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Personal Injury and Social Security Disability Blog

The purpose of this blog is to provide information to people who have been injured due to negligence, and to those who have filed for Social Security disability benefits, or who are considering filing for Social Security disability benefits.
By Robert Kraft

Post Frequency: 8.1/day

Last Entry: August 13, 2012 at 06:06:00

Featured Link - Guide to Online Hospital Administration Degrees

Posted on March 18, 2011
HospitalAdministration.org has lots of information on this hot employment area, with links to colleges offering this degree in each state.

Friday Fun

Posted on March 18, 2011
This fellow does a terrific job of performing a complex card trick.

55% of Physicians With Restricted Privileges Are Not Disciplined

Posted on March 17, 2011
The Orlando Sentinel reports that for about the past 20 years, "state medical boards responsible for disciplining doctors have failed to punish more than half of those whose hospitals revoked or restricted their privileges, according to a new report released...

Inadequacy of Crash Test Dummies Leaves Many Child Safety Seats With No Federal Standards

Posted on March 16, 2011
Here's one more thing for parents of small children to worry about ? many children's car seats may not meet federal safety guidelines. The reason is that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration hasn't yet developed a lifelike child crash...

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Johnson & Johnson's Animas Unit Recalls Leaking Insulin Cartridges

Posted on March 15, 2011
Bloomberg News reported, "Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)'s Animas unit recalled leaking insulin cartridges, saying they may cause pumps to deliver too little medicine to patients." In a letter dated Feb. 24, the company notified patients, "saying the recall affects 2-milliliter...

Tom Margenau is a retired Social

Posted on March 14, 2011
Tom Margenau is a retired Social Security Administration employee who writes a syndicated column about retirement and disability benefits. He always has excellent information, writes in an easy-to-understand style, and has an extensive knowledge of his subject matter...

HHS Unveils Preliminary Format for Rate Increase Notices

Posted on March 11, 2011
CQ HealthBeat reports, "The proposed format for notices that insurance companies would have to post electronically when they ask for rate increases of 10 percent or more was unveiled Monday by" HHS. Such notices were mandated by the healthcare law...

Friday Fun

Posted on March 11, 2011
This may be the greatest invention ever!

Stop Giving Away Our Legal Rights ? The Reality Of Tort Reform Is Unfair System

Posted on March 10, 2011
Houston attorney Paul Simon wrote an excellent Letter to the Editor of the Houston Chronicle this week: For the fourth time in recent memory, business interests and insurance companies want to further tilt the scales of justice in their favor....

Don't Be a Victim of Barratry and Solicitation

Posted on March 08, 2011
Barratry, or solicitation of personal injury claims, is a large and growing problem in Texas. This type of "ambulance chasing" gives all lawyers a bad name, and should be universally condemned in the legal community. Sadly, the State Bar of...

FDA Orders Unapproved Cold Drugs Off the Market

Posted on March 07, 2011
A story about the Food and Drug Administration pulling hundreds of cold and cough medicines from the market garnered extensive print media coverage, but only one network television station mentioned it. Many of the sources indicated that this action would...

National Consumer Protection Week

Posted on March 06, 2011
We are in the middle of Consumer Protection week, and there is a government Web site dedicated to the education of consumers during this one week of each year. Here is a description from theNational Consumer Protection Week site: National...

Friday Fun

Posted on March 04, 2011
An oldie, but goodie:

FDA Knew of Problems at Plant That Made Tainted Alcohol Wipes

Posted on March 03, 2011
Documents show sterilization issues as early as 2009; dozens may have been sickened The death of a 2-year-old Houston boy from a rare infection blamed on contaminated alcohol wipes may be only the first casualty tied to allegedly shoddy sterilization...

FDA Issues Recall for Medtronic Implantable Infusion Pumps

Posted on March 02, 2011
Medscape reported, "The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a Class I recall for certain lots of implantable infusion pumps manufactured by Medtronic, which are used in patients undergoing therapy that requires the constant delivery of drugs or...

