Accidents happen, but when accidents happen during medical procedures the results can be disastrous and life altering. This particular case is a little different from the ones we usually tell you about, but we simply couldn’t resist. Lourdes Rivera, 56, of Kearny, NJ recently filed a lawsuit against Meadowlands Hospital Medical Center in Secaucus. According [...]
In 2014, there were 229 car accidents involving Nashville Metro Police officers; of those 229, 85 of them were caused by an officer. Given that there were 117,285 crashes in Tennessee last year (14,871 in Davidson County alone), maybe 229 seems like a small number. What isn’t a small number is 500,000 – the amount [...]
A listeria outbreak has recently made headlines across the nation. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the outbreak, which originated in late 2014, appears to be over but you may still be at risk. Listeria, or more properly, Listeria monocytogenes, is a bacterium that causes a serious infection known as listeriosis. Listeriosis [...]
The Environmental Working Group is a non-profit organization that focuses on the environment and public health. They recently published the Cleaners Hall of Shame list, which includes products containing carcinogens, asthma instigators, and poisons. “Just 7 percent of cleaning products adequately disclosed their contents. To uncover what’s in common household cleaners, EWG’s staff scientists spent [...]
An accident involving two school buses on December 2nd is raising serious questions, and demands serious answers. The Tennessee Depart of Safety and the National Transportation Safety Board are conducting investigations, but police released preliminary findings ahead of the official reports. What We Know So Far According to police, Knox County school bus 44 was [...]
We know that brain damage can affect all of your other body parts and systems, but is the reverse also true? Can a traumatic accident or injury to your spinal cord cause you to develop brain damage? Researchers are the University of Maryland School of Medicine think that it can. They have been studying the [...]
The Takata Corporation supplies airbags to many of the cars we drive. In certain models produced since 2001, however, the airbags have failed to keep people safe; in fact, they have done just the opposite. More than 30 lawsuits have been filed against Takata alleging that that the airbags deploy with such force that drivers [...]
Any time you’re involved in an accident or event that results in an injury, it’s serious business. Some injuries, however, are designated as catastrophic: the effects of the injury are so severe that they could affect your life in a long-term or permanent way. Truly catastrophic injuries are usually the result of a serious accident, [...]
When doctors, lawyers, insurance companies and judges talk about “traumatic brain injuries,” they’re not discussing a bump on the head. A traumatic brain injury, or TBI, is an injury so severe that it has lasting repercussions on your life. Banging your head on the car when you get out certainly hurts, but it’s unlikely that [...]
CrossFit is everywhere these days. The high-intensity and highly-addictive workout methodology has taken the country by storm, earning “converts” everywhere it goes. But CrossFit creates some dangerous situations for the people who follow the regimens, and could lead to long-term injuries. What exactly IS CrossFit? CrossFit is an exercise program that emphasizes core and strength [...]
