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• How Common are Medical Mistakes?

  Jennifer Moore | March 16, 2008 8:53 PM | 0 CommentsLouisville, KY

  How common are medical mistakes that occur at hospitals across the U.S.? Unfortunately, more common than most of us realize. In an interview with 60 Minutes, Dennis Quaid recounted how his twins almost died due to a medical mistake. The twins almost died last November when nurses at Cedars-Sinai hospital in Los Angeles mistakenly gave them an adult version of a blood thinner causing a drug...

• 97 Kentuckians Have Died in Car Crashes This Year

  Jennifer Moore | February 25, 2008 10:02 PM | 0 CommentsLouisville, KY

  In less than two months, 97 people have died as a result of automobile accidents in Kentucky. Just last week 10 people died in car wrecks. Statistics as to the causes of these wrecks have not been released yet. Alcohol may have been a factor in one wreck. At this time of year, with the weather changing so much, it is even more important to be careful on the road. Be aware of freezing...

• Fatal Car Wreck

  Jennifer Moore | February 24, 2008 11:47 AM | 0 CommentsLouisville, KY

  A woman died from multiple injuries sustained in an automobile accident on the Watterson Expressway in Louisville, Kentucky on Friday. Two semi tractor-trailers were also involved in the fatal crash. According to witnesses, she may have lost control of her vehicle and then was clipped by a tractor-trailer and subsequently hit by another when her vehicle ended up in its path.Witnesses told...

• Trasylol Linked to Thousands of Deaths(2)

  Jennifer Moore | February 23, 2008 10:50 AM | 0 CommentsLouisville, KY

  60 Minutes recently reported that the drug, Trasylol, may be linked to the death of thousands of patients. Trasylol had been on the market for 14 years and was made by Bayer. Estimates show that worldwide over four and a half million people have been given the drug -- about a third of them were Americans. Trasylol was given in the operating room to control bleeding. Bayer aggressively...

• Medical Malpractice in the Military

  Jennifer Moore | February 01, 2008 11:23 AM | 0 CommentsLouisville, KY

  Unlike every other citizen in the United States, active-duty military personnel and their families cannot sue the federal government for medical malpractice. If you serve in the military and a military doctor commits malpractice, you have no legal rights to pursue. Yesterday, CBS Evening News published a story highlighting the injustice that occurs when active-duty military suffer from...

• How to Avoid Hospital Infections

  Jennifer Moore | January 28, 2008 3:16 AM | 0 CommentsLouisville, KY

  Have you ever known anyone admitted to the hospital and while a patient they develop an infection? An infection like MRSA can turn into a life-threatening situation. If you or a family member is facing surgery, I suggest reading the article, "15 Steps You Can Take to Reduce Your Risk of a Hospital Infection." It provides good tips on how to protect yourself against infections while a patient...

• Answers to the Medtronic Recall

  Jennifer Moore | January 27, 2008 2:58 AM | 0 CommentsLouisville, KY

• Speeding Leads to Crash and Death

  Jennifer Moore | January 26, 2008 10:46 PM | 0 CommentsLouisville, KY

  A car accident earlier this week in Louisville, Kentucky resulted in the death of the female passenger. Police reported that before the wreck one vehicle was speeding excessively on the Watterson Expressway and the police tried to pull the car over, but the driver took an exit ramp. Moments later the vehicle was hit broadside by another vehicle at an intersection. Police reported that the...

• Stamina Products Inc. recalls Inversion Therapy Tables Due to Fall Hazard

  Jenny Albano | January 16, 2008 5:38 PM | 0 CommentsLouisville, KY

  Stamina Products Inc., in conjunction with the CPSC, is recalling about 2,000 Inversion Therapy Tables due to a fall hazard.A weld in the center of the inversion table can fail when the table is in an inverted position, posing a fall hazard to consumers. Stamina Products has received three reports of weld failures. No injuries have been reported.The recalled products include the following model...

• Bowling Green Police Officer Involved in Car Accident

  Jennifer Moore | December 17, 2007 11:05 PM | 0 CommentsLouisville, KY

  Yesterday, a Bowling Green Police Officer collided with a vehicle being driven by an 18-year old at the intersection of Adams Street and 11th Avenue in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The Kentucky State Police will investigate the wreck. Whenever the City of Bowling Green's Police Department is involved in an automobile accident, the Kentucky State Policy handles the investigation in an attempt to...