The captain who was in charge of the Jamestown-Scotland ferry that pulled away from a pier as a car was boarding has been terminated from his position with the Virginia Department of Transportation. He had been on suspension since the incident occurred last week when a 19-year-old Courtland woman had to swim to safety after…
On a traumatic brain injury survivor support group a recent question was posted. What is you biggest challenge right now? One reply read. “Unremitting headaches. Sleep deprivation, forgetting to eat, my persistent headache. I spend several days flat on my back in pain. I am young, fit, and I want to live a young, fit…
One of the most terrifying types of injuries a victim can receive from an accident is burn injuries. Burn injuries often leave people with permanent scarring and disfigurement. On top of that, the risk of infections from burns is extremely high and can cause even more serious medical issues for burn injury victims. Burn Injuries…
When you consider all the sophisticated and technological medical equipment available for treatment today, receiving a blood transfusion seems pretty routine. In fact, more than 4.5 million people receive blood transfusions in the U.S. every year. However, many of those patients would likely be alarmed to learn of the number of blood transfusion errors that…
The birth control method of “transcervical sterilization,” marketed as Essure, may be causing serious, painful and dangerous side effects in the women who use it, according to some health officials. Essure, which has been on the market since 2002, is an internal form of birth control. The device is a pair of small lengths of coil…