Month: September 2014
Supreme Court to Argue Privacy of Jury Deliberations
The Supreme Court is set to argue next month the privacy of jury deliberations and how to address dishonesty during jury selection, according to a...
Severe Brain Trauma to Affect One in Three NFL Players
After many years of denial, the National Football League has finally recognized that rate of severe brain damage in its players that is much higher...
What to Know About the Midwest Enterovirus
The rare and usually mild enterovirus D68 has been recently sending kids in several Midwest cities to the hospital, worrying parents and doctors alike. Here...
Anti-Anxiety Drugs Linked to Alzheimer’s
Long-term use of several common anti-anxiety and insomnia drugs may increase the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease later in life by as much as 51...
Medicare Nursing Home Ratings Flawed
The Medicare “five-star” rating of nearly 3,000 nursing homes across the country may be misleading to the true state of the facilities due to incomplete...
Price Transparency in Medical Tests Lowers Costs
A common mindset within the medical community is that American patients are not very skilled consumers of health care and assume high prices mean high...
Safety Violations Close Another Ohio Nursing Home
After numerous instances of resident assaults and other serious problems that have gone uncorrected, a Central Ohio nursing home is in the process of having...
Jury awards $1.2 million medical malpractice award to Crandall & Pera Law client
Crandall & Pera Law Attorney Marc Pera recently won a significant victory for his client, Victoria Stamper and her husband Steve, in a medical malpractice...
High Infant-Mortality Rates in U.S., Ohio
Even as the world’s most technologically advanced country, the United States is ranked 34th among developed countries when it comes to the rate of infant...
DEA Places Stricter Controls on Painkillers
As the rate of painkiller abuse continues to steadily rise nationwide, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has placed stricter controls on prescription drugs containing hydrocodone....
Premature Infant Deaths Continue as Labor Drugs Underused
Two strategies proven to be effective in preventing premature infant deaths are largely underused globally, contributing to the deaths of nearly 1 million children each...
Concussions Not Treated by Supplements, FDA Warns
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has warned consumers to beware of dietary supplements that falsely claim to prevent or cure concussions or other traumatic...