Month: April 2019

The Dangers of Texting and Driving

When you drive your car, you keep your eyes on the road, your hands on the steering wheel, and your mind on the task at hand. Driving is a complex task, and it requires all three of those actions working simultaneously to get you and your passengers to and from your destinations safely. Anything that The Dangers of Texting and Driving

Gadolinium MRI Contrast Agents can cause Serious Side Effects

Gadolinium is a rare earth metal which has been used as a contrast agent in Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI).  It has been found to be particularly effective in highlighting soft tissues, especially blood vessels.  The product is manufactured by many different manufacturers under various names including Magnevist, MultiHance, ProHance, Omniscan, and OptiMARK, among others (see Gadolinium MRI Contrast Agents can cause Serious Side Effects

Eight Reasons to Carry Medical Payments Coverage on your Car Insurance

You don’t want to be “insurance poor”, which means, you’re paying so much in premiums to insurance companies that there’s no money left for anything else.  However, there is one form of insurance you can add to your auto insurance policy that is one of the least expensive coverages you can buy and is so Eight Reasons to Carry Medical Payments Coverage on your Car Insurance

Opioid Case Review

THE OPIOID CRISIS 50,000 people die in the United States each year due to opioid overdoses.  That is almost the equivalent of the total number of U.S. soldiers who died during the entire Viet Nam war.  How did this happen?  At one-point in the not too distant past, opioid addiction almost exclusively resulted from the Opioid Case Review

Can I Be Fired for Filing for Workers’ Compensation?

When you get hurt on the job and can’t return to work, you need a way to replace your income. Nevada’s workers’ compensation system is designed to provide injured workers like you a chance to receive a percentage of their paychecks while they rest and recover. However, some injured workers are hesitant to file claims Can I Be Fired for Filing for Workers’ Compensation?

Zofran Lawsuits

Zofran Birth Defect Cases Moving Forward Zofran (ondansetron) was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 1991 as an anti-nausea medication for chemotherapy and post-surgical patients.  At no time in its history has Zofran been approved to be marketed to pregnant women for the treatment of morning sickness, however, the manufacturer, Glaxo Zofran Lawsuits

Blood Pressure Medication Recall

Behind the Valsartan Recalls Valsartan becomes the third high blood pressure/heart failure medication to be recalled from the market within the last year.  It joins losartan and irbesartan, all of which are of a class of generic hypertension drugs called angiotensin II receptor blockers, or ARB’s, which have been previously recalled due to contamination with Blood Pressure Medication Recall