Each year in the United States, it seems, a different model of car is recalled because some component has failed, causing people to get into crashes. Many of these people are injured; some die. The Response to a Growing Problem Difficulty in notifying consumers about…
You’re becoming acquainted with your infant daughter who was recently born in a Louisville hospital. She’s absolutely beautiful—the most beautiful thing you’ve ever seen…except that the right side of her face doesn’t seem to be moving at all when her expression changes on the left….
When an infant is born in a Kentucky hospital eight or more weeks premature, he or she is at risk for a number of problems. One of these problems, bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), is caused by the very treatment that is used to keep the baby…
Kentucky parents go pale when their toddlers hit their heads on a piece of furniture, insist that their kids wear their bike helmets, and say a prayer when a football-playing teenager gets pounded to the ground, bumping a helmet-covered head. A recent study reveals that…
After your elderly father was placed in nursing home restraints, you felt outraged. You were told that the restraints were for his own good, but you’re not so sure. How can you tell if the nursing home staff is using restraints properly? Our Louisville nursing home…
Each of us goes to our job in Kentucky expecting to return home; not everyone, however, will be so lucky. According to Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), a total of 4,609 people were killed on the job during 2011; this comes out to nearly…