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A comment on Brain Injury - The #1 Public Health Problem in the World by 2020

Jim Lewis — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:01:27 GMT

It's sad how many people can became permanently disabled after suffering a brain injury. A man was recently disabled after riding a Segway in a demonstration on an obstacle course blind folded.

A comment on Will Congress Help Families of Servicemen Killed By Iranian Terrorism? (UPDATED Feb. 2)

comcents — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:01:18 GMT

well thirty years after the fact, i hope that there is interest on the awards with no tax protection. wow unbeleivable.

A comment on NFL Going MDL?

Fern Cohen — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:11:21 GMT

I am wondering how many people died thinking they had ALS and really had something else, and if we csn find a way to learn this information while the patient is still alive. The reason I think this is important is that, when a patient is diagnosed with ALS -- as I was 8 years ago -- there is a mindset of impending doom which causes a lot of people to give up. Health care professionals also have an attitude when they see ALS on a patient's chart that there is nothing left but a sort of palliative care. There is no hope given except for one medication which only prolongs life a few months. Things like physical therapy and holistic care are often discouraged. We all know how important mental attitude is in any sickness, and a diagnosis of ALS usually takes away any positivity which can have a healing effect.

A comment on New Brain Injury Research by UVa and Other Med Schools on the Horizon

Dennis Benigno — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:28:48 GMT

Brain injury research can have many meanings. The one area that must not be overlooked is brain cell regeneration research. Brain cell repair offers hope to severely injured TBI survivors that the chance at a meaningful life is a realistic possibility. All medical disorders strive to acheive cures. TBI is no different.

A comment on Be Aware Of Snow Skiing Dangers

James Adams — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:01:46 GMT

Brett,
I was a ski instructor at Blue Mt., Pa. for roughly seven years. I began to question the American Teaching System (ATS), the methodology we use in the PSIA to teach skiers. I've written a e-book, "Gliding Arc Step", listed on LULU.com about my study. I had it copyrighted and published this pass summer. (By the way, I'm not trying to sell you anything.) We teach beginner skiers TRICYCLE mechanics, when they should be learning bicycle mechanics. The tricycle mechanics causes skiers to subconsciously lean inward during the turn. Near the end of the turn, as centrifugal force is diminishing, it causes premature turn execution, resulting in eventual loss of control. I go into detail about it in the book. My book is more of a thesis, trying to explain the mechanics of the body, as it relates to skiing and in-line skating. I am an expert in-line skater. In line skating uses the same mechanics as skiing, when descending an incline. Why am I telling you this? We, in the ski school industry, set beginner skiers up to lose control, by teaching them to use the wrong mechanics. If you would like to learn more, please contact me. I'm going to get this information out somehow. Jim Adams

A comment on Rick Santorum's Tort Reform Agenda

jc — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 20:06:17 GMT

Brett: When plaintiff attorneys have an 80% failure rate at trial. When plaintiff attorneys take 3-4 years (and sometimes 7-8 years) to resolve a malpractice case and then scarf up 55-60% of the award if they are successful, we need a new system.
Plaintiff attorneys have shown themselves to be incapable of successfully prosecuting these cases and bringing justice to patients (or doctors, the other malpractice victims!) Just recently, multiple docs were sued for malpractice because a young patient died of cerebral vasculitis. (for which nothing could have been done.) When the dust cleared the case was thrown out of court in 90 days because the plaintiff attorney could not produce one affidavit of merit! How incompetent can a plaintiff attorney get, why in hell didn't he have the affidavit of merit in hand before he filed the lawsuit. Duh, isn't this law 101! Another plaintiff attorney filed a malpractice suit and went to trial. His expert witness testimony was so bad that he would not call the expert witness and the defense ended up reading the plaintiff's expert witness testimony into the trial testimony. Duh - -why not interview your expert witness before you file the case and get his deposition. I think some of these plaintiff attorneys need brain transplants.

A comment on Rick Santorum's Tort Reform Agenda

Brett Emison — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 23:42:33 GMT

JC - a patriot does not sacrifice fundamental constitutional liberties. A patriot fights for them. That our civil liberties have been eroded does not warrant further erosion.

Changing the subject does not work. This discussion is not about "Obamacare". I'm not here to talk about Obamacare or discuss its merits. I'm here to talk about fundamental constitutional rights under attack.

A comment on Rick Santorum's Tort Reform Agenda

jc — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 23:22:52 GMT

Brett: We have already given up our rights to sue brokerages, industrial companies (worker's comp), and public utilities, among others. If we are going to have Obamacare, then we gotta get another malpractice system too and get away from the "blame and shame" system currently in use. Let's face it, under Obamacare, taxpayers are going to get higher insurance costs, higher taxes and less service. So they are going to be hacked off. They will want to take their anger out on doctors, who are simply the middle men. Government will not let hacked off patients sue, so lets protect the docs from the anger backlash too. Why should plaintiff attorneys be the only ones protected against Obamacare? We all gotta be patriots and sacrifice, right Brett!

A comment on Rick Santorum's Tort Reform Agenda

Brett Emison — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 22:28:36 GMT

So JC spends his Christmas holiday lobbying for tort reform. That’s a pretty sad commentary.

But at least JC has made his position clear: JC wants erosion (or “dilution” as he termed it) of fundamental civil liberties established by our founders and guaranteed under the Bill of Rights in favor of more protection for negligent doctors and companies under a British/European-style civil justice system. And who pays when these injured victims no longer have access to the courts – the public through Medicare, Medicaid and assistance programs (or, perhaps, eventually under a European-style single payer healthcare system to match the European civil justice system).

And I bet JC even calls himself a patriot. Stunning.

A comment on Rick Santorum's Tort Reform Agenda

jc — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 22:09:54 GMT

Personally, I feel that we should discard the malpractice/Civil Justice litigation system entirely! 80% of malpractice cases which are brought to court are won by the defendant doctor. In other words, plaintiff attorneys have an 80% failure rate at trial. Patients for Fair Compensation is a group which is proposing another way. They are introducing a Georgia law which would throw out the creaky old malpractice system and replace it with an administrative system in which a medical court would render a quick and efficient judgement on the merits of the case saving the doc and patient much time and agony and allowing everyone to move on. Makes sense to me!