- Don Briggs | January 18, 2008 5:03 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsDid you know that driver distraction causes about 80% of all car accidents? According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, driver inattention is the number one cause of accidents. An article summarizing the findings reports that drowsiness increases the risk of crashes by at least a factor of four, looking at something outside the car more than triples the chance of accident,...
- Don Briggs | January 15, 2008 1:35 PM |
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Medical MalpracticeRetirement is supposed to be the reward for a long life of hard work, but for many Maine seniors, the golden years are being stolen away by caregiver neglect, physical abuse, and financial exploitation. Whether the abuse happens in nursing homes or is inflicted by the victims own family, it's becoming a big problem in the United States and Maine is no exception. Retirement is supposed to be the...
- Alison Mynick, RN, Esq. | January 03, 2008 8:41 PM |
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Medical MalpracticeIt wasn't so long ago that some Maine heart attack victims who were resuscitated faced the following "good news/bad news" situation: The good news was that normal heart rhythm was restored after CPR. The heart attack victim lived. The bad news, often, was that lack of oxygen to the brain during the heart attack caused such serious brain damage that the survivor didn't seem like the same person...