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• Are you a Faker?

  Christina Medlin | March 24, 2008 1:30 PM | 0 CommentsRaleigh, NC

  Insurance companies and their lawyers have begun using the Fake Bad Scale (FBS) Test to determine if injured people are faking their pain from car accidents. Expert witnesses for the defense/insurance companies began using the test more often after the test was added to the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI).The MMPI is often used to diagnose and treat patients in mental-health...

• Oklahoman Tort Reform Article

  Jeremy Thurman | March 24, 2008 11:07 AM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK

  About this time of year, the Daily Disappointment, aka The Oklahoman begans issuing editorials as instructed by their bosses at the State Chamber. If you think I'm kidding about who Ed Kelly's bosses are, I'm not, he does the Chamber's bidding. Now in their titled "Aces Low: Trial Lawyers Overplay Their Hand," the Oklahoman editorial staff in only what can be called a propaganda scheme that...

• What are High Risk Medications?

  Dan Frith | March 24, 2008 10:57 AM | 0 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  By now most Americans have read something about the medication errors which almost cost actor Dennis Quaid and his wife the ultimate loss....the death of their twins due to a medication error (heparin overdose) at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California.Medication errors happen daily - it is part of the "grab and go" culture in busy hospitals. What can be done to reduce this...

• 3 Men Killed in Chicago Car Crash

  Jamie G. Goldstein | March 24, 2008 10:33 AM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL

  A fatal car collision took the lives of three family members and one other man. Five other people were also seriously injured in the crash, including a baby who was the son of one of the drivers. The three men killed were Jolliffs Thomas, Otis Thomas and Albert Cole Sr. It appears Cole was the driver of one of the cars at the time of the collision.Cole was driving eastbound when he crossed...

• Arkansas Flooding Still A Grave Danger

  Jeanie Oliver | March 24, 2008 9:43 AM | 0 CommentsJonesboro, AR

  The skies are clear and no rain in the forecast. It would seem that the dangers of last week's rain had passed. Unfortunately, this is not the case for residents of the Arkansas "prairie" region in eastern Arkansas. The flash point centers around a break on Saturday in the 60-year old levee that held back the Black River in Northeast Arkansas.Flash flood watches were issued for this area of...

• When Doctors Remove The Wrong Kidney

  Frank Bailey | March 24, 2008 9:43 AM | 0 CommentsEl Dorado , AR

  Where is the shock? Again we read about a medical error, and nobody seems to be outraged. If airlines crashed as frequently as medical errors are made what would people do? We would be outraged! But doctors and hospitals continue to make errors with little accountability. When doctors at Methodist Hospital made a mistake by removing the healthy kidney from a cancer patient Dr. Samuel...

• Cincinnati Passenger in Fatal Crash Not Wearing Seat Belt

  Alison De Villiers | March 24, 2008 9:41 AM | 0 CommentsCincinnati, OH

  A Cincinnati woman died last night when she was ejected from the vehicle in a single car auto accident. The woman was a passenger in a vehicle that spun off the road and flipped. She was not wearing a seat belt. Ohio seat belt laws require all front seat passengers to wear a seat belt. According to a study at James Madison University, 60-70% of deaths in motor vehicle collisions can be...

• Cervical Corpectomy and Strut Graft Operations - Spinal Cord Injuries

  Sach Oliver | March 24, 2008 7:25 AM | 0 CommentsBentonville , AR

  A cervical corpectomy and strut graft operation is a surgery on the cervical spine that requires extreme skill and expertise on behalf of the surgeon. A corpectomy is surgery that relieves pressure on the spinal cord due to spinal stenosis. Spinal Stenosis is bone spurs pressing on the spinal cord. When pressure is placed on the spinal cord an array of problems can occur: walking, bowels,...

• Car Accidents Cause Herniated Disc

  Sach Oliver | March 24, 2008 6:59 AM | 0 CommentsLittle Rock, AR

  Motor vehicle accidents cause herniated disc. A disc is a structure that is found between the spinal vertebral bodies from the neck to the tailbone. Discs serves as cushions and help your spine move. A disc is composed of two parts the central part and the outer part. When someone is a car accident where the back is injured, it is common for them to suffer a herniated disc. A herniated disc is...

• Fire Destroys Several Texas Apartments

  Chrissie Cole | March 23, 2008 11:18 PM | 0 CommentsCorpus Christi, TX

  A fire destroyed nearly a dozen apartments - ten units - at Hunter's Cove Complex, a northwest Houston apartment complex, Saturday. Building ten sustained the most fire damage.A firewall stopped the fire from spreading to half of the building, but the damaged half was engulfed by flames that quickly spread through the attic.Houston Fire Department pulled a third alarm when some firefighters were...