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Distracted Driving Comes With a Hangover Effect

New York City catastrophic injury lawyers have helped many victims and their families in recent years after those victims were hurt in distracted driving collisions. Distracted driving has become more common and far more deadly in recent years as an ever-increasing number of motorists use electronic devices while operating their vehicles. Unfortunately, new evidence continues to arise about distracted driving dangers- including reports from an AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety study suggesting that drivers could experience a β€œhangover” effect from using voice-to-text devices while they are driving. Drivers Stay Distracted After Using Voice-Controlled Devices Hands-free devices were once thought to be relatively safer than handheld

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Mistakes with drug-thinning drugs prevalent in nursing homes

Blood-thinning drugs like Coumadin and Warfarin save lives by reducing the risk of strokes when people could get blood clots. Anticoagulant drugs, however, need to be administered with care, and when dosages are wrong or the drugs react with other medications or even food, people could die of internal bleeding. Some patients in nursing homes in New York and around the country have been the victim of the poorly-monitored use of blood thinners.

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Facts regarding a collapsed lung

New York residents may be familiar with a condition called pneumothorax, also known as a collapsed lung. This condition happens when air, which usually circulates inside the lungs, leaks and becomes trapped in the pleural space around the lungs. As this air builds up, it puts pressure on the lungs and causes them to collapse. Typically, however, it only causes a part of the lung to collapse.

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Suffering from IBD

Many New York residents who suffer from inflammatory bowel disease identify pain and fatigue as their most difficult symptoms. This is according to a survey of more than 4,000 respondents that was conducted by Health Union in early 2017.

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Stroke misdiagnosis common for younger patients

A stroke is not something most New York residents think about when they are in their 30s or 40s. While it is true the chance of a stroke happening to a younger person is only about 1 in 1000, strokes may end up being even more dangerous to a younger person due to a misdiagnosis.

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Worker Injured While Dodging Crane on Construction Site With History of Problems

A construction worker recently sustained an injury on a construction site as he tried to dodge a crane.Β  DNA Info reported on the incident, which sent the affected worker to Bellevue Hospital for treatment. The incident was one of many in recent years in which employees have been harmed by problems with cranes on construction sites throughout New York City. Some of the incidents have been far more serious than others, with cranes collapsing on or hitting construction workers and causing fatalities. Whenever a construction worker is hurt due to a crane, or is otherwise injured on a construction site, New York City construction accident

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Violence on the Job: An Injured Worker’s Rights

Recently, two sanitation workers in Brooklyn were attacked while they were performing their work duties. CBS Local New York reported on the acts of violence that the sanitation workers were subject to. When violence occurs on-the-job, workers could be badly hurt. Violence could be perpetrated by customers or by clients, which is common in certain industries, such as healthcare workers being harmed by aggressive patients. Violence could also be perpetrated by strangers, such as a robber stealing from a gas station and harming the clerk, or by co-workers. When a worker is hurt by an act of violence, it is important for the injured employee

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C-sections an unnecessary surgery for many new mothers

New York parents-to-be may be interested in learning that about 1.3 children are delivered via cesarean section every single year. However, researchers have determined that approximately half of the C-sections that are performed, which can pose additional risks to both the mother and child, are not even necessary. There are several factors that can help determine whether or not a pregnant woman will undergo a C-section to deliver her child.

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Poor communication among pharmacists can lead to errors

New York residents who rely on pharmacies to obtain their medications may be interested to learn that in 2016 more than 4.4 billion prescriptions were dispensed. However, research shows that the majority of serious or life-changing pharmaceutical errors occur during shift changes. As such, a study found that the rate of errors could be reduced if communication between pharmacists is improved.

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