What does a woman do if she becomes pregnant but discovers that her baby will have a severe mental disorder or seriously debilitating genetic disease? Should a woman be afforded the informed choice, weighing all factors, positive or negative, of terminating the pregnancy? What if…
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For many of us, the traditional four-day weekend that celebrates Thanksgiving in the U.S. brings about more than turkey leftovers, football watching and afternoon naps. It’s also when many states begin a long-running campaign to halt the practice of holiday drinking and driving. As police…
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Over the past several months, Pokemon GO has become the mobile game to have, with millions of people worldwide “finding” the little critters hiding around their own neighborhoods. New research published by the scientific journal JAMA Internal Medicine, however, raises concern about the safety of…
More than one thousand lawsuits have been filed by women who have suffered ovarian cancer as a result of using talcum powder on their genital area. Talc is a mineral found in personal care products, often in the form of powder, such as in Johnson…
To date, more than 9,000 lawsuits have been filed across the country against the makers and distributors of Xarelto. Currently, more than 7,000 cases are pending in New Orleans, Louisiana in the multi-district (MDL) overseen by U.S. District Court Judge Eldon Fallon. There are approximately…
Smith & Nephew is a medical device manufacturer in London that provides their products worldwide used in hip, knee, and shoulder replacements. Their latest recall involving their hip replacement systems and the company voluntarily mailed out safety notice letters to inform the consumer on November…
Children are required to wear a seat belt when riding in their family’s mini-van – so why are they not required to wear seat belts on school buses? As the nation mourns the loss of at least 5 children who were killed on a school…
On October 20th the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration confirmed a 50-year-old woman who died after a car wreck last month in California is the 11th U.S. victim of Takata Corp.’s defective air bag inflators. The victim was driving a 2001 Honda Civic…
