Burn injuries are painful, costly as far as the medical treatment required and often result in permanent scarring and/or other disfigurement. A burn from a flame or hot object, or a scald from a hot liquid or an electrical burn from a defective product can cause permanent injuries, including nerve damage, that may affect the victim’s quality
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What Happens When Doctors Fail to Diagnose Stomach Cancer?
The failure to properly diagnose stomach cancer or any cancer in a timely manner equates to medical malpractice and can have significant consequences for the patient. There are certain standards of care a healthcare provider must meet in treating patients, especially when evaluating a patient relative to a potential diagnosis of cancer. In particular, a healthcare
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Falling Tape Measure Kills Worker at Jersey Construction Site
Construction workers are not the only people in harm’s way at a worksite. Visitors and deliverymen at construction sites, as well as general public passers by can be injured without warning in a New Jersey construction accident. At any construction site, there may be potential hazards such as live wires, trenches, power tools, and falling objects.
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Google Looking for New Technology to Help Detect Cancer
Google is currently working on technology that will be able to diagnose cancers and impending heart attacks without invasive blood tests. If successful, the new technology will be able to detect a number of diseases at an earlier stage than is currently possible. According to a recent BBC news report, Google is developing disease-detecting nanoparticles that would
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Birth Injuries Caused by Oxygen Deprivation
Both unborn and newborn babies must receive enough oxygen before/during birth (via blood supply through the placenta and umbilical cord) and after birth respectively. When a baby suffers from a brain injury because of oxygen deprivation, it is known as a hypoxic or anoxic brain injury, could cause death of brain tissue (also termed hypoxic
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