Diabetes is an injurious disease that requires constant vigilance from its sufferers. In people with Type 1 diabetes, the body produces no insulin, a hormone which allows the body to utilize a simple sugar called glucose for energy and many other vital functions. Until the early part of the 20th century, Type I diabetes was […]
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Suing Drug Manufacturers for Personal Injuries and Wrongful Deaths
It is now legal to sue drug manufacturers for personal injuries or wrongful death caused by a dangerous drug or the failure of a pharmaceutical manufacturer to give a proper warning about the use of a product. That is what the Supreme Court decided in a 6-3 vote in a rare pro-consumer decision by upholding […]
Prime the Economy Now
A new president should bring hope for a better economic future, but the Dow Jones average has been dropping steadily since the day after Barack Obama‘s election in November. On November 5, a day when the excitement of a new administration coming to Washington should have given the market a big boost, the average fell […]
Brain Injuries Ruin Lives and Families Beyond Imagination
In an instant, a traumatic brain injury changes a life. Serious brain injuries are obvious and treatment comes immediately, but “mild” injuries are difficult to diagnose. Frequently, brain injury survivors have no visible signs of injury, and doctors tell them that they’ll quickly get better. Some symptoms of brain injury are also the symptoms of […]
Unsafe Schools: Avoidable Personal Injuries
School should be a place where students can learn in an atmosphere of security and safety, but every year school districts in California and across the nation pay millions of dollars on settlements and lawsuits for personal injuries to student they have caused. Approximately 4 million students suffer personal injuries at school every year. That […]
