Although it might not be the industry in which head injuries -- traumatic brain injuries (TBIs), including concussions -- are most prevalent, dissuading any regular viewer of professional football games of that fact might make for a difficult proposition.Head trauma...
Personal Injury
Delayed diagnosis may cause major harm for New Jersey patients
Most New Jersey readers have probably never heard of valley fever, an illness caused by fungal spores most common in the southern United States. Valley fever is difficult to diagnose and rare in many parts of the United States, but health experts say that even in...
Material updates in the national meningitis tragedy
We informed readers in a prior blog post (please see our October 23 entry) that we would keep them fully apprised of material developments unfolding regarding the nation's tragic meningitis outbreak that first surfaced last month.As of the date that post was written,...
Major medical journal announces new publishing rule on drug trials
Citing her publication's expectation "that eventually this will become the norm," the editor of the internationally prominent British Medical Journal recently discussed a material change in the journal's publishing guidelines relating to drug companies' clinical...
U.K. study on mammograms mirrors much American research
"It's good for you, so you do it."So says a breast cancer survivor and member of an independent expert panel in Britain that was commissioned by the government and a leading cancer organization there to investigate the true efficacy of breast cancer screenings.That...
Large medical study finds fault with time-honored annual physical
For many New Jersey residents, as well as many millions of other people across the country, the annual medical physical is an unquestioned and scrupulously adhered-to practice.Should it be?Rumblings about the efficacy of persons without particular symptoms of illness...
Safety advice for New Jersey pedestrian trick-or-treaters
According to 2006-2010 statistics from the U.S. Department of Transportation, more fatal accidents involving pedestrians under the age of 21 occurred on Oct. 31 than on the neighboring days. Given that statistic, New Jersey parents are advised to take extra...
Meningitis outbreak: Accountability concerns amidst a tragedy
For obvious and compelling reasons, national attention has focused acutely in recent weeks on the tragic meningitis outbreak across the country, which -- as of the date this post entry was written -- has taken the lives of 19 people and materially sickened about 250...
Study takeaway: Patients’ safety compromised by hospital protocols
Comparisons have been drawn many times in the past to safety protocols and outcomes in the medical industry versus what is in place in the aviation field. In the latter realm, the focus on safety and the highest level of unerring performance is absolute and exacting....
Suggested reforms to cut medical errors, increase transparency
Medical malpractice is pervasive in hospitals across the country, including in New Jersey, but in many cases it fails to garner the headlines it merits. That owes to many reasons, including confidential settlements, gag orders and other methods of keeping patients...
