What is a jughandle?If that inquiry is posed to motorists in many states throughout the country, the response might likely center on, well, the handle of a jug. Perhaps a shrug or blank stare might be an equally common reaction."People from out of state usually are...
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Cancer misdiagnosis study: perceptions, challenges, solutions
The National Coalition on Health Care (NCHH) is a long-tenured organization that advocates health care reform through its association with scores of medical, business and consumer groups. Its President and CEO, John Rother, recently issued this blunt and telling...
Toyota: High sales coupled with persistent safety-related recalls
It certainly wouldn't be inappropriate for executives at Toyota's world headquarters in Japan to affix a plaque with this statement at the main corporate entrance: The best of times, the worst of times.Company workers -- as well as financial analysts, dealers, repair...
Study: “Human factor” core catalyst driving medication errors
"Studies like this give us the opportunity to find out how we are actually doing," says Asad Latif, "compared to how we think we are doing."What Latif, a doctor from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and lead author of a study that could potentially be...
Nursing homes: the role of the long-term care ombudsman
Who truly advocates for nursing home residents in New Jersey and across the United States when they face issues of nursing home negligence or abuse?Obviously, of course, family members are usually at the forefront of advocacy for those they love who live in...
Opinion on reusing medical equipment: “Clean and green” initiatives
As one doctor -- an infectious-disease specialist in New York City -- queried recently in his capacity as a media commentator on national health care, what reasonable person would ever argue over a uniform approach to injections that centrally incorporates the notion...
FDA’s recent order, communication on hip implants: Part II
Please see our immediately preceding products liability blog post of this past Tuesday for relevant background information regarding the FDA's recent issuance of a proposed order aimed at manufacturers of metal-on-metal (MOM) hip implants. The instant post serves as a...
FDA issues proposed order on metal-on-metal hip implants
The following information concerning hip implants will be supplemented later this week in a follow-up products liability post that allows for necessary amplification of the subject matter.Until last week, there was no indication that metal-on-metal (MOM) hip implant...
Labeling error: Second recall of thyroid-hormone therapy drug
New Jersey and other users nationwide of the pharmaceutical drug Synthroid might want to pay close attention to drug company AbbVie Inc.'s recent voluntary recall of the thyroid-hormone replacement therapy.Consumers using the product might experience a bit of...
Yale research team questions breast cancer screening costs
If you spend more money on diagnostic screenings for breast cancer, that should logically equate to more accurate diagnoses and, ultimately, less money expended on treatment.That is the premise that a medical team from the Yale School of Medicine regarded as...
