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• 97 Kentuckians Have Died in Car Crashes This Year

  Jennifer Moore | February 25, 2008 10:02 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  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 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  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 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  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 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  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...