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Drowsy Driving and Teen Accident Risks

Teenage drivers have minimal driving experience and sometimes make unsafe driving decisions, putting themselves and others at risk of involvement in an auto accident. When teen drivers cause collisions to occur, a New York City car accident law firm can represent victims involved in crashes who are hurt by these teens. Unfortunately, young motorists may become even more likely to cause collisions if they are fatigued while driving– which is a common problem since biology often puts young people on a sleep schedule that is at odds with the school schedule they must maintain. Understanding Drowsy Driving Accident Risks for Teen Drivers The New York

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Anesthesia Errors in New York and Compensation

According to a Johns Hopkins University study, “never events”, or events that should never happen in surgery, occur at least 4,000 times each year in the United States.

New analysis shows that medical errors are the third leading cause of death in the US, resulting in at least 250,000 deaths each year. This means that 10% of all deaths in the country are due to preventable medical errors. Anesthesia errors in New York, are one of these preventable medical mistakes.

An anesthesia error is a mistake that an anesthesiologist, doctor, or other medical professional makes during surgery. This error could be too

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Drugged Driving Accidents and the Challenges of Measuring Impairment

When a drugged driving accident happens and victims are hurt or killed in the motor vehicle crash, injured motorists or their family members should consult with a New York City injury lawyer for help.Β  Unfortunately, drugged driving accidents are on the rise and, as NPR explains, addressing the problem is difficult because of the challenges that are associated with measuring impairment levels when motorists use narcotics. Determining Impairment Levels of Drugged Drivers is a Tough Task In 2015, 43 percent of fatally-injured drivers who were tested for drugs other than alcohol were found to have some type of drugs in their system. When conducting testing

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Improved surgery for liver tumors

Tumors and blood vessels can undergo shifting by inches in the liver, which can make it difficult for surgeons to pinpoint the location of tumors when a patient is on the operating table. The position in which the liver is resting in the body during diagnostic imaging is different from how it is positioned when the patient is laying down during surgery. Patients in New York who have ailments related to an impaired liver may be interested to know that a technology has been created that can locate tumors in the organ, allowing doctors to bypass blood vessels during surgery.

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