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• Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) Linked to Accident Injury & Surgery

  Staff Writer | August 17, 2009 12:15 PM | 2 CommentsNorth Dallas, TX

  Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) is a condition in which nerve impulses are are sent to one site on the body, usually a limb or extremity, causing extreme pain, redness, swelling and changes in...

• Despite Potential Dangers, Pain Patch Use Expected to Grow

  Staff Writer | August 17, 2009 5:45 PM | 1 CommentNorth Dallas, TX

  Narcotic pain patches, including fentanyl-containing Duragesic and generics, have had their safety questioned and been linked to deaths going back more than a decade. In fact, an eight-year study...

• Unproven Drugs Allowed to Remain on Market By FDA

  Angel Reyes | November 02, 2009 1:28 PM | 0 CommentsNorth Dallas, TX

  We trust organizations like the FDA to keep us safe. After all, that's why they were created in the first place, right? Well, a new report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) suggests...

• Window Blinds Are Finally Recalled; Strangulation Risk is Cited

  Angel Reyes | October 29, 2009 8:42 PM | 0 CommentsNorth Dallas, TX

  In an update to a recent blog posting I did about window blinds and how deadly they can be for children. This week nearly one-million roller blinds and Roman shades were recalled. The blinds and...

• Accident at Dallas Stadium Construction Site

  Christina Cole | January 31, 2007 10:06 PM | 1 CommentNorth Dallas, TX

  A worker is in critical condition after a construction accident in which he fell 20 feet at the new Dallas Cowboys Stadium construction site. The employee sustained several injuries when he fell from scaffolding landing on the playing field. He was taken by helicopter to Methodist Dallas Medical Center at 2:30pm, said Arlington Fire Department battalion chief.The worker was moving his arms and...

• Cato Institute Comes Out in Favor Of Comprehensive Immigration Reform

  Angel Reyes | August 21, 2009 3:42 PM | 4 CommentsNorth Dallas, TX

  For those readers who are not familiar with the Cato Institute, here is its mission statement: "The mission of the Cato Institute is to increase the understanding of public policies based...

• Update on Trucking Accident That Killed 10 in Oklahoma

  Angel Reyes | September 22, 2009 12:26 PM | 0 CommentsNorth Dallas, TX

  A prosecutor in Miami, Oklahoma, filed negligent homicide charges against Donald Creed, the driver of the 18 wheeler that slammed into a line of stopped cars, killing 10 people, four of whom were...

• Man Suing Trucking Company

  Christina Cole | February 07, 2007 10:19 PM | 0 CommentsNorth Dallas, TX

  A husband wants answers regarding the fatal car accident that took his wife's life and he hopes to use a lawsuit to get those answers.His wife died in October after the driver of an 18-wheeler ran a red light and crashed into her Ford Focus. The car was dragged 150 yards before catching on fire.The negligence lawsuit, filed in state District Court in Collin County, names as defendants the truck...

• Drivers Injured in Wrong-Way Crash on Dallas North Tollway

  Angel Reyes | September 18, 2009 10:45 AM | 0 CommentsNorth Dallas, TX

  Just about every month brings forth another tragic tale of a wrong-way driver on the Dallas North Tollway. According to the Dallas Morning News: There have been at least five wrong-way accidents...

• Labor Secretary Hot Over Texas Working Conditions

  Angel Reyes | September 10, 2009 3:38 PM | 0 CommentsNorth Dallas, TX

  Labor Secretary, Hilda Solis, is taking a good hard look at Texas’ safety record as it relates to working conditions here in the Lone Star State. The Labor Department is looking at several...