Long Island, New York (NewYorkInjuryNews.com) — On Sunday, November 30th, a Long Island man drowned during a father-son fishing trip off Montauk. Marty L. McMillan, 51, was heaving the anchor of his fishing vessel when the rope of the anchor snared his leg, pulling him into the water. His son, Cody McMillan immediately shot flares […]
At the start of the 2008-2009 flu season, Google has launched a brand new analytic web tool, which it hopes will forecast the spread of the flu virus in a particular geographic region. Such a forecast may be used to facilitate care and treatment of flu patients. This free tool, dubbed “Google Flu Trends,” is […]
Last Thursday morning, Jolanda Joyce, 28, was injured when she fell more than 10 feet into an elevator shaft of a New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) building in East Harlem. Apparently, Ms. Joyce, waiting for an elevator in the lobby of the building, unknowingly stepped into an empty shaft when the elevator doors opened. […]
The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently issued warning letters to the major drug manufacturer, Bayer HealthCare, for unlawfully marketing two over-the-counter Aspirin-based products. The products in question are “Bayer Women’s Low Dose Aspirin + Calcium” and “Bayer Aspirin with Heart Advantage.” Bayer marketed both medications for uses not approved by the FDA. […]
Statistics from the United States Fire Administration demonstrate that in this country, on an average basis, there are about 3,700 deaths and 19,400 fire-related injuries annually. In the past decade, an annual average of about 1.6 million fires resulted in an estimated $10.9 billion direct dollar loss yearly.
A $4 million dollar has been filed against the Office of the Suffolk County Medical Examiner over a brain belonging to a deceased husband of a Central Islip widow. Mozelle Purifoy is claiming that the brain of her late husband, Tom Purifoy, was removed at Mount Sinai Medical Center and taken from his body following […]
One year ago, a 6 year-old boy died in the emergency room of Stony Brook University Medical Center as a result of heart complications. The hospital violated New York State regulations in its failure to determine that the boy had an enlarged heart and consider different explanations for the boy’s condition. Sadly, the hospital treated […]
