Tips on Fireworks Safety
At the start of this Oregon fireworks sales season, it’s a good time for a reminder on the safety basics of fireworks use. Last year, there were 117 reported...
Read moreNew Report on Medical Errors: Wrong-Site Surgery
Last year I posted an update on a frightening trend: surgery being performed on the wrong body part, or even on the wrong patient. Since then, an ophthalmologist here...
Read moreFrivolous Lawsuits in the News
A few months ago I blogged about the famous McDonald’s coffee case, one of the most recognized personal injury lawsuits in America. This story has been back in the...
Read moreDiabetes Drug Actos May Increase Risk of Cancer
Actos a prescription drug of the class thiazolidinedione that is used to treat type 2 diabetes. This week, the FDA announced that patients taking Actos for more than a...
Read moreFDA Recommends Reducing Dosage of Popular Cholesterol-Lowering Drug Simvastatin
Simvastatin is a prescription drug used to control elevated cholesterol. Last week, the FDA recommended that doctor not start patients on an 80 mg dose of simvastatin – the highest...
Read moreWindow Blind and Shade Cords Pose Strangulation Risk for Children
Over 200 children in the U.S. have died in the last two decades from strangulation in window-cord related accidents with blinds and shades, according to the Consumer Product Safety...
Read moreReport on Oregon Hospital Mistakes
A report by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) found that almost one hundred Oregon patients covered by Medicare fell down or were traumatically injured while receiving...
Read moreCell Phones May Cause Cancer Announces WHO
We have previously blogged about the possible increased cancer risk from cellphone use. The media was abuzz today with a new announcement from the World Health Organization (WHO) that radiation...
Read moreToyota Influenced Government Report on Vehicle Safety
A safety watchdog group has published findings that are critical of the government's review of reported problems with unintended acceleration in Toyota vehicles, saying the report was “heavily influenced...
Read moreOregon Bill to Raise Speed Limits
It was recently announced that Oregon Senators Jason Atkinson and Bruce Starr were seeking to amend a pending transportation bill to raise the speed limits on Oregon’s highways and...
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