A construction site worker was seriously injured when an air conditioner fell 15 stories from a window and struck him. According to My9News, the workplace accident occurred in West New York, New Jersey. The 24-year-old worker was performing his job at an adjacent building when the air conditioner unit fell from a high-rise. The worker was
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Anticoagulant Drug Heparin Recalled for Possible Contamination
Lots of the anticoagulant medicine Heparin have been recently recalled because of possible contamination. According to a news report in The Los Angeles Times, pharmaceutical company B. Braun Medical Inc. issued the recall for seven lots of the drug because of the presence of oversulfated chondroitin sulfate (OSCS). It is the responsibility of pharmaceutical manufacturers to
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Medical Instruments Can Cause Serious Birth Injuries
During the birth process, a doctor must make decisions regarding the methods of delivery that can deliver the baby as safely as possible. According to a news report in Science Daily, forceps and vacuum devices can play both a positive and potentially negative role during childbirth. In some cases, the use of vacuum devices and forceps
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Failure to Diagnose Colon Cancer
Colon cancer is one of the most commonly misdiagnosed cancers in the United States. MyCentralJersey.com reported that a 47-year-old New Jersey woman and cancer survivor has now become a vocal advocate and spokeswoman for other patients who have had their cancer misdiagnosed, similar to her experience. The woman was told by two different doctors that the lower
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