A Trusted Ally for the Injured
You rely on your healthcare providers to take care of you when you’re not well, but the fast-paced, high-pressure world of medicine can often leave doctors and nurses feeling unwell themselves. When they’re not at their best, it’s possible that you won’t get the help...
When you get out on the road, you have to share it with all sorts of people. How they will behave while driving is of course impossible to predict. Still, there are certain behaviors to watch for. Aggressive driving behaviors fall into this category. Not only can it...
When women give birth in a medical facility, they rely on the health care professionals there o keep them safe. It is the job of the medical staff to protect both mother and baby. But human error is always possible. Today we will look at Erb's palsy, a condition that...
If you are like most people, you likely take one or more prescription medications. These medications are supposed to alleviate your symptoms or contribute to healing the condition you are suffering from. However, if your doctor or another health care professional...
Whether walking through a parking lot, across a street or running along a sidewalk or path, pedestrians in Illinois deserve to feel safe. Unfortunately, new data released from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Governors Highway Safety...
Cesarean sections are a common – but sometimes risky – surgical procedure used in cases where natural childbirth may be too dangerous for the mother or child. Many obstetricians have routinely used C-sections for so-called “high-risk” pregnancies, which have risen...
Finding out a loved one is suffering abuse in an Illinois long-term care facility is devastating. Not only do you work to remove your loved one from that situation but you also want to ensure others know what is happening. It can be quite sad to walk out the door with...
Having left your loved one in the care of a nursing home, you expect staff to treat them well. Unfortunately, this doesn't always happen. Some staff may even be neglectful. There is a difference between nursing home abuse and neglect. Unfortunately, signs of the...
Putting your loved one in an Illinois nursing home is a tough decision. You are leaving the care of this person who you love to strangers. Having trust in the system and in the ability of the nursing home to properly train and monitor its staff is often tough to do....
While people in Illinois may expect their elderly loved ones’ nursing homes to take precautions to prevent them from falling, falls occur all too often in long-term care facilities. Whether simply an unfortunate accident or the result of neglect on the part of the...