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• Never Events

  Karen Gatlin | July 01, 2008 2:22 PM | 0 CommentsBergen County, NJ

  "Never events" are identifiable, serious, preventable errors in medical care and are evidence of problems in a health care facility. The exact number of "never events" is unknown, but they result in...

• Alcohol Related Wrongful Death/Serious Injury

  Donald Caminiti | April 12, 2008 3:36 PM | 0 CommentsBergen County, NJ

  It's that time of year again. High school students are taking SATs and sending applications to colleges of their choices. These students are bright, self reliant and highly motivated. However, we...

• Girl's Bicycles' recall - frame failure

  Donald Caminiti | February 13, 2008 3:15 PM | 0 CommentsBergen County, NJ

  Trek Recalls Girls Bicycles Due To Frame Failure WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, incooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntaryrecall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop usingrecalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. Name of Product: Trek MT220 Girls BicyclesUnits: About 49,000Importer: Trek Bicycle...

• Laparoscopic Gall Bladder Surgery and Bile Duct Injury

  Karen Gatlin | December 27, 2007 9:53 AM | 0 CommentsBergen County, NJ

  Bile duct injury is a risk of laparoscopic gall bladder surgery; however, the risk of injury can be minimized if the surgeon follows accepted standards of surgical procedure. A patient with acute choleycystitis is at an increased risk of bile duct injury during surgery; therefore, an intra operative cholangiogram should be performed in every case because it helps clarify anatomy. Similarly, an...

• Defective Products

  Donald Caminiti | December 11, 2007 9:51 AM | 0 CommentsBergen County, NJ

  The Colgate-Palmolive Company warned that counterfeit toothpaste falsely packaged as "Colgate" has been found in several dollar-type discount stores in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Maryland. There are indications that the product does not contain fluoride and may contain diethylene glycol, a product that is commonly found in anti-freeze. Consumers who suspect they may have purchased...

• Man Awarded $1M in Restaurant Slip-and-Fall

  Chrissie Cole | October 20, 2007 12:25 AM | 0 CommentsBergen County, NJ

  A negligence claim for a slip and fall accident was settled, Friday, against a Belvedere restaurant. A jury awarded the Boone County man $1 million and his wife $75,000.On August 7,2006, the man, who suffers from a disease that makes his bones prone to fractures, slipped and fell while leaving the Steam Plant Restaurant.The fell was caused by a wet floor that he didn't know was wet due to the...

• Motorcyle Accident Resulting in Wrongful Death

  Donald Caminiti | October 21, 2008 4:55 PM | 0 CommentsBergen County, NJ

  A New Jersey volunteer firefighter has been sentenced to 4{ to 13{ years in prison for killing an off-duty New York City police officer in a fit of road rage while driving drunk. Prosecutors...

• Medical Errors Dangerously Common

  Donald Caminiti | August 25, 2008 1:52 PM | 0 CommentsBergen County, NJ

  So-called “never events,” the most serious types of medical errors, occurred at least once every six days in Utah hospitals during 2007, the Salt Lake Tribune reports. Among the 57...

• Health Tourists

  Karen Gatlin | August 20, 2008 11:58 AM | 0 CommentsBergen County, NJ

  An industry known as "health tourism" is growing as more health consumers seek less expensive, as well as quality, medical care. An example is the United Arab Emirates which has embarked on a plan...

• Vytorin fails test

  Donald Caminiti | July 28, 2008 8:57 AM | 0 CommentsBergen County, NJ

  In a recent SEAS study, it was determined that the cholesterol reducing drug, Vytorin, did not prevent worsening of heart valve disease or lower the need for valve surgery. Preliminary results...