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…
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…
The Internet exploded late last week with news of a crash involving one of the tour buses for teen idol Miley Cyrus. Understandably, the lede in most stories about the crash was that the young singer and sitcom star was not in the bus when it ran off 1-85 near Dinwiddie, Virginia (VA), south of…
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is proposing new guidelines for de-icing airplanes which weigh less than 60,000 pounds. The new rules would require planes to initiate de-icing the moment they encounter conditions “conducive to ice buildup,” according to Bloomberg.com. The current guidelines state pilots should start de-icing when buildup is between a quarter- and half-inch…