CNN is out with a story about how to avoid medical mistakes. The story – which can be found by clicking here – highlights the story of a pregnant woman who is mistakenly given a CT scan of her abdomen, sites some startling statistics. For example, the Joint Commission, which grants accreditation to hospitals, reports…
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George Washington once said: Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all. Letter of Instructions to the Captains of the Virginia Regiments [July 29, 1759]. The advocates of consumer rights, viewing the resources of defense firms and corporate defendants, can relate to…
Continue reading ›The baby stroller maker Maclaren USA Inc. is recalling 1 million umbrella baby strollers after received reports of 12 children who have had fingertips amputated by side hinges. The Connecticut-based manufacturer has apparently been working with the Consumer Product Safety Commission on what is being called a “voluntary recall.” (Click here for the CPSC notice.)…
Continue reading ›Two people suffered serious injuries in unrelated car accidents in San Marcos this weekend. The first occurred on Saturday afternoon when a woman driving a GMC Yukon was traveling north on Woodland Parkway and was t-boned by a Dodge truck as she entered the intersection at Rancheros Drive. The force of the collision caused the…
Continue reading ›Clayton Snow, an 11-year-old middle school student in Vista, was viciously attacked by two Rottweilers while walking home from school last Friday. Snow suffered approximately 40 bites on his arms, chest, hand, and stomach, causing wounds that required dozens of stitches to close. According to witnesses, it was truly a horrific scene. A kindergarten teacher…
Continue reading ›It is being reported that two people have died after being infected with matching strains of E. coli acquired from tainted ground beef. At least sixteen people have been infected, several of whom have been hospitalized and are critically ill. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Fairbanks Farms in Ashville, New York issued a…
Continue reading ›The car accident deaths of two San Diego teens and prompted a reexamination of the enforcement of teen driving laws that were enacted a decade ago. Under those laws, teen drivers ages 16 to 18 are prohibited from driving a vehicle with anyone under 20 years old in the car during the year after they…
Continue reading ›In any spinal cord injury, the degree of ones recovery is usually dependent on the speed of treatment after the injury-producing event. The longer the wait, the more likely nerve cells wither and die, and paralysis follows. But now, for the first time, Neuroscientists at UCSD have been able to re-grow axons in damaged spinal…
Continue reading ›In the last month, two local high school students have died in automobile accidents, riding in cars with other teenagers who escaped the same accident with little or no injury. The difference? The teens who died were not wearing seat belts. KUSI did a report this morning on the importance be belting up when in…
Continue reading ›A Montana jury awarded $850,000 in compensatory damages to the parents of an 18-year-old who died in 2003 in a baseball game. The teen, who was pitching, was hit in the head by a line drive hit with an aluminum bat. The family sued that bat’s maker, Hillerich & Bradsby, for failing to place warnings…
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