Posts Tagged ‘medical treatment’
IVC Filter Use Falls As Lawsuits Increase
A recent study found a direct connection between legal activity and less-frequent use of dangerous IVC filters. The most significant decline occurred in heavy litigation areas, according to Dr. Ketan Patel of Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. Between 1993 and 2010, IVC filter implants increased almost 10 percent a year; after 2010, when the Food…
Read MoreHope For Mesolthelioma Victims
Although the cancer is still one of the deadliest diesases known to man, mesothelioma survival rates have inched up in recent years, largely because of new available treatment options. Palliative chemotherapy has increased significantly since 2016, effectively replacing radiation treatments among healthier patients. Effective surgical interventions have increased as well, though they are an option…
Read MoreVA Expands Disbaility Benefits
Former servicemembers who were exposed to contaminated water at a North Carolina Marine Corps base are now eligible for veterans disability benefuts, the government announced.
Read MoreRollover Crash On Christmas Eve Causes Serious Injury
Two people were seriously injured, including a 4-year-old child, in a violent rear-end crash on U.S. Highway 45. The wreck occurred in McCracken County. According to witnesses and the McCracken County Sheriff’s Department, 24-year-old Keonia Purefide, of Paducah, was northbound in the right lane with her 4-year-old daughter, whose name was not released. Ms. Purefide was travelling…
Read MoreNew ALJs May Reduce Workers’ Comp Logjam
A Franklin County Circuit judge, who Governor Matt Bevin derided as a “political hack,” cleared the way for six new administrative law judges to being hearing workers’ compensation cases in Kentucky. Since he took office in December 2015, the GOP governor and Judge Phillip Shepherd have repeatedly butted heads over state government restructuring. In June 2016,…
Read MoreHow does an Adjuster Verify Medical Treatment so that They Can Settle a Bowling Green, KY Auto Accident Claim?
There are many ways an Adjuster can Verify Medical Treatment so They Can Settle a Bowling Green, KY Auto Accident Claim? Have you been in a car accident and are experiencing pain, discomfort, dizziness, disorientation, numbness, tingling, or any other injury symptoms you need to see a doctor immediately. If you don’t have a doctor…
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