lark Dr. Lark on Weight Loss  Dr. Lark Welcome and philosophy InjuryBoard News - Evidence  Mounts Against Synthetic Hormone Replacement Therapy, March 2008 NEJM    IMAGE SOURCE: Dr. Lark Web site, with permission from Healthy Directions LLC   With swine flu cases in the U...

FDA Orders 'Black Box' Warning For Testosterone Gels

Posted on May 08, 2009
LEARN MORE FDA News Release Men's Health Matters IMAGE SOURCE: FDA logo Stronger warnings will be added to two prescription-strength testosterone gel products following several reports of adverse effects in children who were inadvertently exposed to testosterone through contact with another person treated with these products...

Unemployment On The Rise, So Is Compromised Health

Posted on May 08, 2009
  Unemployment Hurts Health LEARN MORE U.S. Labor Department Health Note- Abstract May, 2009 InjuryBoard News - America's Ten Most Stressful Cities - December, 2008   IMAGE SOURCE:   Wikimedia Commons/ construction workers? Author: Paul Keheler   Researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health are releasing their findings about unemployment's impact on health just as the U...

Mexico City's Tough New Rules Hurt Business

Posted on May 07, 2009
Mexico City Enforcing the Rules  LEARN MORE WHO on swine flu CDC on flu spread   IMAGE SOURCE:  Wikipedia Commons/ Mexico City supermarket/ author: Eneas De Troya   Mexico City and its population of 20 million people are slowly returning back to everyday life after a five-day shutdown to stop the spread of swine flu, but with afew new rules and regulations...

Are Drug-Coated Stents Safe and Effective? Study Says Yes

Posted on May 07, 2009
  Are Drug-Coated Stents Safe  LEARN MORE NEJM - Long-Term Safety and Efficacy of Drug-Eluting versus Bare-Metal Stents in Sweden, May, 2009 NEJM - Paclitaxel-Eluting Stents v Bare-Metal Stents in Acute Myocardial Infarction, May, 2009 NEJM - Paclitaxel-Eluding Stent for the Prevention of Coronary Restenosis, April, 2003 Circulation - Drug-Eluding Stent Update, January, 2007   IMAGE SOURCE:  Boston Scientific Web site/ Taxus Express Coronary Stent System   The controversy has been ongoing for cardiac patients confused whether to choose more expensive heart stents coated with drugs or those without...

Cirrus Fatalities Have Critics Questioning Safety

Posted on May 06, 2009
Cirrus SR20 Editors Note*  Journalist Lisa Brown provided the primary reporting for this story.  Brown is a four time Emmy award-winning former television investigative reporter, and a private pilot with airplane, seaplane, helicopter, gyroplane, and glider ratings...

Lawsuit: Mentor Mesh For Urinary Incontinence

Posted on May 06, 2009
  Mentor Mesh For Urinary Incontinence LEARN MORE InjuryBoard- West Palm Beach, Mentor Litigation Expands, November,  2008 Aris Trans-Obturator Tape Web site FDA Public Health Notification, October, 2008 InjuryBoard News, Mentor ObTape the Focus of Growing Number of Lawsuits, January 2009 J...

First U.S. Facial Transplant Recipient Revealed

Posted on May 06, 2009
LEARN MORE Cleveland Clinic Cleveland Clinic News Release IB News - on facial reconstruction at Cleveland Clinic, December, 2008 InjuryBoard on organ transplant rejection ABC News on French woman with partial face transplant IMAGE SOURCE: © Connie Culp at a news conference at the Cleveland Clinic...

NuvaRing Alleged In Woman's Death

Posted on May 05, 2009
LEARN MORE InjuryBoard on NuvaRing NuvaRing Web site Public Citizen Petition to Ban Third-Generation Birth Control Pills IMAGE SOURCE: NuvaRing Is NuvaRing to blame for Jackie Bozicev's death? Her husband believes so...

Study: Cancer Spike 45 Percent In Next 20 Years

Posted on May 05, 2009
LEARN MORE M.D. Anderson Cancer Center  BMI calculation  AICR report  J. of Clinical Oncology- Abstract  The Lancet Oncology  InjuryBoard on Cancer  InjuryBoard Cancer FAQ  American Cancer Society   IMAGE SOURCE: © iStockPhoto/ Cancer Center /author: BradenGunem   With the cause of cancer still largely unknown, cases are expected to spike in the next 20 years...

Dallas Cowboys Facility Collapses Injuring 12

Posted on May 04, 2009
LEARN MORE Dallas Cowboys Press Briefing Video InjuryBoard Help Center - Spinal Cord Injuries IMAGE SOURCE: Congressman Elijah E...

FDA Warning: Recall of Hydroxycut Products

Posted on May 04, 2009
  Recall of Hydroxycut Products LEARN MORE Council for Responsible Nutrition statement Iovate Health Sciences statement  Lawsuits filed against Iovate and or Paul Gardiner FDA warning InjuryBoard Help Center - Ephedra recall InjuryBoard- Des Moines, Diet Safety, January 2009 FTC Charges Ephedra marketers with deception, July 2003 Metabolife Knew of Ephedra Complaints, October 2002 Ephedra Product Liability Litigation   IMAGE SOURCE:  Health product review ad for Hydroxycut   They are marketed as products for weight loss, enhanced energy, and fat-burning...

