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Vaccine Court Aims To Protect Patients and Pharmaceutical Companies

July 1, 2015 By dave

Vaccinations protect us from severe illnesses, but in rare causes they can cause harmful side effects.

Lisa Smith’s story begins in 2005. She was running her daily errands when she decided to stop by her local pharmacy to receive a flu shot. A few days later, she noticed her muscles were a bit sore and her throat had a faint tickle. Smith brushed it off as minor side effects of the flu shot. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Legal Tagged With: lawyers, legal, Pharmaceutical Companies, vaccines

Playground Injuries that Cost New York City $20M

March 5, 2015 By Reece Costain

Playgrounds are great places for kids and parents to enjoy fun and quality time together. Any kid’s childhood would not be complete without them.

Residents of cities with playgrounds in place are fortunate. They can spend leisure time there without having to spend money.

Mullaly Park New York

New York is one city blessed with several playgrounds where families gather on weekends or whenever they have free time. Unfortunately, these play areas have also cost the city millions of dollars due to injuries.

A comptroller report known as ClaimStat revealed that in the last 10 years alone, the city of New York spent $20 million paying for some 577 claims filed against the Parks Department by parents of kids injured at the city’s playgrounds. For the period 2005 to 2014, the personal injury claims went up by 53 percent. The ClaimStat report noted that the most common injuries at playgrounds include bruises and scrapes affecting the knees and elbows. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Children Tagged With: New York City playgrounds, personal injury cases, playground injuries, spinning wheel equipment in playgrounds

Strong Earthquake Strikes Japan

February 17, 2015 By Reece Costain

A magnitude 6.9 quake struck Japan today. Specifically, the quake occurred off the coast of north eastern Japan near Fukushima.

Japan earthquake

Immediately after the quake, the Japan Meteorological Agency issued a tsunami warning to alert residents living near the area. But the same warning was lifted hours after.

Official reports noted that quake had a depth of about 10 kilometers and struck past eight in the morning. The epicenter was identified at 210 kilometers east of the Miyako town. No injuries or casualties were reported.

Earlier, an evacuation advisory was issued by the city of Ofunato in Iwate. More than 1,350 households were advised to evacuate and stay away from the sear right away due to the strong quake which lasted for quite some time. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Nature Tagged With: 2011 Japan earthquake, earthquake in Japan, Japan Meteorological Agency

The Risks and Benefits of Complementary and Alternative Medicine

February 17, 2015 By Reece Costain


The past few decades have seen complementary and alternative medicine move from the fringes to the mainstream. The latest data from the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH,) the research center of the US National Institutes of Health, show that in 2012, 33.2% of adults and 11.6% of children had used CAM treatment in the past 12 months. Another study found that women were five times more likely to use mind-body approaches and food supplements than men. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Health, New Media Tagged With: alternative medicine, CAM, complementary medicine, herbal medicine, homeopathy, yoga

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