Miscellaneous

• NHTSA Has New Child Safety Seats Ratings

  Sandy Grinnell | May 01, 2008 5:38 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  In an effort to reduce infant injuries and fatities in auto accidents due to improperly installed car seats, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, NHTSA, has devised a new, easy to use...

• Twice as Many Intestinal Infections Reported by Hospitals

  Sandy Grinnell | April 25, 2008 5:20 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  U.S. hospitals have reported a 200 percent increase in the deadly CDAD disease from 2000 to 2005. While there has been a lot of press about the drug-resistent MRSA staph infection virus, you may not...

• First Quarter Theme Park Injuries Reported

  Sandy Grinnell | April 22, 2008 8:55 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  Florida's theme parks are required to report tourist related injuries to the state quarter. Here is a summary of the first quarter reports: Neck and spine injuries sustained on the Mach V ride at...

• Club Drugs May Have Same Effect As Brain Injuries

  Diego Madrigal | April 21, 2008 11:00 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  A study cited in the University of Florida s latest Neuropsychology Clinical Update shows that recreational club drugs like ecstasy and methamphetamines have the similar effects on the brain as a...

• Doctor Blogs and Patient Privacy

  Mike Damaso | April 19, 2008 9:49 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  A recent article on the NPR website raised several valid concerns about doctor blogs and the impact they have on patient privacy. According to the article, medical blogs can be helpful and...

• New Law Section of Orlando Sentinel

  Mike Damaso | April 18, 2008 9:48 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  Just want to give everyone a heads up that there is a new law related section of the Orlando Sentinel. The section is called "The Law & You." The article today mainly reported on recent events...

• Tax Consequences of Lawsuits

  Diego Madrigal | April 15, 2008 10:16 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  Today is the day that millions of Americans rush to the post office in the grand tradition of filing taxes right at the April 15th deadline. The question often arises from clients as to what...

• Fireworks Malfunction at Wrestlmania 24

  Diego Madrigal | March 31, 2008 9:39 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  Dozens of spectators at Wrestlemania 24 were injured when the final fireworks display of the night accidentally shot into the crowd. At the conclusion of the show at the Citrus Bowl, one of the lines shooting fireworks broke and went into the crowd, burning several people. Although most of the injuries were minor ones, one person had to be transported to the hospital to treat his burns. This...

• Bad Week for Airline Passengers

  Sandy Grinnell | March 25, 2008 3:58 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  Since the full moon had begun to wane, there had to be some other external force effecting air travel this week. Here are the headlines from msnbc.com yesterday:Piece of airliner dislodges... hits passenger window; Pilot's gun fires on US Airways jet; and 747 blows 4 tires, aborts takeoff from LAXThe first incident involved a US Air Boeing 757 traveling from Orlando to Philly. A piece of the...

• Will Justices Recuse Themselves Because They Are Baseball Fans?

  Diego Madrigal | March 21, 2008 5:05 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  An interesting question has been posed in anticipation of the Supreme Court deciding on whether or not to hear a case regarding fantasy baseball. The issue in the case is as to who owns the statistics for baseball players. Is it Major League Baseball, or are they owned by nobody and therefore, free to the world. It is known that Justices Alito and Stevens are big baseball fans, but do they...