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Heart Attack & the Female Gender – The Elephant in the Room?

The Elephant sitting on the chest is the “classic” presentation of a heart attack (i.e., a myocardial infarction) that we are all familiar with. Approximately 1.5 million people experience a myocardial infarction/heart attack each year in the United States – but the symptoms can vary…

By Scott Weidenfeller

/ 30 Mar 2021

Heart Attack & the Female Gender – The Elephant in the Room?

Pregnancy & Placental Abruption: A Potentially Life Threatening Complication

Placental abruption is present in around one percent (1%) of pregnancies and varies in terms of both type and severity. This condition, which involves the abnormal separation of the placenta from the uterine lining, can strike indiscriminately. https://www.health.com/condition/pregnancy/chrissy-tei

By Scott Weidenfeller

/ 3 Mar 2021

Pregnancy & Placental Abruption: A Potentially Life Threatening Complication

Pregnancy & Placenta Previa: Preventing a Catastrophe for Mom and Baby

There are a few conditions during pregnancy that can result in severe blood loss in both Mom and to a newborn baby. Placenta previa is one such condition. This is an uncommon, but not rare condition, which has the potential to affect any family. https://www.eonline.com/news/133876/mira-sorvino-gi

By Scott Weidenfeller

/ 2 Mar 2021

Pregnancy & Placenta Previa: Preventing a Catastrophe for Mom and Baby

Pregnancy Moment: Vasa Previa – A Two Minute Scan Can Save Two Lives

There are a few conditions that can cause rapid maternal and fetal blood loss around the time of delivery. One such condition is: Vasa previa. This is a relatively uncommon, but potentially life threatening condition for both Mom and a newborn baby. https://www.merckmanuals.com/home/women-s-health

By Scott Weidenfeller

/ 1 Mar 2021

Pregnancy Moment: Vasa Previa – A Two Minute Scan Can Save Two Lives

Court Won’t Revive Claim for Towel Left in Patient for 17 years

Michigan law prevents patient from pursuing clear case of medical malpractice after he discovered the mass in his abdomen was actually a surgical towel inadvertently left behind from a surgery 17 years earlier. According to the Michigan Court of Appeals unpublished opinion Lloyd Gatz v…

By Leon M. Walsh, Jr.

/ 23 Feb 2021

Court Won’t Revive Claim for Towel Left in Patient for 17 years

Stroke Risk: Atrial Fibrillation (Afib): What You & Your Family Need to Know

According to the Centers for Disease Control, more than twenty-five thousand (25,000) deaths occur each year from Atrial Fibrillation (“Afib”). Afib is a quivering or irregular heartbeat (arrhythmia), where the upper chambers of the heart (the atria) do not effectively move blood into the ventricle

By Scott Weidenfeller

/ 22 Jan 2021

Stroke Risk: Atrial Fibrillation (Afib): What You & Your Family Need to Know

New Blood Test a Safer Alternative to Heart Biopsy

A recent study from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute a division of the National Institute of Health found that a blood test could prevent an acute heart transplant rejection. A heart transplant is an operation in which a diseased, failing heart is replaced…

By Gurrajan Gill

/ 21 Jan 2021

New Blood Test a Safer Alternative to Heart Biopsy

Hot Pockets Recalled for Risk of Glass, Hard Plastic

Hot pockets, the popular microwavable sandwiches produced by Nestle, are being recalled due to food safety risks. Over 762,000 pounds, or about 381 tons, of the pepperoni pizza pockets are covered by the recall. According to reports, the product could contain glass or hard plastic. …

By Nolan Erickson

/ 19 Jan 2021

Hot Pockets Recalled for Risk of Glass, Hard Plastic

Intermittent Fasting Faces Criticism from Recent Study

Late last year, I wrote a brief article about the practice of intermittent fasting and the attendant pros and cons. That was before there were concerns about the “quarantine 15,” the funny-not-funny name given to weight gain from stress eating and less-active lifestyles during the…

By Nolan Erickson

/ 2 Oct 2020

Intermittent Fasting Faces Criticism from Recent Study

Food Safety at Home

With the COVID-19 pandemic closing many businesses at least temporarily and local orders requiring people to stay home to varying degrees, lots of people have been making their meals at home with far greater frequency. If you are one of the many people channeling your…

By Nolan Erickson

/ 30 Jul 2020

Zantac Lawsuits Seek Accountability, Compensation

Earlier this year, Grewal Law attorney Leon Walsh wrote about the cancer risk associated with popular heartburn drug Zantac. In the Summer and Fall of 2019, the FDA investigated the medication after it was found to contain high concentrations of NDMA, a chemical that is…

By Mick S. Grewal Sr

/ 17 Jul 2020

Zantac Lawsuits Seek Accountability, Compensation

How to Stay Safe as Temperatures Rise

As we enter the peak summer months, the National Weather Service is calling for a prolonged period of intense heat for most of the country. Dangerously high temps can cause serious safety issues. And with people eager to get out and about following pandemic stay-at-home…

By Nolan Erickson

/ 7 Jul 2020