Back Surgery and Medication May Not Be Necessary To Treat Your Injury
Looking for information about back pain and potential back surgery? If so, check out this article.
Small Plane Crash in Edenton, NC Causes Death, Injury
In his latest post to the Northeast North Carolina (NC) Injuryboard, my colleague and license pilot Jim Lewis reports that a crash involving a Beechcraft 60 “Duke” aircraft took the life of an Edenton man and injured a man from Suffolk, Virginia (VA). Jim notes that investigators had not identified the cause of the fatal…
Student-Athletes At Risk for Traumatic Brain Injuries
Over 1 million people suffer a sports-related concussion (a form of brain injury) every year. Once a person sustains a concussion, they are 4-6 times more likely to sustain a second concussion. There are multiple examples of student athletes who have developed a concussion during a game, appeared fine, were sent back into the game…
Fatal medical errors increase each July due to new doctors
More medical errors occur in July because of new doctors, according to a study conducted by University of California professor David Phillips and student Gwendolyn Barker. The study, which is published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine, notes that medical errors, such as accidental overdose and administering the wrong drug, increase when “thousands of…
Medical Mistakes Increase in July
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