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Source: U.S. National Institutes of Health; Journal of the American Medical Association, February 3, 2010 I know, I know…Let them sleep on their backs…No wait, only on their stomachs…No wait, on their backs but no pillows…or blankets…No smoking…No pets…Never in bed with you… Perhaps it’s no wonder why the Amercian Academy of Pediatrics is constantly revising guidelines [...] Source: BBC Health; British Journal of Psychiatry Australian researchers took time away from wrestling crocodiles and protecting babies from dingoes to study 1,241 women in the perinatal and postnatal time frame (Before and after they were pregnant). Why? to determine whether memory and concentration problems are really a cognitive defect of pregnancy. Their conclusions? Sorry, neither pregnancy [...] Source: AP News; Stuff.co.nz Shangdong (no, I’m not making that up) Province China. Li Jingchao (aren’t you happy we have child privacy laws now haters?) a 14 month old toddler is in recovery at Bo Ai Hospital Beijing. Swine flu? MRSA? No, chopsticks. Wait…what?! Little Li was apparently “playing” with the chopsticks when he somehow fell onto [...] You MAY have a medical malpractice case if: _ You or a loved one were significantly injured from a surgical error or complication of surgery _ You or a loved one were significantly injured from improper medical care or treatment _ You or a loved one were diagnosed with breast, ovarian, prostate or other cancer after a year [...] Every once in a while it is incumbent upon professionals, lawyers in particular, to prove their humanity by recognizing good and worthy people and causes. Some of you have inquired as to the links on the right side of the blog. Convergence being what it is, here is a little promotion and recognition. The H.A.L.O. Foundation [...] A little too close to home here, but results of a recent British cohort study suggest that infants who required resuscitation are at increased risk for low IQ scores by 8 years of age. Significantly, the results were said to be similar for those infants with and without encephalopathy. The theory advanced to explain this is [...] A study published in the April issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings, suggests that dopamine agonists, drugs used in the treatment of Parkinson’s disease can lead to the development of compulsive behaviors including gambling and hypersexuality. There’s a joke there somewhere. Unfortunately the larger joke is on the patients who may be taking these drugs to [...] (Ghost blogged for Gayle R. Lewis) One of my tasks as a newly appointed Assistant Attorney General (1978) for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania was to draft proposals for regulations providing newborn infants with guaranteed health insurance from birth through the first 31 days of life. Pennsylvania was one of the first States in the U.S. to make [...] |
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