There’s some quibbling over the methodology used to determine it, but it does seem to be clear – the Greensboro area has some bad bridges. The News & Record reported recently that an overpass in south Greensboro was named AAA Carolina’s worst bridge for the…
Every day there are forty-six deaths in the United States attributable to a prescription overdose. In 2011 alone, 16,917 overdose deaths involved opioid pain relievers, with 31% of the deaths including benzodiazepine sedatives as well (CDC WONDER, unpublished data, 2014). In 2012, health care providers…
State Farm demands disabled man buy insurance for his motorized wheelchair that doesn’t even exist, denying him medical care and No Fault benefits State Farm has pulled an unbelievable dirty trick on a disabled man who was hit by car while crossing the street in…
Until last year, no one had issued a comprehensive assessment of the risk of patient harms associated with hospital care since a 1999 Institute of Medicine (IOM) study that used data from 1984. After 30 years, we finally have new information about how many deadly…
Two brothers from Fayetteville, North Carolina (NC) died last week when their motorcycles smashed into a car that was crossing NC 53 near White Oak, according to the North Carolina State Police. The two men were riding on separate bikes and were riding back to…
Mayborn USA voluntarily issued a recall of baby monitors in the U.S. and Canada due to a strangulation hazard posed by the sensor pad wire that can become wrapped around the child’s neck. To this date there have been no injuries or incidents reported. But…
Robotic Surgery No Better for Bladder Cancer As someone who has undergone robotic surgery, I can say that I thought it was a great option for me. However, recent studies are showing that there really is no different in outcomes between robotic and traditional surgery.…
After investigating the recent death of an Ohio teen, the FDA is calling for tougher regulation of caffeine powder and larger warning labels on the packaging. An autopsy revealed that the teen had a lethal amount of caffeine in his system when he died on…
The Minnesota Child Victims Act is now a year old and has two more years to go. The Minneapolis Tribune took time for the anniversary to look at how it is going. The story was interesting for its overview, but there are areas that are…
Federal Judge Rebecca Doherty found that Takeda Pharmaceuticals acted in “bad faith” when it got rid of documents pertaining to Actos. Actos is used to treat Type 2 diabetes. In a June 2014 ruling, the “Court finds Takeda acted in bad faith as to the…