Posts in June, 2011

Jun 30 More Patients in Hospitals are Getting Blood Poisoning, Sepsis and Septic Shock

Reports have shown that the rate of sepsis or blood poisoning has more than doubled in the last 10 years. A bacterial infection in ...

Jun 30 I Just Witnessed First Hand How Texting and Driving Can Cause a Serious Car Accident

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 ...

Jun 27 New Federal Crib Safety Standards Beginning June 28, 2011: All it Will Take for Babies to Sleep Safe and Sound?

How do you justify the serious injury or death of an infant because of a poorly designed crib? The answer to this baffling ...

Jun 24 Firecrackers, Fireworks, Bottle Rockets and Sparklers Send Thousands to Emergency Rooms with Burns, Blindness or Other Catastrophic Injuries

According to new data released by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), the 30 days surrounding the July 4th Holiday ...

Jun 23 FDA Releases Updated Information on Silicone Gel-filled Breast Implants: Are You at Risk for Serious Complications?

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced new clinical and scientific information in a June 22 news release regarding ...

Jun 21 A Pennsylvania Doctor Was Awarded $927,000 After an Intravenous Line (IV) Caused Nerve Damage

All Myriam Gastard, a postdoctorate fellow, research scientist, and neurobiologist, wanted to do was spend her life researching ...