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- Expanding Ball Dangerous Product For New Jersey Children
Sep 27, 2012
New Jersey parents should be aware of a toy known as a Water Balz that has recently become the center of scrutiny by some doctors and the media. Reports of injury from the toy are becoming more prevalent. Water Balz are said to be targeted for older children, ages 4 years and older. Unfortunately, children of all ages may be enticed by the colorful, polymer balls that promise to grow when placed in water. Starting...Read More - Is Medical Malpractice A Risk With New Jersey Pas
Sep 18, 2012
As the gap between available healthcare and needed healthcare continues to widen, physician assistants and nurse practitioners are seeing more and more patients in place of doctors. While some experts are confident that these mid-level providers are capable of filling about 80 percent of a doctor’s role, others are more skeptical. Many people do not question who they are seeing at a doctor’s office but assume that they are seeing a licensed physician. This can...Read More - New Jersey Residents Beware Drugs In Natural Dietary Products
Sep 14, 2012
There are many products that may be deemed dangerous, but products claiming to be “all natural” should be the least of a consumer’s worries. Recently, however, two products sold as being “natural” dietary supplements have come under the scrutiny of the Food and Drug Administration and have been declared a dangerous product due to certain ingredients found in them. According to reports, the ingredients may cause serious or even fatal side effects. New Jersey consumers...Read More - New Jersey Family Settles 145 Million In Brain Injuries Suit
Sep 4, 2012
Children and teenagers involved in sports may sustain cuts and scrapes that go along with such playtime. Unfortunately, in some cases, there are extenuating circumstances involved in athletics that can cause more extreme injuries, including brain injuries. Such is the case for one New Jersey teenager who sustained a brain injury while playing in a youth baseball game in 2006. Now 18 years old, the teenager is unable to manage daily routines on his own...Read More - Packaged Apple Slices May Be A Dangerous Product
Aug 31, 2012
Woodland Park parents may feel that they are doing the best thing for their kids by providing healthy snacks such as apple slices. For the most part, they’d be right. Even fast food and grocery locations now have packaged apple slices as regular items that are popular with parents and kids. Recently, a large quantity of these sliced apples was recalled by their manufacturer due to contamination which makes them a potentially dangerous product. According...Read More - Physicians Urged To Ease Off On Medical Radiation Use
Aug 26, 2012
“Let’s get an x-ray of that.” Millions of patients have gone under the beam to help their physician diagnose an illness or injury. But most of the time these days, the doctor isn’t ordering a plain old x-ray, but a more sophisticated and accurate CT scan. Accuracy comes with a price. A single CT scan exposes the patient to a dose of radiation 100 to 500 times greater than a regular x-ray. Medical radiation can...Read More - Troubled Team Doctor Could Lose License
Aug 23, 2012
San Diego Chargers team physician David Chao, M.D. faces the suspension or revocation of his license to practice medicine for what California regulators call “acts of gross negligence” against three patients in 2007 and 2010. The California medical board’s action is the latest blow to Chao, who recently lost a malpractice suit by a patient who claimed Chao’s surgical repair of her knee disfigured her. The woman says Chao used a medical cold therapy device, in...Read More - New Jersey Moves To Protect Patients From Medical Negligence
Aug 22, 2012
When the terms medical malpractice or medical negligence are heard, people most often think of surgical errors, incorrect records, or birth injuries. One area of medicine that may be overlooked is in the area of prescription management. Doctors must be equally as ethical in their handling of prescription drugs as they are with any other area of medical care. New Jersey licensing authorities are being proactive in keeping one doctor accused of medical negligence out...Read More - New Jersey Parents Beware Dangerous Product Posing As Desk Toy
Aug 17, 2012
On July 9 we wrote about the dangers of magnetic products for children in a post titled, “Magnet ingestions highlight dangerous product parts.” Since that report was issued, more specific cases have emerged that shine a light on a dangerous product that many New Jersey residents may have in their home or office. The latest major case involves the Consumer Product Safety Commission suing a product maker due to the risk to children. The maker...Read More - New Jersey Woman Files Medical Malpractice For Poor Treatment
Aug 8, 2012
A woman has filed a civil lawsuit against a man who she says was negligent in providing her laser treatment for hair removal and that the man also violated her privacy with this treatment. The woman alleges that the medical malpractice suit arises from conduct of the man, who had represented to her that he was a licensed doctor in New Jersey. The woman claims that the man had her take off all of her...Read More