Suffolk County executive Steve Levy has signed into law social host legislation making it a crime to let under age children drink in their home.
The law imposes a $250 fine for the first offense and up to $1000 fine and a year in jail for a third offense for those who knowingly allow underage drinking. Children may consume alcohol if their parent or guardian is present.
Levy wrote a letter to Suffolk County legislators in which he said the penalties are meant to send a message that hosts have to be vigilant in monitoring the potential for underage drinking.
The law requires people who are homeowners, renters and those who control a private residence to stop people under the legal drinking age 21 from consuming alcohol on the premises. The adult is required to contact the police or a parent in such cases.
Suffolk now joins Nassau County in trying to regulate by statute underage drinking in the house. Both laws allow exceptions for religious purposes. Hopefully, underage drinking will become a thing of the past.
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Monday, December 31, 2007
Monday, December 10, 2007
nightwork
The overnight shift has been implicated as probably causing cancer. The world health organization's international agency for research on Cancer has found that men and women who work at night suffer from higher rates of breast and prostate cancer. This means that working the overnight shift does not necessarily cause cancer but those working at night have an increased risk for cancer.
The body's biological clock controls the circadian rhythm. Working at night seems to disrupt that rhythm interfering with the production of melatonin. Melatonin is credited with suppression of tumor development. Melatonin is generally produced at night while we sleep and hence the possible correlation.
So far women who work at night have been found to be more prone to breast cancer and men more prone to prostate cancer. Suspect occupations include nursing and airline crews. These findings have an international impact since approximately 20% of the world's working population does so at night.
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The body's biological clock controls the circadian rhythm. Working at night seems to disrupt that rhythm interfering with the production of melatonin. Melatonin is credited with suppression of tumor development. Melatonin is generally produced at night while we sleep and hence the possible correlation.
So far women who work at night have been found to be more prone to breast cancer and men more prone to prostate cancer. Suspect occupations include nursing and airline crews. These findings have an international impact since approximately 20% of the world's working population does so at night.
If you or a loved one has medical malpractice questions in New York, please contact the Malpractice Law Offices of Silberstein, Awad & Miklos, serving clients in Nassau and Suffolk Counties and Brooklyn, the Bronx and Queens, Staten Island and Westchester County
This may be considered a legal advertisement.
Joseph Miklos
Silberstein Awad & Miklos
600 old country road
Garden City, New York 11530
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Saturday, December 8, 2007
Binge drinking and the fetus
Binge drinking and the fetus
Researchers at London have determined pregnant women who binge drink may not be harming their fetuses. Binge drinking is defined as occasionally drinking about five drinks in one session.
Over 3500 scientific papers written between 1972 and 2005 were looked at and narrowed down to 14 papers on binge drinking and pregnancy. While alcohol consumption during pregnancy during pregnancy was linked to miscarriage, stillbirth, abnormal birth weight and birth defects such as fetal alcohol syndrome there was little or no evidence regarding occasional binge drinking. One study soon Jess and binge drinking could affect brain development resulting in reduced verbal IQ, learning problems and poor academic performance. Still additional research needs to be performed and until that time pregnant women are well advised to avoid alcohol consumption.
Many times a doctor will raise the mother's prenatal drinking as a defense to a medical malpractice claim brought for an improper delivery resulting in an impaired infant.
If you or a loved one has medical malpractice questions in New York, please contact the Malpractice Law Offices of Silberstein, Awad & Miklos, serving clients in Nassau and Suffolk Counties and Brooklyn, the Bronx and Queens, Staten Island and Westchester County
This may be considered a legal advertisement.
Joseph Miklos
Silberstein, Awad & Miklos
600 Old Country Road
Garden City, New York 11523
phone 877 ask 4 sam
www. Ask4sam.com
Researchers at London have determined pregnant women who binge drink may not be harming their fetuses. Binge drinking is defined as occasionally drinking about five drinks in one session.
