Thanks to public awareness campaigns and strict federal regulations, injuries due to electrical burns have declined over the past 30 years, but such injuries still pose a significant threat to both children and adults. In fact, emergency room personnel report that electrical burn injuries account for up to five percent of all admissions. Moreover, some …
Our Aging Population: Will Nursing Home Residents Receive Better Care?
The American population is growing older, say researchers at Rutgers University. Results from a recent study indicate that by the year 2050, the population in the United States may shift to an older population demographic. Due in part to advances in medicine, people may live longer — to 84.5 years, 6.5 years longer than today’s …
The 2012 Fungal Meningitis Outbreak: Should Arkansas Citizens Be Concerned?
The fungal meningitis outbreak that began in October of 2012 caused a well-founded scare among patients nationwide and resulted in 39 deaths and 620 illnesses. Fungal meningitis results in inflammation of the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord and is potentially fatal. Some Arkansas hospitals and clinics had received medications from the New England …
Arkansas Supreme Court Decisions Help Medical Malpractice Victims
Medical malpractice lawsuits were hampered when Arkansas passed a tort reform law in 2003. But in a boon for victims of malpractice, the state Supreme Court has gradually declared many parts of that law unconstitutional. In one recent decision, the Supreme Court overturned the requirement that an expert witness must practice in the same field …
