The third New York City Summit on Pedestrian Injury was hosted Thursday by the Elmhurst Hospital Center’s Trauma and Neurosurgery Departments. Doctors, hospital administrators, transportation and traffic safety experts as well as community activists gathered together to examine pedestrian injuries and their impact on public health. The chairs of the…
The car accident in which 36 year old NYPD officer Elisa Toro was killed, was “totally preventable” said State Senator Michael Gianaris. For years, Gianaris has been lobbying the city to make the Queensboro bridge exit safer to avoid additional car accidents and protect pedestrians and store owners. He and…
A 22 year old driving a motorized scooter died after being struck by a car in Brooklyn, around 2:30 this morning. Elvis Batista-Francisco was driving his scooter through the intersection of Arlington Ave and Hyland place in Brooklyn, New York when he was struck by a dark blue Nissan according…
To prevent traffic crashes, the New York Fire Department is considering adding a safety device under the seat of the ambulance driver to analyze in real time the speed, g-force, seat belt use, lights, sirens and other factors. When the driver becomes too aggressive by driving too fast or taking…
Some companies recently advertised the Nipple Aspirate Test as a method for breast cancer screening. The Nipple AspirateTest consists of using a breast pump to collect fluid from a woman’s nipple to screen for breast cancer. According the the FDA there is absolutely no clinical evidence to support these claims.…
Failure to diagnose May-Thurner Syndrome may be medical malpractice that can lead to post-thrombotic syndrome, potentially fatal pulmonary embolism, pulmonary hypertension, and in the worst case paradoxical embolism. In a recent article published in the current issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants, the author Jaclyn…
Toy testing, toy recalls, toy related injuries and toy shopping will be the subject of the first Google+ Hangout hosted by the CSPC. John Massale, A CSPC engineer, will describe the toy testing process and spokeswoman Nikki Fleming will there to answer all your questions. You can post your questions…
In a very sad medical malpractice case a 16 year old girl died of brain cancer after none of the 13 doctors who failed to diagnose the brain tumor ordered an MRI. Natasha Simmons had all the symptoms of a brain tumor: headaches, numbness, back pain, vomiting and problems with…
Elisa Toro is the third person to die in a car accident at the exit of the Queensboro bridge in New York. Despite traffic modifications by the DOT to slow down traffic, the car of the 10 year veteran police officer ended up sideways against one of the store fronts…
Some defective Personal Emergency Reporting System (PERS) Transmitters are being recalled by Linear because the battery clips in the transmitters can corrode causing the transmitters to operate intermittently or not at all, without generating a warning. The recalled Linear PERS transmitters allow users to push a button on the transmitter…