Cervical cancer has new better test?
The Canadians have completed round one of the cervical cancer screening trial. Preliminary results indicate that a DNA screening test for precancerous lesions is effective around 94% of the time. That is compared to 55% for the Pap test.
Current technology requires a cervical specimen to be analyzed by technicians under a microscope for abnormalities. The new test also requires cervical samples but the procedure is automated to look for DNA variations found with cervical cancer.
The new test when coupled with new cervical vaccines should greatly reduce the amount of occurring cervical cancer. However the new test is not in general usage and there are many cases where cervical cancer is misdiagnosed or if there is a delay in diagnosis.
If you or a loved one has cervical cancer 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
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Joseph Miklos
Silberstein, Awad & Miklos
600 Old Country Road
Garden City, New York 11523
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Thursday, October 25, 2007
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Methicillin-resistant Staphyloccus aureus
Methicillin-resistant Staphyloccus aureus
The Center for disease control has issued a report estimating the occurance of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. The germ has been previously referred to as the superbug and flesh eating bacteria. Unfortunately, once infected with the germ it is extremely hard to eradicate often resulting in a horrible death.
The Center estimates that more than 90,000 people are in fact infected a year. The drug is generally resistant to most antibiotics and is spreading beyond its traditional hospital home. There is now a recognized variation for community acquired methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus. That means that the average person is at risk for developing this potentially deadly germ. It is been found to spread in prisons, gyms and locker rooms and in poor urban neighborhoods. Even healthy people can have the pathogen living on their skin or in their noses. Recently a 17-year-old Virginia football student died from such an infection. A story which made the local news.
The report called for better preventative measures. These measures include the limiting of antibiotics improved handwashing techniques and better hygienic procedures among physicians and hospital workers.
We've handled cases involving infections caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus or MRSA. 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
The Center for disease control has issued a report estimating the occurance of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. The germ has been previously referred to as the superbug and flesh eating bacteria. Unfortunately, once infected with the germ it is extremely hard to eradicate often resulting in a horrible death.
The Center estimates that more than 90,000 people are in fact infected a year. The drug is generally resistant to most antibiotics and is spreading beyond its traditional hospital home. There is now a recognized variation for community acquired methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus. That means that the average person is at risk for developing this potentially deadly germ. It is been found to spread in prisons, gyms and locker rooms and in poor urban neighborhoods. Even healthy people can have the pathogen living on their skin or in their noses. Recently a 17-year-old Virginia football student died from such an infection. A story which made the local news.
The report called for better preventative measures. These measures include the limiting of antibiotics improved handwashing techniques and better hygienic procedures among physicians and hospital workers.
We've handled cases involving infections caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus or MRSA. 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
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Thimerosal
Thimerosal
A large federal study of the compound Thimerosal found that the mercury-based preservative used in vaccines does not raise the risk of neurological problems in children. The study found no clear link between early exposure to the preservative and difficulties with brain function and behavior in children aged 7 to 10.
Thimerosol has not been used in vaccines since 2001. It is still contained in some flu shots. Children, who were immunized before 2001 or exposed through vaccination by their mother while pregnant received good news. The evidence supports that these vaccines do not cause injury.
It had been thought that the vaccines interfered with the development of speech and language skills, motor coordination and intelligence. In this study the the children will also evaluated for stuttering, attention span and tic disorders such as headshaking,eye blinking, neck jerking . A total of 42 neurological problems were searched for. The study found no causation between neuropsychological damage and the preservative. However, boys who were exposed to high mercury levels had more tic problems.
The study which was performed by the CDC was reviewed by various scientists and statisticians. The study was dissented to by a member of consumer group called safeminds http://www.safeminds.org/. Many of the studies panel were found to have close ties to the drug industry. Was this another case of litigation literature?
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
A large federal study of the compound Thimerosal found that the mercury-based preservative used in vaccines does not raise the risk of neurological problems in children. The study found no clear link between early exposure to the preservative and difficulties with brain function and behavior in children aged 7 to 10.
Thimerosol has not been used in vaccines since 2001. It is still contained in some flu shots. Children, who were immunized before 2001 or exposed through vaccination by their mother while pregnant received good news. The evidence supports that these vaccines do not cause injury.
It had been thought that the vaccines interfered with the development of speech and language skills, motor coordination and intelligence. In this study the the children will also evaluated for stuttering, attention span and tic disorders such as headshaking,eye blinking, neck jerking . A total of 42 neurological problems were searched for. The study found no causation between neuropsychological damage and the preservative. However, boys who were exposed to high mercury levels had more tic problems.
The study which was performed by the CDC was reviewed by various scientists and statisticians. The study was dissented to by a member of consumer group called safeminds http://www.safeminds.org/. Many of the studies panel were found to have close ties to the drug industry. Was this another case of litigation literature?
