Playgrounds can provide ample hours of fun and activity for children, allowing them to challenge themselves, socialize and enjoy the outdoor air. However, playgrounds can also present dangers that you may not be aware of when you take your children to play. Although most playground injuries are minor, there is the risk that a child …
In the United States, as many as eight babies out of 1,000 live births suffer a significant birth injury and nearly half of those are avoidable. In many cases, there were steps that could have been taken to avoid injury to the infant and have a more positive outcome. Although parents may not be able …
It is difficult to ignore the numerous television and internet advertisements that promote a variety of drugs that are used for both medically necessary purposes, and for elective purposes. It is also difficult to ignore the many advertisements that demonstrate how some prescription medications have severely harmed innocent consumers, and how pharmaceutical companies must be …
Medication is a necessity for many people. Some individuals must take medication on a regular basis to control certain health conditions. Medication can certainly be helpful, and in some instances can save lives, but medication can also harm individuals in ways that are devastating, especially in cases where medications are proven to be unsafe and …
Your child’s birth is a precious moment you will remember forever. It is every parent’s hope that the birth of their child is free of complications, but sadly for some parents and newborns, medical complications do arise. Seven out of every 1,000 babies born in the U.S. will sustain a birth injury. Over 30,000 birth …
The day of delivery is likely to be one of the most exciting days in a parent’s life; however, complications during the birthing process can result in serious injury to an infant. Harm to the brain is the most common form of child and birth injury, affecting three of every 1,000 infants that are delivered …
September 6, 2012 WILX-TV Lansing, MI (9/6) notes that “Consumer Reports has issued a safety alert on the Dream on Me Bistro High Chair because an unharnessed child could either slide down and fall to the floor, or his head could get caught and he could strangle.” The story explains that “though there are no …
September 5, 2012 The AP (9/5) reports, “More than 2 million infant bathing seats are being recalled after reports of four infants sustaining skull fractures in falls when the frame came unhinged.” The AP notes that in the recall notice, “the Consumer Product Safety Commission and the manufacturer Summer Infant Inc. of Woonsocket, R.I., said …
August 13, 2012 The AP (8/23, Parry) reports, “A New Jersey teenager left brain-damaged after being struck by a line drive off a metal bat while he was playing in a youth baseball game will receive $14.5 million to settle his lawsuit against the bat manufacturer, Little League Baseball and a sporting goods chain.” According …
August 20, 2012 A 9-year-old girl was hospitalized in critical condition after being attacked by a dog Friday morning in the Elmwood section of Southwest Philadelphia, police said. An emergency call was placed at 11:36 a.m. in the 6800 block of Dicks Avenue, Officer Tanya Little said. The girl was at her babysitter’s home when …
