As car accident attorneys in Mesa, we know that if cars follow each other too closely, they can cause a multi-vehicle car accident if something goes wrong. According to ABC 15, there were at least six vehicles involved in a pileup on US 60 west of Stapley on Tuesday night, December 13, 2011. Injuries were reported, but it is unknown exactly what happened. Our thoughts and prayers ar [...]
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Mesa Car Accident Results in Multi-Vehicle Pileup
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Fire Prevention Week: How Smoke Alarms Work?
It’s Fire Prevention Week!!!This year, the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) is promoting the correct use of smoke alarms as essential fire prevention tools for your home and workplace during Fire Prevention Week (October 3 – October 9).
Knowing the different types of smoke alarms and how they work can help you choose the safest option for you and your family.
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Americans Get Most Radiation from Too Many Medical Scans
A recent story by the Associated Press revealed that Americans get most of their radiation not from cell phones, microwaves or airport scanners, but from going through medical scans.
While we do get some radiation from these and other sources, a huge part of it is due to too many medical tests.Americans get the most medical radiation in the world, said the story, even more than people in other Western countries. H [...]
Posted in: Medical Malpractice
Da Vinci Robot Linked to New Hampshire Hospital Injuries
At least two patients at the Wentworth-Douglass Hospital in Dover, NH were injured by the da Vinci surgical robot, a $1.4 million machine named after Leonardo da Vinci, prompting an investigation of Intuitive Surgical Inc, the company that markets the robot, The Wall Street Journal reports.
According to the WSJ, the da Vinci robot is used in 853 US hospitals to perform minimally invasive surgery, though some [...]
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Baby Boomers Could Benefit From Long Term Care Program
The US government is attempting to prepare for an onslaught of aging baby boomers by passing a new long term care program that assists individuals with severe disabilities. Nytimes.com reports that more and more Americans are going to be earning the title of “Older Americans” as the significant number of baby boomers age. Congress wants to help by establishing a program in the National Health Care Bill that wil [...]
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