Carbon Monoxide (CO) Poisoning During The Summer Months
June 12, 2011
Carbon monoxide, which is often referred to simply as CO, is an odorless, colorless, tasteless gas that weighs about the same as air and therefore will not rise and fall as other gases and distributes itself throughout an enclosed space. CO is the product of incomplete combustion that is found[...]
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Nursing Home Falls
June 11, 2011
There were 1.5 million people age 65 and older who lived in nursing homes in the U.S. in 2003, and that number is expected to rise to 3 million by the year 2030. About 5% of adults 65 and older live in nursing homes but they account for 20% of all deaths from falls in people 65 and […][...]
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What Is Autism And What Are The Symptoms?
June 10, 2011
Austism, which is formally known as autism spectrum disorder and goes by the initials ASD, is not one condition but a whole range of very complex neurological developmental disorders, the most severe of which is autistic disorder. Asperger syndrome, which is marked by difficulty in social interacti[...]
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Salmonella Infections In The U.S. Over The Past 15 Years
June 8, 2011
According to a new report, Salmonella infections have not only not decreased in the last 15 years but have actually increased by 10% in recent years (more than 1 million people in the U.S. become ill from Salmonella each year and account for approximately 50% of the hospitalizations and deaths in th[...]
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Bed Bug Lawsuits
June 7, 2011
The following excerpts are from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Fact Sheet. Bed bugs are small, flat insects that feed on the blood of sleeping people and animals. They are reddish-brown in color, wingless, and range from 1 to 7 millimeters in length. They can live several mont[...]
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New Drugs For Melanoma Patients
June 6, 2011
Melanoma is the deadliest form of skin cancer. Failure to timely diagnose melanoma is often fatal. More than 68,000 people were diagnosed with melanoma in 2010 and about 8,700 died from melanoma. The standard chemotherapy drug, dacarbazine, which is the only FDA-approved drug for melanoma, is ef[...]
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E. Coli
June 4, 2011
“E. coli” is short for Escherichia coli, which is a naturally occurring and common bacterium in the lower intestinal tracts of humans and other warm-blooded animals. There are many hundreds of strains of E. coli that reside in the gut and that are harmless and even essential for good[...]
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Medical Malpractice Claims In Oklahoma – Official Report
June 3, 2011
The Oklahoma Medical Professional Liability Insurance Closed Claim Annual Report for January 1, 2009 to December 31, 2009 reports that there were 371 closed claims against physicians and surgeons, 70 closed claims against hospitals, 100 closed claims against other medical professionals, and 136 cl[...]
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Misdiagnosis Of Lyme Disease
June 2, 2011
We received such a positive response to our recent blog regarding Lyme disease (posted on May 25, 2011) that we decided to further blog about the disease. Lyme Disease Statistics According to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), from 1992 to 2006 there were a tot[...]
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