Nursing homes in Illinois are supposed to care for the residents as required, provide them with a safe place to live and help them to do that which they are no longer able to do on their own. While most facilities can be trusted to do as they are expected in a caring...
Month: January 2017
Fatal car accident statistics continue to rise across the U.S.
In an effort to decrease the number of car accidents across the U.S., studies are undertaken to determine their frequency and how they happened. People in Illinois who are involved in a crash with injuries or fatalities need to be cognizant of the details of these...
Erb’s Palsy: A Common Injury Sustained During Birth
The birth of a child is supposed to be one of the happiest moments in the lives of the parents; however, sometimes birth injuries result that can turn a moment of joy into a moment of sadness. While some defects, such as congenital defects, might unavoidable, other...
Fatal construction accident statistics show increase
Construction workers in Illinois and across the nation are aware of the litany of dangers they inevitably face on the job. The sheer nature of the work lends itself to a certain amount of risk of injury and even death of a worker in the course of employment....
Patient frequency of unnecessary double mastectomy is worrisome
When a patient in Illinois or anywhere else throughout the U.S. receives a cancer diagnosis, the priority is to seek the proper and most effective treatment. But what happens if the treatment is unclear or the patient is not capable of understanding how best to...