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• Asbestos Injuries

  Donald Caminiti | April 08, 2008 8:56 PM | 0 CommentsBergen County, NJ

  Thousands of people who claim they were injured by asbestos in products made by W.R. Grace & Co. could receive a combined $3 billion under a proposed settlement, the company announced yesterday....

• DIAGNOSIS OF BREAST CANCER AND THE TRIPLE TEST

  Karen Gatlin | March 31, 2008 4:18 PM | 0 CommentsBergen County, NJ

  The evaluation of breast masses is based on the "triple test" which focuses on three factors to determine the likelihood that a breast lump may be breast cancer. The following are the factors to consider: 1) History and Physical Examination; 2) Radiologic Findings (mammographic and ultrasound findings); and 3) Biopsy if a mass persists.Each factor is evaluated and the test must be "concordant"...

• Silent Tort Reform

  Donald Caminiti | March 31, 2008 3:49 PM | 0 CommentsBergen County, NJ

  A growing body of law is threatening the rights of consumers injured by products, according to some attorneys and advocacy groups. Pre-emption allows regulators to overrule state laws in product liability cases where the product was approved by federal agencies. The phenomenon of pre-emption is being called 'silent tort reform' by plaintiffs' attorneys but it underscores a longstanding tension...

• Awake during anesthesia

  Donald Caminiti | March 13, 2008 2:44 PM | 0 CommentsBergen County, NJ

  The Anesthesia Awareness Campaign, Inc. ("AAC")is a non-profit organization founded in 1998 that isdedicated to helping victims, providing education,and working to prevent anesthesia awareness.Anesthesia awareness, also called intraoperativeawareness or conscious paralysis, is the phenomenonof being mentally alert while supposedly under fullgeneral anesthesia. In some instances, victims areable...

• Reporting Medical Errors

  Karen Gatlin | March 06, 2008 1:39 PM | 0 CommentsBergen County, NJ

  Ninety percent of New Jersey residents would like hospitals to report adverse incidents and medical errors, such as patient falls and hospital acquired infections, to the public. One fifth of state residents have a family member who has experienced a preventable medical error, and between 44,000 and 98,000 U.S. citizens die yearly from preventable medical errors. Hospitals do supply data as to...

• Pain and Suffering Caps on lawsuits are unfair

  Donald Caminiti | February 26, 2008 2:08 PM | 0 CommentsBergen County, NJ

  Former Dallas Cowboy Ron Springs, who has been in a coma since the fall after surgery to remove a cyst, is one of 11 plaintiffs challenging Texas' medical malpractice cap in a lawsuit filed Monday.The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas in Marshall, challenges the 2003 Medical Malpractice and Tort Reform Act, which limits awards in Texas. The lawsuit asks...

• Back Pain - Injury or Accident

  Donald Caminiti | February 26, 2008 12:57 PM | 0 CommentsBergen County, NJ

  11/04 Neuroscience article shows objectively that those in chronic pain have resultant cortical atrophy. i.e. the brain shrinks. Great article. It is not the only one, by the way. Here is abstract: 1: J Neurosci. 2004 Nov 17;24(46):10410-5. Chronic back pain is associated with decreased prefrontal and thalamic graymatter density.Apkarian AV, Sosa Y, Sonty S, Levy RM, Harden RN, Parrish TB,...

• Women and Heart Disease

  Karen Gatlin | February 19, 2008 11:02 AM | 0 CommentsBergen County, NJ

  While there are classic symptoms of myocardial infarction (heart attack), such as chest pain, sweating, shortness of breath. and pain radiating to the left arm, women often show atypical symptoms such as nausea, light-headedness, anxiety, weakness/fatigue, pain between the shoulder blades and heartburn. Physicians must be alert for these symptoms. An EKG is essential to rule out heart attack...

• Consumer Fraud Medical Reimbursement

  Donald Caminiti | February 15, 2008 12:45 PM | 0 CommentsBergen County, NJ

  SAN FRANCISCO (Thomson Financial) - The New York Attorney General'sOffice said Wednesday it plans to file suit against Ingenix Inc., itsparent UnitedHealth Group (nyse: UNH - news - people ), and threeadditional subsidiaries, as part of an investigation into a 'scheme byhealth insurers to defraud consumers by manipulating reimbursementrates.'In addition, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo...

• Coming and Going Rule

  Carter Corriston | February 13, 2008 4:03 PM | 0 CommentsBergen County, NJ

  What happens if I am injured on the way to work? Generally, unless you have arrived to your place of employment you will not be eligible to collect under workers compensation for injuries you suffer. This issue often is when are you deemed to have arrived at work. Certainly if your company has parking on the premises the minute you enter the lot you would be deemed to have arrived. Or if you...