A physician should discuss all aspects of his or her patients’ health, dietary choices and the types of medicines the patient may be taking, in order to ensure that the physician has all the necessary information to treat illnesses and ailments. However, most doctors do not discuss dietary supplements with their patients—an omission that could lead…
Every once in a while I see commercials on TV that talk about getting mesothelioma cancer from asbestos, is that even still a problem? It is still a problem. Asbestos is a tiny invisible killer and even though the Occupational Safety and Health Administration limited asbestos use in construction materials in the 1970s, railroads continued…
The Story: Having been forced to pay over $1.6 billion due to dangerous acceleration issues in many of their cars, Toyota may now be subject to numerous injury claims as a result of their defective automobiles. Toyota’s troubles began in 2009 when it recalled an historic ten million vehicles due to complaints of unintended acceleration, a serious…
The Story: On the heels of an already-massive recall affecting over 800,000 vehicles, Chrysler has called back 51,477 of its Dodge Ram and Jeep Grand Cherokee models due to defective and potentially-dangerous designs. The recall covers three different models: the 2012 Ram 1500, which may experience electronic stability control failure; the 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee, which…
The high rate of deaths attributed to misdiagnoses in medicine could be addressed if the problem was more accurately reported, according to a new study.vvAccording to the research, published in the British Medical Journal of Quality and Safety, shows that diagnostic error is the 6th leading cause of death in the United States, responsible for between 40,000…