January 20, 2017 New IDs Needed For Federal Buildings And Air Travel For PA Residents As a result of the REAL ID Act, residents throughout the state of Pennsylvania are soon going to need new forms of identification in order to board flights for air travel as well as to enter all federal buildings. The REAL ID Act came about as a consequence of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The Act … Read More »
January 19, 2017 Philadelphia Products Liability Lawyers: A Heart Device That Causes Infections and Death At least fifteen people have died and hundreds of others have suffered severe, life-threatening infections due to the side effect of a heart device. This device, known as a heater-cooler, is used to regulate a patient’s body temperature during surgical procedures. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has received 339 reports on heater-cooler devices from different … Read More »
January 19, 2017 Philadelphia Medical Malpractice Lawyers: Zero Tolerance on Central Line Infections There is a particular kind of hospital-based infection that not only kills people, but also is overwhelmingly expensive to treat. It affects 27,000 annually and costs nearly $50,000 per patient. This is a central line infection, an infection that enters a person’s system through intravenous tubes that provide them nutrients, fluids and medicines. The Journal … Read More »
January 18, 2017 Bus Crash Highlights Serious Gap in Safety Regulations In recent years, the United States has seen more and more people using buses as a means of transportation. Many agree that the growth in the national bus industry requires change to current bus safety regulations and rules. Indeed, the recent occurrence of a tragic tour bus crash highlights the problems with existing safety standards. … Read More »
January 17, 2017 Philadelphia Products Liability Lawyers Discuss How Drones Are Changing the World Drones, or unpiloted aircrafts, have become increasingly popular in recent years. Due to their increasing popularity, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has launched new rules regulating drone usage. Additionally, increased usage of drones has caused injuries to children and adults. Drones are being used for personal recreation as well as for business purposes. Their uses range … Read More »
January 16, 2017 Fish Oil Supplements May Inhibit Asthma in Pregnant Women The Pediatric Asthma Center at the University of Denmark reported their findings on an asthma study they conducted. They found a 31% decrease in risk of the development of a persistent wheeze or asthma in children if their pregnant mothers took fish oil supplements in their third trimester of pregnancy. The biggest contributing factors found … Read More »
January 14, 2017 Monitoring Children and Headphones There are many children’s headphones on the market today, but new information shows how dangerous these products may be on children’s hearing. Parents often opt to purchase headphones specifically slated for maintaining a safe listening volume. Many children’s headphones claim to do just that, therefore protecting kids from listening to music too loudly. The Wirecutter, … Read More »
January 13, 2017 The Risk Of Drinking On Antidepressants Studies have shown that as people age, they become more susceptible to the depressant effects of alcohol. This is because a person’s body chemistry is prone to changes as they reach middle age. Along with these changes, the chances of someone taking medications that could interact negatively with alcohol also increase. Because of these factors, … Read More »
January 12, 2017 Drug Withdrawal In Infants Rising With Increased Opioid Use Researchers at the University of Michigan recently found that over one-quarter of newborns that suffered from drug withdrawal symptoms are born in rural areas. This information was found by compiling data from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Because of the results of the study, researchers have concluded that women in rural areas of … Read More »