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
Monday, October 15, 2007
Appendix role uncovered?
Appendix role uncovered?
Physicians at Duke University medical school have published a paper in the Journal of Theoretical Biology claiming that the function of the appendix has been discovered ....possibly.
They postulate that in spite of the fact that the appendix is routinely removed during surgery and people continue to live in good health without them, the appendix in fact has a role. That role is to restore the bacteria of the human body in the digestive system. These bacteria help to digest food. Whenever bacteria in the intestine die or are subject to diseases the useful bacteria is destroyed. The appendix role is to re-populate the digestive system with useful bacteria. The appendix acts as sort of a storage facility used to restore the bacteria.
In less developed countries the rate of appendicitis is lower than in the United States. About 300 to 400 Americans die every year of appendicitis. Patients usually present to the local emergency room with severe abdominal pain, a fever and an elevated white blood cell count is usually found. In it's early stages the pain is usually diffuse and later on centers on one location. Problems usually occur with a delayed diagnosis causing the appendix to rupture and infection to spread within the peritoneal cavity. Our office has handled many cases where there was a delay in diagnosing an inflamed appendix. These patients soon developed peritonitis and sometimes die. The benefits of an early diagnosis can not be overstated.
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 MiklosSilberstein, Awad & Miklos
600 Old Country Road
Garden City, New York 11523
phone 877 ask 4 sam
www. Ask4sam.com
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
Office-based surgery protection
Office-based surgery protection
When we think of surgery we think of being admitted to a hospital and being visited by our family and friends. Today however surgery is often performed in the office of a physician without all the safeguards afforded by a hospital. All of that has now been changed.
Governor Spitzer signed a new law protecting patients from outpatient office-based surgical procedures. Whether the procedure is being performed in an office or, and ambulatory surgical center or a hospital new laws now apply. Surgeries performed in a doctor's office were not regulated by New York State. Physicians were not required to be credentialed as they are in a hospital and safety requirements of the hospital need not be followed. The law changed all of that.
The new law requires:
Office-based surgery be performed by physicians in a setting that has obtain and maintains accreditation from entity approved by the state health commissioner.
That operating an unaccredited setting would constitute professional misconduct.
Requires physicians to report adverse office-based surgery events, patient deaths and unplanned hospital admissions within one business day to the Department of Health patient safety Center
Maintains confidentiality with respect to individual reports from the freedom of information Law of discovery.
The new law will allow patients convenient access to medical care and increase efficiency. New safeguards for patient safety will be in place and suspect facilities will be identified.
We've handled many cases of unregulated surgery occurring in the physician's office. We've handled everything from colonoscopies that went awry to plastic surgery procedures which went horribly wrong. The range of misfortunes and mishaps is too extensive to go into here.
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
When we think of surgery we think of being admitted to a hospital and being visited by our family and friends. Today however surgery is often performed in the office of a physician without all the safeguards afforded by a hospital. All of that has now been changed.
Governor Spitzer signed a new law protecting patients from outpatient office-based surgical procedures. Whether the procedure is being performed in an office or, and ambulatory surgical center or a hospital new laws now apply. Surgeries performed in a doctor's office were not regulated by New York State. Physicians were not required to be credentialed as they are in a hospital and safety requirements of the hospital need not be followed. The law changed all of that.
The new law requires:
Office-based surgery be performed by physicians in a setting that has obtain and maintains accreditation from entity approved by the state health commissioner.
That operating an unaccredited setting would constitute professional misconduct.
Requires physicians to report adverse office-based surgery events, patient deaths and unplanned hospital admissions within one business day to the Department of Health patient safety Center
Maintains confidentiality with respect to individual reports from the freedom of information Law of discovery.
The new law will allow patients convenient access to medical care and increase efficiency. New safeguards for patient safety will be in place and suspect facilities will be identified.
We've handled many cases of unregulated surgery occurring in the physician's office. We've handled everything from colonoscopies that went awry to plastic surgery procedures which went horribly wrong. The range of misfortunes and mishaps is too extensive to go into here.
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
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Play Yard recalls
Kolcraft Enterprises Inc. issued a recall of approximately 400,000 play yards following the death 10-month-old baby. The Consumer Product Safety Commission, http://www.cpsc.gov said that a 10 month old, boy was inside the company's sesame beginnings travel play yard when a restraint strap from an elevated changing table strangled the child in in the main play area.
The company is now recalling about 12 different products used as a play yard. Apparently, all have a similar restraint strap which has been found to be defective. The products have a design defect which poses a strangulation hazard. The products had a warning label on the changing table advising parents not place their children in the play area when the table was in use. The warning label was clearly insufficient.
