New test for Alzheimer’s Disease?

Source:  AARP Bulletin, July 2010

Who says there’s no more creativity in American business?

Alzheimer’s disease is a brain disorder named for German physician Alois Alzheimer, who first described it in 1906. (He forgot about it shortly thereafter.  Kidding!)  Alzheimer’s is a progressive and fatal brain disease. As many as 5.3 million Americans have Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer’s destroys brain cells, causing memory [...]

Preventing Catastrophic Brain Injury with blood pressure checks.

Source:  BBC Health; The Lancet

A stroke is the interruption of blood to the brain.  It is most commonly caused by vascular interruption from a blood clot or cholesterol blockage or cholesterol embolus.  Rarely, it may also be caused by fungal endocarditis and fungal emboli following mitral valve replacement surgery.

Strokes have been classified as “brain attacks.”  [...]

Good News for my West Coast Friends!

Source:  US Department of Justice Press Release

United States Federal Prosecutors have been directed to stop marijuana-related prosecutions in the current States (14 of them) in which the medical use of marijuana has been “legalized.”

The Federal Government has wisely (legally speaking anyway) decided that it is antithetical and a waste of funding to interfere with State [...]

Do you have a medical malpractice case in PA or NJ?

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 [...]