When You’re Injured On Vacation

Many people flock to Louisiana each year for vacations with their families, heading to New Orleans for Mardi Gras or jazz music, Baton Rouge or Shreveport for the casinos and churches, or Lafayette for the performing arts. But no one ever counts on what happens when you or a loved one gets injured while you’re … Continued

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Are Fish Oil Supplements Helpful or Harmful?

A new documentary titled “Supplements and Safety” and released on January 19th examines whether fish oil supplements, as well as others, are what they appear to be and whether they cause unanticipated side effects for millions of vulnerable Americans. The most frequently used supplements include vitamins, fish oil, and fat-burning products; however, they are—generally—unregulated by … Continued

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Lead Poisoning & Water Crises

During the week of January 19th, the Flint, Michigan water crisis gained national attention, as Governor Rick Snyder apologized to its residents for failing to “fix” the problem of the contaminated water supply. Of recent, the catastrophe has consumed the state, as a severe health crisis linked to high levels of lead leaching from water … Continued

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African American Communities and Environmental Injustice

On Martin Luther King Jr. Day (January 18th), CNN did an investigation on the environmental injustice still plaguing many poor African American communities. The environmental injustice, sadly, plays itself out in the form of exposure to toxic chemicals; specifically, a report released by the Center for Effective Government—titled “Living in the Shadow of Danger: Poverty, … Continued

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CNN Investigation Finds High Surgical Death Rate for Children at Hospital

Recently, CNN published an article on what is possibly every new parent’s worst nightmare: that their baby has been born into a hospital that has an especially high mortality rate associated with a surgery that their child needs. Specifically, the article followed one family who was suffering after their newborn had open heart surgery at … Continued

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Drunk Driving Fatalities Are Up In Louisiana

According to the latest data released by the Louisiana Highway Safety Commission, drunk driving arrests are down even as drunk driving fatalities are up and millions are being spent on sobriety enforcement. While some experts maintain that fewer arrests are an indication that fewer people are driving drunk, others have pointed out that 34 percent … Continued

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Accidental Shootings When Children Find Guns

It seems like we hear of these tragedies every day; children who find guns in their parents’ houses, killing each other or themselves on accident in mere seconds. When these events happen, they go beyond disaster and into a tragedy of epic proportions, plaguing parents with “if I hadn’t done that, would my son still … Continued

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Crushing Medical Debt and Insurance Disputes

A new poll conducted by the New York Times and the Kaiser Family Foundation found that, even though the number of insured Americans has increased in recent years, health insurance is still falling very short of preventing people from going into severe debt due to medical bills. Specifically, approximately 20 percent of people under the … Continued

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Cancer-Causing Properties of Teflon Concealed For 50 Years

In January, an expose was done revealing that the company DuPont had known or suspected—for many years—that their product (Teflon)—used to coat pots and pans and give them “nonstick properties”—contained a very harmful ingredient. What has now resulted in more than 3,500 personal injury and wrongful death claims against the company associated with the product—and … Continued

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Does Failure To Report Disease Constitute A Personal Injury?

News stories have been brimming with the latest celebrity gossip on Charlie Sheen and how he failed to inform his sexual partners and others that he was H.I.V. positive. Yet, irrespective of whether or not something involves a celebrity, individuals not informing sexual partners about sexually transmittable diseases is actually a serious issue, and one … Continued

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