Exposure to asbestos may cause cancer or other serious diseases. When products containing asbestos are moved or otherwise disturbed, tiny asbestos fibers can escape into the air, where they can be breathed into the lungs. Usually, the risk of getting sick from asbestos depends on how often someone is exposed to asbestos fibers and […]
Raynes Lawn Hehmeyer, a national practice representing families with babies who have suffered spinal cord injury, brachial plexus injury, Erb’s palsy, and Klumpke’s palsy The brachial plexus is a crucial bundle of nerves that exits from the lower cervical and upper thoracic portions of the spinal cord and controls function in the shoulder, arm, and hand. […]
Recently, three infants died and five others became ill from an infection at the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, Pennsylvania. Reportedly, all of the babies were premature; and all of the babies suffered infection from the same organism: the pseudomonas bacterium. Premature babies usually are admitted to a NICU. […]
The safety measures that protect workers against job-related falls are not always taken, resulting in the highest death toll from falls in recent history, according to recent news reports. In 2017, almost 900 workers fell to their deaths, according to the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. Falls reportedly accounted for 17 percent of all job-related […]
A just-released study confirmed what was already suspected—that texting bans are effective in reducing car crashes. States with a texting-while-driving ban realized a 4 percent annual reduction in ER visits for car accidents caused by distracted driving, revealed the study. Published in AJPH, a periodical of the American Public Health Association, the study was conducted […]