More Information on Toyota Recall to Address Pedal and Floor Mat Defects

Posted on March 01, 2011
The AP reported the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration closed its investigation of Toyota Motor Corp. after the company recalled over two million US vehicles on Thursday "to address accelerator pedals that could become entrapped in floor mats or jammed...

Supreme Court Ruling Protects Vaccine Makers from Lawsuits

Posted on February 28, 2011
Print media widely covered the Supreme Court ruling in a case which sought to hold a drug maker liable for the side effects of a childhood vaccine. Most sources considered the Court's decision a victory for vaccine makers. The Los...

Toyota Recalls Two Million More Cars for Accelerator Pedal Problems

Posted on February 25, 2011
Here's more trouble for Toyota. The company has recalled more than two million Toyota and Lexus vehicles to correct problems that can cause gas pedals to become stuck in floor mats. You can see a list of vehicles included in...

Friday Fun

Posted on February 25, 2011
This spoof of the song Memories is a perfect description of my life these days...

Parents Continue to Give Cough and Cold Medicines to Infants Despite FDA Warnings

Posted on February 24, 2011
The Los Angeles Times ran an article last week reporting that dire warnings from the food and Drug Administration have not stopped parents from giving potentially dangerous cough and cold medicines to infants. Here are excerpts: More than half of...

AlloDerm May Cause Hernia Surgery Failures

Posted on February 22, 2011
AlloDerm is a type of skin graft material made from decellularized human cadaveric dermis (meaning it?s made from donated skin that?s been processed to remove the cells). AlloDerm was first introduced into the market in 1994 for use treating burn...

Almost 10,000 Infants Injured in Crib Accidents Annually

Posted on February 21, 2011
USA Today reports, "More than 9,500 babies and toddlers" go to the emergency department (ED) each year because of injuries related to "cribs, playpens and bassinets," according to a "19-year" study in the journal Pediatrics. The researchers found that an...

Consumer Group Seeks Ban on Caramel-Colored Soft Drinks

Posted on February 18, 2011
I don't care what color my Diet Coke is, but please don't change the taste! NBC Nightly News reported, "Something a lot of us take a lot of in, caramel coloring, the stuff that makes Coke and Pepsi and other...

Friday Fun

Posted on February 18, 2011
OK, this site isn't really "fun," but it sure is an interesting idea. Have you ever lost a camera? I have, but fortunately it did not have any photos on it that had not been transferred to a computer. Some...

Over 200 Patient Deaths Linked to "Alarm Fatigue"

Posted on February 17, 2011
In a front-page story, the Boston Globe reported, "With the use of monitors rising, their beeps can become so relentless, and false alarms so numerous, that nurses become desensitized -- sometimes leaving patients to die without anyone rushing to their...

Recalled Medical Devices Were Mostly Untested

Posted on February 16, 2011
Two of the major television networks and a number of newspapers and consumer medical sites discussed a study published online Feb. 14 in the Archives of Internal Medicine about a possible link between fast approval of some medical devices and...

Nearly Two Million Baby Monitors Recalled After Infant Deaths

Posted on February 15, 2011
Here's a frightening story ? almost 2,000,000 baby monitors produced by Summer Infant have been recalled because two children strangled in their cribs after getting tangled in the devices' electrical cords. What a terrible thing for a parent to face....

Featured Link - BioMedSearch.com

Posted on February 14, 2011
BioMedSearch.com is a new site for biomedical research. There is a ton of information on the site. Here is the official description: BioMedSearch is a biomedical search engine that contains NIH/PubMed documents, plus a large collection of theses, dissertations, and...

Friday Fun

Posted on February 11, 2011
This sailboat was designed to look like a sinking ship. Great idea, but I wonder how many times the Coast Guard has rushed to its "rescue"?

State Budget Cuts May Mean Hundreds of Nursing Homes Close

Posted on February 07, 2011
The proposed budget cuts put forward by the Texas Legislature could have a devastating effect on the nursing home industry and the patients who live in nursing homes. This blunt fact was detailed in a recent article in the Dallas...

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