North Dakota took a giant step in the right direction for victims of medical malpractice. In early January, South Central Judicial District Judge Cynthia Feland ruled that the state’s arbitrary damage cap on medical malpractice verdicts was unconstitutional,...
Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is a natural gas extraction process. In the simplest of terms, it involves drilling down into the ground (eventually making an “L” and drilling horizontally) to reach the natural gas trapped below the shale. Water, sand...
For many, 2016 was the Year of the Recall. Takata’s defective airbags accounted for much of that total, but almost every major automaker faced a recall that year. As of December 20th, however, 2017 had seen its fair share of recalls, too: 28,146,661 recalled...
Catheters are useful little tools. They’re small plastic tools used by medical professionals for an array of reasons: to measure, to drain, to give drugs, etc. They’re also disposable – on purpose. After all, do you really want a tube that has been in someone else’s...
Every year, United Van Lines releases its list of which states saw the most inbound and outbound moves. Illinois topped the list of people moving away (643% of all moves were outbound), and Vermont topped the list of people moving in (68% of all moves were inbound)....
There is an interesting thing happening in Allegheny County. In 2016, the police department started using a predictive algorithm when screening incoming calls of reported child abuse or neglect. They are the first in the country to use the system as a back-up to human...
There are many women who delay pregnancy until they are older. Many women are surprised to hear themselves referred to as being at an “advanced” maternal age at their first prenatal visit. There is no precise age that is considered to be “advanced” when a woman...
The amount of folk wisdom offered to expecting mothers can be overwhelming: Eat this, do not eat that, gain weight, but not too much weight, and so forth. Particularly if you have struggled to become or stay pregnant, the risks are all too real. Recently, a Journal of...
