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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Factory Explosion Leaves Four New Jersey Workers Injured
Workers at a New Jersey factory were mixing hydrogen and oxygen to create polyurethane foam when an explosion occurred resulting in four of them being injured. According to The Associated Press, the blaze broke out at the Crest Foam Industries building on Carol Place in Moonachie. Firefighters were able to control the blaze and put it
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