The play yards was sold around January 2001 through September 2007. The company is offering a free replacement strap for the changing tables. You may call Kolcraft 888 -- 655 -- 8484
The company's website is http://www.kolcraft.com.
The recall involves the following products:
Carter's Lennon Travelin' Tot
Contours 3-in-1 Play Yard
Kolcraft Travelin' Tot
Kolcraft Travelin' Tot LTD
Kolcraft Travelin' Tot 3-in-1
Kolcraft Travelin' Tot 4-in-1
Jeep Sahara SE Play Yard
Jeep Sahara Limited Play Yard
Jeep Sahara XT Play Yard
Jeep Sahara Limited SE Play Yard
Jeep Sahara Limited XT Play Yard
"Sesame Beginnings" by Kolcraft Travel Play Yard
If you or a loved one has been injured by a defective product in New York, please contact the 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.
Silberstein, Awad & Miklos
600 Old Country Road
Garden City, New York 11523
phone 877 ask 4 sam
www. Ask4sam.com
The company is now recalling about 12 different products used as a play yard. Apparently, all have a similar restraint strap which has been found to be defective. The products have a design defect which poses a strangulation hazard. The products had a warning label on the changing table advising parents not place their children in the play area when the table was in use. The warning label was clearly insufficient.
The play yards was sold around January 2001 through September 2007. The company is offering a free replacement strap for the changing tables. You may call Kolcraft 888 -- 655 -- 8484
The company's website is http://www.kolcraft.com.
The recall involves the following products:
Carter's Lennon Travelin' Tot
Contours 3-in-1 Play Yard
Kolcraft Travelin' Tot
Kolcraft Travelin' Tot LTD
Kolcraft Travelin' Tot 3-in-1
Kolcraft Travelin' Tot 4-in-1
Jeep Sahara SE Play Yard
Jeep Sahara Limited Play Yard
Jeep Sahara XT Play Yard
Jeep Sahara Limited SE Play Yard
Jeep Sahara Limited XT Play Yard
"Sesame Beginnings" by Kolcraft Travel Play Yard
If you or a loved one has been injured by a defective product in New York, please contact the 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.
Silberstein, Awad & Miklos
600 Old Country Road
Garden City, New York 11523
phone 877 ask 4 sam
www. Ask4sam.com
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Breast Cancer Report
The American Cancer Society, www.cancer.org recently released a report entitled Breast Cancer facts and figures 2007 -2008. The report indicates that the mortality rate associated with breast cancer continues to drop highlighting the benefits of early detection and advanced treatments.
The report raised some disturbing trends in medical care as it relates to breast cancer. There were about 178,000 new cases of invasive breast cancer in the year 2007. Another 62,000 cases of localized breast cancer occurred. 40,000 women are expected to die from for their breast cancer. Many if not all of these women are diagnosed in advanced stages of breast cancer.
The death rate among black and Hispanic women is significantly more than among white women. The rate of occurrence among Asians and American Indians remained static. The rate of occurrence among younger women has remained the same since 1986.
Breast cancer remains a life-threatening disease with potentially grim prospects. We rely on medical profession to keep us healthy and safe. Many times that failsafe system lets us down. Many of the cases that our office handles involve breast cancer were an x-ray is misread or a woman's complaints of a lump are not taken seriously. Unfortunately critical time is allowed to pass until a proper diagnosis is made. The defense of these cases often raises the nonsensical idea that an early diagnosis would've been of no value. Who among us would not want their cancer diagnosed six months, a year or longer. Sadly in some cases the jury believes this frivolous defense.
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.
Silberstein, Awad & Miklos
600 Old Country Road
Garden City, New York 11523
phone 877 ask 4 sam
www. Ask4sam.com
The report raised some disturbing trends in medical care as it relates to breast cancer. There were about 178,000 new cases of invasive breast cancer in the year 2007. Another 62,000 cases of localized breast cancer occurred. 40,000 women are expected to die from for their breast cancer. Many if not all of these women are diagnosed in advanced stages of breast cancer.
The death rate among black and Hispanic women is significantly more than among white women. The rate of occurrence among Asians and American Indians remained static. The rate of occurrence among younger women has remained the same since 1986.
Breast cancer remains a life-threatening disease with potentially grim prospects. We rely on medical profession to keep us healthy and safe. Many times that failsafe system lets us down. Many of the cases that our office handles involve breast cancer were an x-ray is misread or a woman's complaints of a lump are not taken seriously. Unfortunately critical time is allowed to pass until a proper diagnosis is made. The defense of these cases often raises the nonsensical idea that an early diagnosis would've been of no value. Who among us would not want their cancer diagnosed six months, a year or longer. Sadly in some cases the jury believes this frivolous defense.
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.
Silberstein, Awad & Miklos
600 Old Country Road
Garden City, New York 11523
phone 877 ask 4 sam
www. Ask4sam.com
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