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• Which Nursing Homes Provide the Best Care: For-Profit or Non-Profit?

  Dan Frith | September 23, 2009 12:14 PM | 0 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  Choosing a nursing home for a loved one can be a very difficult and emotional decision. We all want to be sure that our family member is being well-cared for and their physical and emotional...

• New Jersey Passes Safe Patient Handling Practices Act

  Dan Frith | January 09, 2008 6:31 AM | 0 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  I cannot tell you how many times we have been involved in medical malpractice cases against hospitals and nursing homes where a patient has been seriously injured as a result of being dropped. Typically, the patient is being transferred from bed to wheel chair or wheel chair to shower chair and, as a result of improper technique and training, is dropped to the floor suffering fractured hips,...

• Moped Accident Highlights Need For Helmets

  Dan Frith | November 25, 2008 11:46 AM | 1 CommentRoanoke, VA

  Nora Quezada was involved in a July 4 traffic accident in Waynesboro, Virginia that killed a moped rider, 50 year old James Baber. The victim died from his injuries at the University of Virginia...

• Serious Accident - Things to do list:

  Lauren Ellerman | December 13, 2007 10:34 AM | 0 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  God willing, you will never be in a serious car accident. God willing, no one you know will ever be in a serious car accident. BUT, if you are, here are some important tips:1. Go to the hospital right away. A jury will think something is up if you wait a week or two - so go, just in case there is something wrong.2. Notify your insurance company - AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. 3. Do not give tape-recorded...

• The Elderly Need Geriatric Specialists

  Dan Frith | December 16, 2008 10:31 AM | 0 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  The elderly have special medical needs. Their medical histories are often complex (diabetes, peripheral vascular disease, dementia, heart attacks, strokes, etc.) and their medication list is long....

• Lead in Astroturf: This Could be Trouble

  Dan Frith | April 25, 2008 6:14 AM | 2 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  Recent reports indicate there may be health hazards linked to lead in the artificial turf currently installed in schools, parks, and stadiums nationwide and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety...

• Forbes Magazine Calling for More Tort Lawyers?

  Dan Frith | May 07, 2009 5:35 PM | 3 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  You are not dreaming...or hallucinating! Forbes magazine, the mouthpiece for American business and industry called for more tort lawyers in a recent article. The article topic was food borne...

• Parents Should Monitor Teens Use of Insulin Pumps

  Dan Frith | May 08, 2008 6:57 AM | 1 CommentRoanoke, VA

  Insulin pumps are used by thousands and thousand of American teenagers with Type I diabetes. Type I diabetes occurs when the body's own immune system destroys the insulin-producing cells of the...

• Malignant Hyperthermia in Florida

  Dan Frith | March 31, 2008 8:34 AM | 8 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  We wrote a short blog a couple of days ago on the tragic death of Stephanie Kuleba, an 18 year old who died from malignant hyperthermia, a known complication of anesthesia, after corrective reconstructive breast surgery in Boca Raton, Florida. The sad story of the unnecessary death of an 18 year old from complications at an outpatient surgery clinic motivated me to write my blog. The purpose...

• Fentanyl Patch May Cause Fatal Respiratory Depression and Death

  Dan Frith | January 10, 2008 6:23 AM | 0 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  A public health advisory has been issued to educate healthcare professionals and patients regarding the appropriate use of fentanyl transdermal patches (Duragesic, Alza Corp and generics), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advised healthcare professionals this week. Despite a previous public health advisory and safety labeling changes issued in July 2005, the FDA has continued to...