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• Asbestos Cases Winding Down

  Robert Blanchard | September 14, 2006 10:29 AM | 0 CommentsPensacola, FL

  It has been an honor representing the many clients who found themselves injured by exposure to asbestos. Most were exposed in the workplace, working hard jobs as boilermakers, pipefitters and other jobs that were key to our country's industrialization and our success in World War II. Now with many of the offending companies out of business or just coming out of bankruptcy, most remaining claims...

• Italian Researchers New Approach to Mesothelioma

  Robert Blanchard | August 19, 2009 4:44 PM | 0 CommentsPensacola, FL

  Although both men and women can suffer from mesothelioma, but women will statistically often survive longer with the disease. In Italy, scientists are finding out why the female gender is a...

• Mesothelioma Treatment

  Robert Blanchard | November 14, 2008 10:40 AM | 0 CommentsPensacola, FL

  With all the lawyer ads on mesothelioma it is easy to overlook some of the strides that are being made in the treatment of this asbestos related cancer. Clinical trials now underway are...

• Bassetbaby Recalls Drop-Side Cribs

  Jenny Albano | February 14, 2008 9:21 PM | 0 CommentsPensacola, FL

  Bassetbaby, in conjunction with the CPSC, is recalling 18 Wendy Bellissimo Hidden Hills Collection Drop-Side Cribs.The spindles on the drop-side of the crib are able to loosen, which creates a gap that may pose an entrapment and strangulation hazard. So far the company has received three reports of the spindles coming loose but there have not been any injuries reported.This recall involves a...

• Appealing to the Enemy

  Robert Blanchard | July 12, 2006 11:09 AM | 0 CommentsPensacola, FL

  I am sure Republicans didn't mean it when they took your rights away in workers compensation, medical malpractice, medical devices ...."Trial Lawyers Court GOP"Charm offensive? "Last week, ATLA dispatched a team of Republican trial lawyers to meet with key GOP lawmakers on Capitol Hill. ... behind the scenes, ATLA has been surprisingly generous toward GOP organizations," giving $30,000 apiece...

• Antidepressant Suicide - Prosac Paxil Effexor

  Robert Blanchard | January 25, 2007 12:49 PM | 0 CommentsPensacola, FL

  According to a new study, for suicidal patients who had taken antidepressants, fluoxetine (Prosac) was associated with the lowest risk for causing suicidal tendencies, as opposed to venlafaxine (Effexor) which had the highest risk, as published in the December issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry. The aim of this study was to investigate, in a nationwide series of suicidal subjects, how...

• Doctors Need to Be Aware of Possible Condition

  Robert Blanchard | November 29, 2006 12:42 PM | 0 CommentsPensacola, FL

  With the rise in obesity, there is also expected to be a rise in obesity related medical conditions. Many such conditions only require long term management, but some require instant identification and appropriate medical intervention. Such is the case with the condition known as Pseudotumor Cerebris. Overweight women of childbearing age are at risk and the condition causes and increase in...

• Injection Procedures

  Robert Blanchard | July 25, 2006 4:23 PM | 0 CommentsPensacola, FL

  In following up my discussion of the use of steroid blocks to alleviate back pain cased by traumatic injuries, I think many will want to know specifics about the procedure,Injection Details:The interval between the injections varies with the steroid preparations used. Since injected methylprednisolone was reported to remain in situ for approximately 2 weeks, the clinician should expect to wait 2...

• TASER claims

  Robert Blanchard | May 03, 2006 11:12 AM | 0 CommentsPensacola, FL

  A new claim is being made regarding the Sheriff's department's use of the TASER.Former deputy Charles Dix pled guilty three months ago to a federal civil rights charge of using excessive force against a civilian whom he stunned at least four times. The Sheriff's Office has paid out a total of $400,000 to settle two lawsuits involving Dix and his use of Tasers. In August of 2005, he resigned.

• Nail Salon Infections - Hidden Dangers

  Robert Blanchard | May 03, 2007 10:46 AM | 1 CommentPensacola, FL

  Inside sources at GoLeft TV report that incidences of uncontrollable infection being spread at nail salons is a growing concern. Soon they will separate the myths from the facts, but in the mean time, some consumers are taking their own instruments to the nail salons so that they are not exposed to shared items. Infection in the fingers and toes are reportedly harder to treat in some cases...