Falling Pizza Causes One-Car Accident There are many ways to get distracted while driving–from eating, putting on makeup to texting and driving, but what about a falling pizza? Yep, that too can cause a distracted driving accident, at least for one Detroit Lion it did.…
Iowa Teen With Cerebral Palsy Named Homecoming Queen Having had the honor of representing so many amazing children afflicted with Cerebral Palsy to greater and lesser degrees, it is heart warming to see one young lady achieve her wish of becoming homecoming queen. Courtney Tharp…
Parents Sue DOT for Failing to Implement Rear Visibility Standard Back in 2008, a bipartisan law was supported by then-senator Obama ordered the Department of Transportation to issue a rear visibility rule by 2011. Every week at least 50 children in the U.S. are run…
Last week I testified before the Committee on Education of the Michigan House of Representatives, chaired by Lisa Posthumus Lyons, regarding two bills being introduced about Epipens in our Michigan schools. I was testifying on behalf of the Michigan Association for Justice (MAJ) and as…
“To Err is Human” Report Statistics Widely Accepted and Cited In 1999 when the Institute of Medicine published the “To Err is Human” Report (pdf) citing that 98,000 Americans die each year from medical mistakes, the medical community disparaged the report. However, the number is widely…
Statin Use Linked to Cataracts If you’re like one of the millions of other Americans currently taking statins for heart disease, you might be interested to know of a recent study that found a link between statins and the development of cataracts. The study,…
Hospitals Source of Most Antibiotic-Resistant Infections Recently the Centers for Disease Control released a report revealing that the rate of infectious infections resistant to antibiotics is on the rise and the main culprits are hospitals. An estimated 2 million people in the U.S. get drug-resistant…
Brain-Eating Amoeba Found in Louisiana Water Supply The so-called brain eating amoeba, Naegleria fowleri, has been in the news very frequently over the past couple of years. The most recent case involved 12-year-old Kali Hardig who survived the deadly infection and is set to return…
New Concerns About Robotic Surgery When I underwent robotic surgery several years ago for prostate cancer, I was pleased. But new reports suggest that the robotic machines used during the surgery are causing issues–serious issues–for some patients. Take, for example, Erin Izumi who underwent robotic…
Jury duty is very important, if not the most important civic duty in a free society. But senior citizens should beware of phone calls claiming that they will be arrested for ignoring their civic duty when they haven’t even received a summons in the mail.…