In a recent episode of the popular PBS historical series ‘Downton Abbey’, one of the main characters died from preeclampsia shortly after delivering a baby. Although the show is set in the early 1900’s, the condition still affects pregnant women today. Statistics show that in the U.S., there are 300,000 pregnant or postpartum women suffer…
Back in December 2015, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) announced that it was implementing a new rule that would require truck operators to use electronic logging devices to log their driving hours. The FMCSA gave truck companies and drivers two years to comply with the new regulation. The date the rule goes into…
An Oregon mother has filed a lawsuit against a nurse and the facility where the nurse works, Portland Adventist Medical Center, alleging negligence for the death of the woman’s newborn son. The infant died on August 12, 2012, when he was just 10 days old. According to the lawsuit, the nurse brought the infant to…
Therehave been multiple studies and statistics gathered regarding the high numbers of preventable medical errors. The issue has become so prevalent, that preventable medical errors are now considered the third leading cause of death in this country, following only heart disease and cancer. Some of the more common – and often deadly – preventable errors…
A man and woman died in a motorcycle wreck recently around 11 p.m in Lincoln County, North Carolina.. James Austin Eaker, 46, of Vale, was driving his 1996 Harley-Davidson on Cat Square Road near Shoal Road, according to Sgt. B.E. Hipp with the N.C. Highway Patrol. Neither Eaker nor his passenger, Ashleigh Danielle Johnson, 26,…