Blog Posts in October, 2013

Dogs might signal intent to bite with body language

New Jersey residents may avoid dog bites by learning to read a dog's body language. In the United States, more than 4.7 million people are bitten each year. Approximately 800,000 of those dog bite injuries need medical treatment. According to one expert dog trainer, dogs most often bite when they are scared and want some distance. When meeting a dog for the first time, the best thing to do is give ...

"Real Housewives of New Jersey" faces lawsuit

"Johnny the Greek," a cast member of the reality TV series "The Real Housewives of New Jersey," has filed a lawsuit against other cast members of the show and alleges that they attacked him. He named three individuals in the lawsuit along with the companies of NBC Universal, Bravo Media and Sirens Media. In addition, he named Moxie Salon, the location of the incident, in the premises liability ...

Rethinking drug-induced comas in ICU

With implications for patients in New Jersey and across the nation, on Oct. 2, The New England Journal of Medicine reported that a third of patients who stay in an intensive-care unit at a hospital suffer cognitive losses that can last for up to a year. Vanderbilt University released the study, and further indications show that about 25 percent of patients suffer symptoms similar to mild ...

Fatalities related to cardiac stents rise

New Jersey medical professionals have long been aware of the dangers of cardiac stents, especially when applied improperly. Although the beneficial effects are well documented, improper application and misdiagnosis has lead to an increasing number of unnecessary and harmful cardiac stent procedures. More than $110 billion dollars have been expended on cardiac stents in the last decade as the ...