The National Football League is forcing teams to bring in independent neurologists to treat players with concussions – a marked shift for the league, which has fought growing evidence that players risk permanent brain damage.Traumatic brain injury can have lifelong consequences for people in all walks of life, not just football players. My colleague Rick…
The accelerator pedals on four million Toyota automobiles will be replaced or fixed, the carmaker announced Wednesday. The pedal fix is the latest development in a story that has damaged the reputation of Toyota, a Japanese carmaker widely known for making reliable, safe cars, The New York Times reported. Just yesterday, I wrote about Toyota’s…
One of Miley Cyrus’ four tour buses crashed in Virginia on Friday on I-85 after running off of the interstate, hitting an embankment, and overturning. Cyrus was not on the bus, though members of the tour’s production crew were. The VA bus accident killed 53-year-old William Douglas, the driver, and injured one other person. Cyrus,…
Some of the side effects produced by taking Yaz or Yasmin birth control pills – such as nausea, chest pain, sweating, even a stroke – are pretty apparent. However, the subtle side effects of these prescription drugs make them especially dangerous. Yaz and Yasmin are known to cause depression. Many women have complained about “feeling…
A jury in Fairfax, Virginia (VA) ruled in favor of a plaintiff seeking medical malpractice damages from a dermatologist who failed to diagnose melanoma. David M. Kopstein, the attorney for the plaintiff, took the case even after it had received a prior hung jury decision. These types of cases are difficult due to the issue…