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• Pradaxa Risk of Bleeding & Heart Attack
• Skecher Shape Ups and Toning Shoes
• Birth Injury
• Semi-Truck and Auto Accidents
• Dangerous and Defective Products
• Medical Mistakes
• Nursing Home Neglect, Abuse & Wrongful Death
• Pain Pumps
• Fentanyl Pain Patch

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Pradaxa Risk of Bleeding & Heart Attack

Patient Advocacy Group Warns Patients that Pradaxa has a Higher Rate of Death and Internal Bleeding than Other Blood Thinners

Study Finds Pradaxa Causes More Injuries Than Warfarin

Skecher Shape Ups and Toning Shoes

Skechers to pay $40 million for false claims about toning shoe benefits

ABC World News Reports Skechers Agrees to $40 Million Settlement with the FTC

Getting in Shape for the Summer? The Risks of Shape-Up Shoes

Reebok EasyTone and RunTone shoes false claims lawsuit

Reebok to pay $25 million for false claims about toning shoe benefits

Birth Injury

Brain Damage and KY Birth Injuries May Result from Delayed Childbirth

A Doctor’s Role in Preventing Kentucky Neonatal Infections at Birth

Should a Kentucky Doctor Be Able to Detect Neonatal E. Coli Earlier?

Shoulder Weakness from Kentucky Brachial Plexus Birth Injuries

Can Improper Prenatal Monitoring Lead to a Birth Injury in Kentucky?

Semi-Truck and Auto Accidents

A Cincinnati Truck Crash Lawyer Discusses Spinal Cord Injury Expenses

Louisville Auto Accident Leaves Teen Bicyclist Injured

Kentucky Car Accidents and Drowsy Driving

Cell Phones and Kentucky Car Accidents

Defective Maintenance Issues Can Cause Kentucky Truck Wrecks

Dangerous and Defective Products

Kentucky Defective Products Attorney on Dangerous Drugs in Covington

Zimmer NexGen knee replacement lawsuits

Darvocet pulled for link to heart damage by the FDA

Drugs for Osteoporosis Prescribed Unecessarily?

Defective Children’s Products & Toys are Constantly Recalled

Medical Mistakes

Understanding Placenta Previa

Fewer complications from heart device specialists

Pain Pumps

What Are Some of the Reported Problems with Pain Pumps?

Kimberly Clark subsidiary I-Flow sues doctor for using its pain pump product

Daubert Motion in Pain Pump Case Found for Plaintiff

Shoulder Pain Pump Manufacturer I-Flow Settles Lawsuits

Shoulder Pain Pump Manufacturers Have Been Silent

Fentanyl Pain Patch

After a Defective Fentanyl Pain Patch Causes Injuries or Death of a Loved One

General

Many report injuries from Skechers to the Consumer Product Safety Commission

Yaz and Yasmin May Cause Stroke

Taking Yaz or Yasmin May Cause Deep Vein Thrombosis

Yaz Can Lead to Irregular Heartbeat

Hyperkalemia is a Potential Complication of Yaz Birth Control

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News

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Consumer Product Safety Commission reports injuries from Skechers ShapeUps...

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Alli and Xenical Diet Drugs Linked to Liver Damage Warns FDA...

Yoga and mindful eating is a way to fight obesity...

Tips for parents on treating children's ankle sprains...

Brown fat cells may provide way to fight obesity...

New function for muscular dystrophy protein...

Patients having trouble with medical bills...

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Library

General

Side Effects of Synthetic Pot According to a K2 Spice Lawyer

Was Your Child Burned by an Instant Noodle Soup Cup?

Signs and Treatment of Kidney Failure

Warning Signs of Stroke

Yaz or Yasmin Birth Control Can Cause Deep Vein Thrombosis

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Protecting children from unintentional injuries

Attorney Ronald E. Johnson of Schachter & Hendy concentrates on legal issues surrounding children's injuries.

Many children are injured each year by accidents. What can parents do to protect their children from accidental and unintentional injuries?

USA Safe Kids is an organization dedicated to helping children and their families. According to their website, the children at the highest risk of injury are younger children, males, minorities, and poor children. USA Safe Kids feel it's important to educate parents about how they can protect their children and reduce this significant risk of injury.

According to USA Safe Kids, children from low income families are twice as likely to die in a traffic accident, four times more likely to drown, and five times more likely to die as a result of a fire.

There are more than 3.9 million children under age five living in poverty. Some of the factors that increase these young children's risk of injury, according to USA Safe Kids:

• single-parent households
• lack of education
• young maternal age
• multiple siblings
• substandard and overcrowded housing
• lack of safe recreational facilities
• proximity of housing to busy streets
• inadequate childcare or supervision
• increased exposure to physical hazards
• limited access to health care
• less likely to use safety devices due to lack of money

Native American and Black children

Unfortunately, statistics show that death rates for children of low-income families are increasing, mostly from firearm and pedestrian injuries. The USA Safe Kids website also says that Black and Native American children have disproportionate death and injury rates due to:

• higher levels of poverty
• lower levels of education
• employment and income
• lack health insurance
• have difficulty obtaining appropriate and necessary medical care
• have lower incomes creating significant financial barriers to care
• receive care in hospital emergency rooms
• practice fewer safety behaviors
• less likely to receive lifesaving preventive services

According to USA Safe Kids, more than 40% of Native American children are poor, and have the highest unintentional injury death rate in the US. Their statistics also show that more than 30% of black children live in poverty and have the second highest unintentional child injury death rate in the US.

Rural and Urban Children

USA Safe Kids also says that children in rural areas have a greater risk of unintentional injuries and death, from drowning, traffic accidents, firearms, fires, and agricultural injuries. These children live in remote areas without access to medical facilities.

Children account for 20 percent of all injury-related farm fatalities and represent an even larger portion of nonfatal injuries, according to USA Safe Kids.

Male Children

Statistics also show that young male children are at a greater risk of injury because of risk-taking and rougher play than females, said USA.

Young Children

USA Safe Kids says children ages 4 and under are at greater risk from unintentional injury-related death and disability and account for 49 percent of these deaths among children ages 14 and under. Babies have higher rates of death, mostly from suffocation, falls and car accidents, said the USA website.

Preschoolers are more likely to die from drowning, residential fire and burn injury, poisoning, motor vehicle occupant injury, pedestrian injury and airway obstruction injury, according to USA.

For more information, go to: National SAFE KIDS Campaign (NSKC). Children at Risk Fact Sheet. Washington (DC): NSKC, 2004.

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Videos

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General

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