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Texan Government and Legal Professionals Offer Tips for Safe and Happy Driving This Holiday Season
Year after year, Texas leads the nation in traffic fatalities due to drunk driving. Add to that the still-growing spike in fatal crashes due to…
Brain and Spinal Cord Injuries, News and Press
Stunning Breakthrough Offers Hope for Paralyzed Spinal Cord Injury Patients
An electrical stimulation implant has helped four paralyzed men regain the ability to move their legs. The device, called an epidural spine stimulator, was implanted…
Brain and Spinal Cord Injuries, News and Press
Expert Links Football Players’ Concussions to Behavioral Problems, Slams NFL Settlement Deal
A brain injury expert from Boston University is speaking out for players he feels have been unfairly excluded from a settlement deal in the class…
Troubling News Emerges from 2013’s West Fertilizer Plant Explosion
Although it has been over a year since the explosion at the West Fertilizer Company killed 15, new reports on the tragedy are still surfacing. In the first official public health report, county officials have indicated that injuries were more severe than previously known. The report also suggests that many injuries may have been missed…
READ MOREFaulty Defibrillator Wires Are Once Again Being Recalled
St. Jude’s ultra-thin defibrillator wires are part of a new recall for heart patients. On January 13, St. Jude Medical Inc. issued a recall of the wire that is used to secure a device designed to close an opening which can occur in the heart between the two upper chambers. According to the recall, the…
READ MORENECC Employees Subpoenaed, NECC Blames Cleaners For Fungal Meningitis
Employees of the New England Compounding Center are expected to soon begin testifying about the role that pharmacy played in the fungal meningitis outbreak. A federal grand jury in Boston has issued subpoenas as part of an investigation into potential criminal charges. Boston prosecutors may be looking to charge NECC with several crimes, including fraud,…
READ MORENew Safety Recall of More than 200,000 Infant Travel Beds
The Consumer Product Safety Commission just announced a recall of infant beds. Children’s safety equipment manufacturer KidCo Inc. is working with CPSC to recall approximately 220,000 infant travel beds in light of nine reported entrapment incidents and at least one infant death while using the portable sleep tent. It has been determined that a baby…
READ MOREMeningitis Outbreak Leads To Examination of Compounding Pharmacies
There are currently at least 184 cases of meningitis in the U.S., including 14 fatalities, confirmed by the Center for Disease Control. The fungal meningitis outbreak started when steroid medication was contaminated with a fungus and the fungus was injected into the bloodstream when the shots were administered to patients. Infection has been recorded in…
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