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• The Guessing Game We Call The Practice Of Medicine?

  Bob Carroll | May 24, 2006 5:56 AM | 1 CommentTampa Bay, FL

  According to the American Prospect, your guess may be as good as mine (and your doctor's) about your medical problem.It's easy to forget how much of American medicine is a guessing game, how your treatments are a composite result of your doctor's experiences, biases, treasured anecdotes, and personal reactions to his own training. Most folks think medicine operates off a rigidly defined set of...

• Your Swimming Pool - Make It A Safe Place

  Bob Carroll | May 23, 2006 4:53 AM | 1 CommentTampa Bay, FL

  BrainInjury Blogs has just posted a very timely reminder about the importance of pool safety. Every summer there are Tampa Bay news reports of drownings and serious brain injuries as a result of swimming pool incidents. Most of the victims are children. The full article is well worth a read.Swimming Pool SafetyWith the approach of the memorial day weekend, it's important to focus on swimming...

• The West Nile Virus Transplanted Along With Donated Organs

  Bob Carroll | May 17, 2006 6:40 AM | 1 CommentTampa Bay, FL

  It is a medical miracle that organ transplantation has progressed so far. The New York Times reports on two transplants that transmitted the West Nile virus. The article raises difficult questions of screening and testing that deserve serious study and discussion.In the antiseptic prose of medical journals, he was "the lung recipient," she "the liver recipient." In real life, they were two...

• Nursing Homes Understaffed - Abuses Continue

  Bob Carroll | April 30, 2006 7:26 PM | 1 CommentTampa Bay, FL

  Understaffing at nursing homes appears to be the underlying reason for continued problems and abuses according to a just-released national report examining nursing home abuse and neglect. The story is from FortWayne.com:Report IDs roots of elderly neglect"The Faces of Neglect: Behind the Closed Doors of Nursing Homes," commissioned by the National Citizens Coalition for Nursing Home Reform,...

• Searching For The Frivolous Medical Malpractice Lawsuit

  Bob Carroll | April 30, 2006 9:44 AM | 1 CommentTampa Bay, FL

  If it were possible to focus our attention on one really big issue in medical care would frivolous lawsuits be anywhere near the top of the list? Not according to Frivolous lawsuits? Pfft!, a post by Marie Carnes at Disarranging Mine. Marie, who says she has been a legal secretary for both plaintiff and defense lawyers for 30 years, has only seen one lawsuit that should never have been filed....

• Be A Questioning Patient In Your Doctor's Office

  Bob Carroll | April 20, 2006 7:04 AM | 1 CommentTampa Bay, FL

  I think I would like Dr. Fred Ernst. He gave a talk in Alabama recently that should have been on national television. The Birmingham News article, excerpted below, hits the main point - patients have to ask questions and, then, even more questions. Maybe a doctor can comment on this proactive approach to health care.Patients urged to ask doctors questions In an era of medical errors, people...

• Florida's Eyes Have It - The ReNu Infection

  Bob Carroll | April 19, 2006 4:10 PM | 1 CommentTampa Bay, FL

  Florida may be leading the nation in the number of people complaining of experiencing eye problems as a result of using ReNu with MoistureLoc contact lens solution. That is the word from the Miami Herald today. Attorneys throughout the state are receiving calls from worried contact lens wearers who suspect that they may have the fungal infection that has been associated with the Bausch & Lomb...

• My Fellow Blogger Joe Saunders

  Bob Carroll | April 12, 2006 6:06 AM | 1 CommentTampa Bay, FL

  One of the best things about blogging on InjuryBoard.com is working with the terrific attorneys who are part of the InjuryBoard network of civil trial lawyers. This week I worked with my fellow InjuryBoard.com attorney-blogger, Joe Saunders, to settle two injury claims that arose out of the same accident. Joe and I each represented a passenger in a very serious automobile accident which left...

• One More Victory For Corporate America

  Bob Carroll | April 01, 2006 6:52 AM | 1 CommentTampa Bay, FL

  How can an organization call itself FreedomWorks Florida and continuously lobby for the interests of large corporations? This week FreedomWorks Florida is sounding the trumpet because it has succeeded in its effort to abolish the legal doctrine of joint and several liability in the Florida civil justice system. By its own statements Freedom Works aligns itself with the "deep pockets" of the...

• A Loss That Is Hard To Bear - A Child's Death

  Bob Carroll | February 20, 2006 9:32 AM | 1 CommentTampa Bay, FL

  One of the most difficult emotional burdens to bear is the death of a child. I do not know how I would deal with such a tragedy in my life, but I know there is support available in most communities for the surviving family members. One helpful article is highlighted below.Surviving the deaths of childrenGroup helps families bear the unbearable SANTA CLARITA - They never would have chosen to...