Recent Posts in June, 2011

• I Just Witnessed First Hand How Texting and Driving Can Cause a Serious Car Accident

  Jun 30, 2011
  Just to put your mind at ease, I am not texting this blog as I am driving. I have arrived home safely, unlike the driver who was too busy texting and ...
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• More Patients in Hospitals are Getting Blood Poisoning, Sepsis and Septic Shock

  Jun 30, 2011
  Reports have shown that the rate of sepsis or blood poisoning has more than doubled in the last 10 years. A bacterial infection in a cut, wound, ...
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• New Federal Crib Safety Standards Beginning June 28, 2011: All it Will Take for Babies to Sleep Safe and Sound?

  Jun 27, 2011
  How do you justify the serious injury or death of an infant because of a poorly designed crib? The answer to this baffling question is, you don't. It ...
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• Firecrackers, Fireworks, Bottle Rockets and Sparklers Send Thousands to Emergency Rooms with Burns, Blindness or Other Catastrophic Injuries

  Jun 24, 2011
  According to new data released by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), the 30 days surrounding the July 4th Holiday send approximately ...
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• FDA Releases Updated Information on Silicone Gel-filled Breast Implants: Are You at Risk for Serious Complications?

  Jun 23, 2011
  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced new clinical and scientific information in a June 22 news release regarding the complications ...
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• A Pennsylvania Doctor Was Awarded $927,000 After an Intravenous Line (IV) Caused Nerve Damage

  Jun 21, 2011
  All Myriam Gastard, a postdoctorate fellow, research scientist, and neurobiologist, wanted to do was spend her life researching the possible causes of ...
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• VA Hospital Patients are Being Raped and Sexually Assaulted, Only a Fraction of Them are Reported

  Jun 20, 2011
  A new government audit found that sexual assaults and rapes within the Veterans Affairs (VA) system are not being reported as they should be. The ...
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• An Ambulance Ride Can Kill You Especially if it was Diverted Away from an Overcrowded Emergency Room

  Jun 17, 2011
  According to the National Center for Health Statistics, an ambulance is diverted away from a hospital emergency room every 60 seconds and it may be ...
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• Quitting Smoking Should Decrease Your Cardiovascular (CV) Risks, but it May Not if You Are Taking Chantix

  Jun 16, 2011
  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently notified physicians, nurse practitioners, and other healthcare providers that Chantix ...
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