Thyroid cancer may be over diagnosed and over treated and many patients may have been exposed to unnecessary treatment and dangerous procedures according to a new study lead by Juan Pablo Brito, M.B.B.S. an endocrine fellow and health care delivery scholar at Mayo Clinic, Minnesota and published in BMJ. New…
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Injury Science for undergraduates?
Every summer the the Center for Injury Research and Prevention (CIRP) at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia offers summer research internships for undergraduate students. In a recent article, Carol Murray, the training coordinator for the CIPR discusses the benefits of providing training to the next generation of injury scientists and…
Summation, More Than a Final Argument
In their Trial Advocacy column, New York Personal Injury Attorney Ben Rubinowitz of Gair, Gair, Conason, Rubinowitz, Bloom, Hershenhorn, Steigman & Mackauf and Evan Torgan of Torgan & Cooper write: Summation marks the attorney’s final interaction with the jury before the verdict is returned. However, it is one of the…
New York Construction Accident: Brooklyn man seriously injured after falling in a trench
A 33 year old man was seriously injured after he fell in a 8 by 10 foot trench and was trapped by debris at a construction site behind a family house in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn New York. See more in the Daily News
New York Truck Accident: violent collision between a truck and a car injures 4 people in Brooklyn
4 people suffered injury including one in serious condition after a truck hit a car driving in the same direction on Bushwick Ave in Brooklyn, New York. The shock was so violent that it propelled the car across the sidewalk into a light pole. The truck crashed into 3 cars…
New York Bus Accident: young bicyclist severely injured after being struck by a MTA bus in Brooklyn
An 11 year old bicyclist was struck and dragged under the rear of MTA bus yesterday in Cypress Hills in Brooklyn, New York. The boy was taken to Brookdale Hospital with traumatic injuries to his rib cage and lower body and was later transferred to New York – Presbyterian Columbia…
New York Car Accident: speed and teen driving killed one and injured two last Saturday around 3:00 am in Queens
A 19 year old driver whose driving license was suspended crashed his car into an elevated subway pillar on Rockaway Freeway killing the 15 year old passenger and severely injuring the other teen passenger. The driver who sustained only minor injuries was driving over the speed limit according to the…
Medical Malpractice: Failure to diagnose Marfan Syndrom can lead to death
Failure to diagnose Marfan Syndrom (MFS) may be medical malpractice that can have severe medical consequences and sometimes lead to death. It can also destroy the lifestyle of individuals and their familes. In a recent article, Sandra G. Boodman, from the Washington Post, writes about Kevin Songer, a 54 year…
Product Liability: Defective Tea Kettle leaks, doesn’t whistle and melts on your stove!
You won’t believe how many things can go wrong with this simple kettle: the spout is defective and water can spill posing a burn hazard, the steam can travel up to the handle and burn your hands. Additionally the leaking steam can prevent the kettle from whistling and if all…
Behavior and mood problems or memory and thinking impairments are two distinct symptoms of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE), a disease caused by repeated traumatic brain injuries
New research from the Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy that looked at 36 male athletes diagnosed with Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) identified two distinct type of symptoms for the disease. A group of 22 athletes had behavioral and mood disorder developing at a younger age and the other…