InjuryBoard Dallas Archives

• Semi Truck Crashes into McDonald's

  Jeff Rasansky | August 28, 2008 11:24 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents

  Wow. Watch out where you go to lunch! An 18-wheeler crashed into a McDonald’s in Grand Prairie yesterday and injured two employees. Workers are still cleaning up the mess caused by the wreck. ...

• Elderly Still Being Treated With Antipsychotic Drugs

  Jeff Rasansky | August 27, 2008 2:23 PM | 2 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  A few weeks ago we wrote about the fact that stroke and death have both been linked to the use of antipsychotics in treating the elderly. Alarmingly, researchers are finding that atypical...

• Federal Government Cracking Down on Bus Companies

  Jeff Rasansky | August 26, 2008 11:25 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)

  Federal officials have been paying particularly close attention to bus companies after the Sherman bus crash earlier this month. The Houston Chronicle reports that around 300 bus companies are...

• New Study Reveals What We Already Knew About Big Tobacco

  Jeff Rasansky | August 25, 2008 2:33 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  The US National Cancer Institute has released a study that reveals just how powerful the mass media is in swaying public opinion. “This is the first report to conclude that tobacco advertising and...

• Vioxx to begin Settlements

  Jeff Rasansky | August 22, 2008 2:52 PM | 5 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  For those who claim Vioxx was responsible for their heart attacks, settlement packages are in the mail. Many of you may remember that Vioxx was removed from the market after it was linked to heart...

• Man Dies in North Carolina Hospital

  Jeff Rasansky | August 21, 2008 5:36 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  A 50-year old patient died in North Carolina after workers left him in a chair for 22 hours. Nobody helped him to the bathroom or even fed him, they just left him there. This case is alarmingly...

• Why Are Nursing Home Conditions so Poor?

  Jeff Rasansky | August 20, 2008 2:22 PM | 1 Comments
  Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse

  Nursing homes are responsible for some of the worst living conditions and abuse in the country. We have reported on several stories where residents have been put through some terrible conditions...

• Another Sherman Bus Accident Lawsuit Filed

  Jeff Rasansky | August 19, 2008 2:28 PM | 1 Comments
  Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)

  Another lawsuit has been filed over the Sherman bus crash that killed 17 people. The complaint was filed by the estate of Cham Nguyen and alleges that negligence on the part of the owner and...

• Have You Been Injured by Trayslol?

  Jeff Rasansky | August 18, 2008 4:07 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  Trayslol, a medicine manufactured by Bayer which also goes by the name aprotinin, has been widely used since the 1990s. It was used as a medicine given during heart bypass surgery to reduce...

• Side Effects of Antibiotics?

  Jeff Rasansky | August 15, 2008 12:15 PM | 1 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  Did you know that the side effects of antibiotics are responsible for over 140,000 trips the ER every year? The Centers for Disease Control have released their findings for a new study on...

• Hospitals Adopting Non-Bill Standards for Medical Errors

  Jeff Rasansky | August 13, 2008 2:55 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  Hospitals around the country have come together to say they will no longer bill patients for their medical mistakes. Tennessee is one state out of 23 that has approved the non-payment policies for...

• Federal Government Takes Action Against Bus Company

  Jeff Rasansky | August 12, 2008 2:32 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)

  A second bus owned by the company involved in last week’s deadly bus crash has been ordered out of service. Inspectors from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration said the bus should be...

• More News about the Sherman Bus Accident

  Jeff Rasansky | August 11, 2008 12:30 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)

  The bus company that owned the vehicle involved in last Friday’s crash in Sherman that killed 17 people was found to be “grossly deficient” in its vehicle maintenance according to federal...

• Charter Bus Crash Toll Now Up to 14

  Jeff Rasansky | August 08, 2008 12:59 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)

  The death toll of the Sherman bus disaster is now up to 14 people. For those who aren’t up to speed on what has happened: A bus crashed in Sherman early this morning around 12:45 p.m. It skidded...

• Nursing Home Evictions: How Can They Do That??

  Jeff Rasansky | August 07, 2008 4:44 PM | 1 Comments
  Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse

  Nursing homes all over the country are evicting residents. According to the Wall Street Journal, complaints about these discharge practices have doubled over the past decade, which makes it the...

• Does the Pill Increase the Risk of Cervical Cancer?

  Jeff Rasansky | August 04, 2008 5:28 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  I’m not sure just how “common” this knowledge is, but I thought I’d post what I’d found and let you all be the judge. There has been much talk about recent studies that find that women who use...