According to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for 2001 to 2005 (the latest years available), the number of new cases of HIV infection diagnosed among 15-to-19-year-olds in the United States rose from 1,010 in 2001, held steady for the next three years, then jumped 20 percent in 2005, to 1,213 cases.For young people aged 20 to 24, cases of new infection have climbed...
Thomas Farster, 60, suffered personal injury last Friday when he was hit by a car on Bancroft St., according to the Toledo Blade. Mr. Farster was working at a construction site when the car-pedestrian accident occurred. The devastating effects of personal injuries caused by car accidents involving pedestrians are often seen by our Toledo, Ohio personal injury attorneys. Workers compensation...
Workers compensation fraud was the topic of a Channel 13 ABC News special investigation November 12, 2007, when Toledo, Ohio workers compensation attorney Chuck Boyk was interviewed as a workers compensation expert. When a worker is injured on the job, costs such as medical bills and lost pay are covered by workers compensation. Channel 13 went in-depth to uncover occurrences of workers...
An article published in the New England Journal of Medicine today reports a link between computed tomography (CT) scans and an increased risk of cancer. The article claims that the increasingly popular scans are bombarding patients with radiation each and every time one of these scans is preformed. There is a particular concern for children who are receiving CT scans to diagnose medical...
The Food and Drug Administration announced last they are finally looking into Chantix, a stop smoking medication, to find out how dangerous it might be.Since the report of Carter Albrecht's unusual behavior and death while taking Chantix, hundreds of other Chantix patients have spoken up about the effects they've experienced. Over the last two months, Ryann Rathbone said she has received...
On November 28th, Colorado Governor, Bill Ritter and the Colorado Hospital Association recently released the 2007 Colorado Hospital Report Card.The report card gives consumers the ability to choose a hospital based on both the quality and the patient's needs. The House Bill 2006-1278 was passed in early 2007, which made detailed reports on Colorado hospitals available to the public online. All...
The Nevada Supreme Court examined Nevada's so-called "prompt-pay" statute, NRS 690B.012, in a decision dated November 21, 2007. See, Allstate Ins. Co. v. Thorpe, 123 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 52. That statute "requires casualty insurers to approve and pay, or deny, casualty claims, including claims for medical payment benefits, within a limited time frame. Under the statute, an insurer must pay...
New data shows 1,700 children exposed to toxic dust following the attacks on the World Trade Center have developed respiratory symptoms. 53% of the 3,100 children included in the survey, all of which are enrolled in the World Trade Center Health Registry, suffer from symptoms such as coughing, shortness of breath and wheezing, according to the city health department.The survey also found that...