Over 3500 scientific papers written between 1972 and 2005 were looked at and narrowed down to 14 papers on binge drinking and pregnancy. While alcohol consumption during pregnancy during pregnancy was linked to miscarriage, stillbirth, abnormal birth weight and birth defects such as fetal alcohol syndrome there was little or no evidence regarding occasional binge drinking. One study soon Jess and binge drinking could affect brain development resulting in reduced verbal IQ, learning problems and poor academic performance. Still additional research needs to be performed and until that time pregnant women are well advised to avoid alcohol consumption.
Many times a doctor will raise the mother's prenatal drinking as a defense to a medical malpractice claim brought for an improper delivery resulting in an impaired infant.
If you or a loved one has medical malpractice questions in New York, please contact the Malpractice Law Offices of Silberstein, Awad & Miklos, serving clients in Nassau and Suffolk Counties and Brooklyn, the Bronx and Queens, Staten Island and Westchester County
This may be considered a legal advertisement.
Joseph Miklos
Silberstein, Awad & Miklos
600 Old Country Road
Garden City, New York 11523
phone 877 ask 4 sam
www. Ask4sam.com
Friday, December 7, 2007
Conspiracy of silence
Conspiracy of silence
In 2000 the US Institute of medicine reported that approximately 90 8000 people die every year because of medical errors in hospitals. Now the annals of internal medicine report after surveying 1600 physicians in 2003 and 2004 that nearly half of all doctors failed to report incompetent or unethical colleagues. 46% of the physicians surveyed admitted that they knew of a serious medical errror but did not tell anyone about it. In effect the medical profession turns a blind eye towards the incompetence of the medical colleagues.
The statistics of this study were surprising. 96% said that physicians should report all instances of significant incompetence or medical errors. 45% of cardiologist and surgeons agreed. 85% of most of the doctors said they should inform patients about significant errors. This however did not occur. 40% of the doctors admitted to having knowledge of the serious medical error. 31% admitted they had done nothing about it at least once.
93% said they should provide medical care regardless of the ability of a patient pay but only 69% actually accepted patient could not pay. Most of the doctors agree that they need to keep up with changes in their profession but only 31% had undergone a competency review in the past three years.
This report paints a disturbing reality with regard to the ethics of the medical profession. State boards of medical examiners serve to license physicians but do not police or insurer quality medical care. The only hope that the general public has to ensure ethical medical treatment lies in the vigilance of the trial lawyers.
If you or a loved one has had surgery with an unexpected bad result and have questions about the quality of the medical care you received please call Silberstein, Awad & Miklos' attorneys for answers. Together we will continue our fight against FRIVOLOUS DEFENSES and DECEPTIVE DEFENSES.
Call Toll-free 1- 877- ASK 4 SAM
Joseph Miklos
In 2000 the US Institute of medicine reported that approximately 90 8000 people die every year because of medical errors in hospitals. Now the annals of internal medicine report after surveying 1600 physicians in 2003 and 2004 that nearly half of all doctors failed to report incompetent or unethical colleagues. 46% of the physicians surveyed admitted that they knew of a serious medical errror but did not tell anyone about it. In effect the medical profession turns a blind eye towards the incompetence of the medical colleagues.
The statistics of this study were surprising. 96% said that physicians should report all instances of significant incompetence or medical errors. 45% of cardiologist and surgeons agreed. 85% of most of the doctors said they should inform patients about significant errors. This however did not occur. 40% of the doctors admitted to having knowledge of the serious medical error. 31% admitted they had done nothing about it at least once.
93% said they should provide medical care regardless of the ability of a patient pay but only 69% actually accepted patient could not pay. Most of the doctors agree that they need to keep up with changes in their profession but only 31% had undergone a competency review in the past three years.
This report paints a disturbing reality with regard to the ethics of the medical profession. State boards of medical examiners serve to license physicians but do not police or insurer quality medical care. The only hope that the general public has to ensure ethical medical treatment lies in the vigilance of the trial lawyers.
If you or a loved one has had surgery with an unexpected bad result and have questions about the quality of the medical care you received please call Silberstein, Awad & Miklos' attorneys for answers. Together we will continue our fight against FRIVOLOUS DEFENSES and DECEPTIVE DEFENSES.
Call Toll-free 1- 877- ASK 4 SAM
Joseph Miklos
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