- Karen Gatlin | December 27, 2007 9:53 AM |
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MiscellaneousBile 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...
- Karen Gatlin | December 27, 2007 9:51 AM |
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MiscellaneousShoulder dystocia can cause injury to the nerves in the brachial plexus, resulting in impaired function of the arm and shoulder. The injury is the result of improper delivery technique by the obstetrician. The shoulders become "stuck" in the birth canal and traction on the brachial plexus to effect delivery may result in permanent nerve damage. Brachial plexus injury has often been assumed to be...
- Donald Caminiti | December 18, 2007 11:40 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsWith the Christmas season upon us, a state legislative committee last week endorsed a bill that would allow New Jersey to create its own list of dangerous toys to ban from store shelves.Currently, the USCPSC is the only governmental agency that can recall products. The state bill (A-250) would empower the director of the state Division of Consumer Affairs to generate an unsafe and recalled toy...
- Donald Caminiti | December 17, 2007 4:15 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsOften times, persons involved in motor vehicle accidents suffer injuries to that part of their shoulder called a rotator cuff. A rotator cuff injury can significantly limit the range of motion in one's shoulder. Some stuff you just take for granted - like being able to pull a sweater over your head and to grab a gallon of milk from the refrigerator. And, don't forget being able to sleep...
- Karen Gatlin | December 17, 2007 3:36 PM |
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MiscellaneousMerck recalled its flu vaccine when inspectors found bacterial contamination in its manufacturing process. The vaccine protects against infection with a bacteria that causes meningitis and pneumonia. The public has been assured that it was the manufacturing equipment which was found to be contaminated, not the vaccine itself, and that Merck decided to recall the vaccine only as a precaution....
- Donald Caminiti | December 13, 2007 3:26 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsWASHINGTON, 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: Horseshoe MagnetsUnits: About 153,000Importer: United Scientific, of Waukegan, Ill.Hazard: Surface paint on the magnets...
- Donald Caminiti | December 12, 2007 11:52 AM |
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Medical MalpracticeDrug-resistant infections are headline news lately, especially the illnesses and deaths caused by tough and evolving bPreventing MRSA Infections and Deaths Becomes Bigger Priority The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) came right out and said it: MRSA infections, primarily those related to health care, are a "major public health problem." Upfront in its report in the...
- Carter Corriston | December 12, 2007 11:33 AM |
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Workplace InjuriesWorkers who are injured while working must report the injury to their employer, as soon as practical, and follow the employer's directions for treatment, this includes the physicians who are authorized to treat the worker. This usually means the directions of the employer's insurance carrier but not always. Some employers, like hospitals, may direct the treatment on their own. An employee may...
- Karen Gatlin | December 11, 2007 10:56 AM |
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MiscellaneousNew Jersey has mandated that pre school children receive vaccines against both influenza and pneumonia, a mandate which has alarmed those parents who worry that vaccines pose a risk of harm to their children. Vaccines do pose a risk, albeit small, which is why the government has a Vaccine Injury Compensation Act to provide treatment for children injured by vaccines. The problem is that common...
- Karen Gatlin | December 11, 2007 10:53 AM |
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Medical MalpracticeThe Bergen County Superior Court of New Jersey has ruled that physicians who own surgical centers violate the Codey Act, a law which prohibits referral of patients to facilities that a physician owns. Ambulatory Care Centers and free standing surgical centers have proliferated in New Jersey, and physicians argue that such centers provide inexpensive alternatives to hospitalization; however,...
- Donald Caminiti | December 11, 2007 9:51 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsThe 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...
- Donald Caminiti | December 11, 2007 9:00 AM |
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MiscellaneousA Wrongful Death Bill (S-176) was voted out of the New Jersey State Senate Judiciary Committee on December 10, with a vote of 7 in favor and 4 in opposition. This bill which is long overdue in New Jersey, would permit survivors of those wronfully killed in automobile accidents, by dangerous products or as a result of medical malpractice to recover for grief and suffering. Justice Alan Handler,...
- Karen Gatlin | December 07, 2007 10:08 AM |
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MiscellaneousThe New England Journal of Medicine reports that heart disease is expected to rise from 5% to 15%, primarily due to an epidemic of childhood obesity. Childhood obesity developed in the 1970's and has resulted in an increased occurrence of childhood Diabetes. Childhood obesity will cause a 15% increased incidence in coronary heart disease by 2035 and will produce a strain on our health care...