Suffering In Silence From A Medical Device - Surgical Mesh (Part 4)

Posted on May 04, 2009
Lana Keeton Lana Keeton - Not Suffering in Silence LEARN MORE Suffering in Silence- Part 1 Suffering in Silence- Part 2 Suffering in Silence Part 3 Ethicon Web site - Women's Health and Urology Medical Mesh Yahoo - discussion site (requires registering) Lana Keeton Blog Medtronic, Inc...

FDA Orders Black Box Warning For Botox Products

Posted on May 01, 2009
LEARN MORE FDA News Release InjuryBoard on Botox InjuryBoard Botox News IMAGE SOURCE: Wikimedia Commons/ Autism brain / author: Eubulides The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is ordering Botox and similar anti-wrinkle drugs carry stringent warning labels, prompted by reports of serious adverse events...

WHO - 5 Out Of 6 Influenza Alert

Posted on May 01, 2009
WHO Reports Latest LEARN MORE CDC Travel Warning  CNN- Q and A on Swine Flu  CDC  - Latest on swine flu  Health & Human Services - Pandemicflu.gov  World Health Organization    IMAGE SOURCE:  Valencia, Spain health workers/ New York Times   Influenza experts are on alert and standby in case they are needed to advise the World Health Organization, Reuters reports...

High Court Opening When Souter Retires In June

Posted on May 01, 2009
Justice David H. Souter  LEARN MORE InjuryBoard News - Major Setback for Consumers Hurt By Faulty Medical Devices, February 2008 InjuryBoard News - Diana Levine Case Concludes Before Supreme Court in ruling For Consumers, March 2009 Alliance for Justice    IMAGE SOURCE:  Justice David H...

Swine Flu In U.S. Now At 109

Posted on April 30, 2009
As Many As 14 States LEARN MORE CDC Travel Warning CNN- Q and A on Swine Flu   IMAGE SOURCE:  Mail Online/ Cruise liner at sea   The number of confirmed swine flu cases is the U.S. has risen to 109, reports the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)...

Pain Relievers To Carry Bolder Warnings

Posted on April 30, 2009
LEARN MORE FDA News Release FDA Final Ruling InjuryBoard on OTC Drugs IMAGE SOURCE: iStockPhoto / Pain Relievers On Tuesday, the U...

Tuberculosis Scare Lawyer Sues CDC

Posted on April 30, 2009
TB Scare Lawyer Sues CDC LEARN MORE InjuryBoard Help Center- Tuberculosis InjuryBoard News - Extensive Drug Resistant Tuberculosis Becoming More Prevalent, June 2007   IMAGE SOURCE: ABC News Web site / Andrew Speaker and then-wife   His name sparked an international public health scare and a search for the man who had boarded a plane with a rare form of tuberculosis (TB)...

Polo Horses Die From Selenium Overdose

Posted on April 29, 2009
Polo Horses Died From Selenium Overdose LEARN MORE NIH on Selenium InjuryBoard Help Center - Prescription and Medication errors  InjuryBoard News, Twins To Be Buried on Baby Shower Day, July, 2008 InjuryBoard News - Quaids Sue over Medication Error, November 2007 InjuryBoard- Rite Aid Corp to Pay $850 K in Prescription Lawsuit, July 2002   IMAGE SOURCE: Associated Press Web site    The 21 polo horses who collapsed and died suddenly before a polo match in Wellington, Florida on April 19, were overdoses with the metal selenium...

Patient Zero Identified, Pig Farm Suspected In Swine Flu Outbreak

Posted on April 29, 2009
  LEARN MORE CDC  - Latest on swine flu  Health & Human Services - Pandemicflu.gov  World Health Organization    IMAGE SOURCE:  Fox News Web site/ Patient Zero, Edgar Hernandez   A two-year-old toddler from Mexico has died in a Houston, Texas hospital...

Study Finds Common Gene Variants In Autistic Children

Posted on April 29, 2009
LEARN MORE Nature, April 2009 InjuryBoard on Autism InjuryBoard on Hanna Poling case Autism Society of America NINDS on Autism Facts Autism Research Institute InjuryBoard Autism News CDC Autism Information Center IMAGE SOURCE: Wikimedia Commons/ Autism brain / author: Eubulides Scientists have long known that people with autism have brains that work differently – their brain activity doesn't follow usual pathways for thought, speech or social interaction – but they haven't known why...

Washington - Swine Flu Front Burner

Posted on April 28, 2009
  Swine Flu Front Burner in Washington LEARN MORE TeamSarah Website CDC  - Latest on swine flu  Health & Human Services - Pandemicflu.gov  World Health Organization    IMAGE SOURCE:  TeamSarah  Website   U.S. officials are closing schools in California and Texas following reports that more than 40 people in five states have been sickened by this new strain of the swine flu...

Swine Flu News Buzzing On Twitter - Is It A Good Thing?

Posted on April 28, 2009
LEARN MORE Nielsen Online - Swine Flu News and Concern Dominates Online Buzz IMAGE SOURCE: Twitter Twitter is the latest greatest thing in social media...

Health Officials Warn - Use Antiviral Drugs Cautiously

Posted on April 28, 2009
LEARN MORE CDC - Latest on Swine Flu Health & Human Services - Pandemicflu.gov World Health Organization CDC - General Information about Swine Flu IMAGE SOURCE: Wikimedia Commons / Symptoms of Swine Flu Health Officials Warn to use Antiviral Medications Cautiously To date, the there has been 40 reported cases of swine influenza A (H1N1) confirmed in U...

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