By now, most adults have figured out that nothing good can come from Googling your symptoms. Most serious illnesses cannot be diagnosed by symptoms alone; a diagnosis requires blood tests or other medical procedures to find out what is causing the symptoms. Mesothelioma is one of those diseases that is complicated to diagnose. The chances… Read More
How Effective is Mesothelioma Treatment?
Most people’s knowledge of mesothelioma is limited to the fact that it is a rare, incurable form of cancer, for which the strongest known risk factor is environmental exposure to asbestos dust. Your primary care doctor probably has not thought about mesothelioma since they read a paragraph or two about it in a textbook in… Read More
Louisiana Child Safety Seat Laws
Car technology has come a long way over the decades, but despite the new rear-facing cameras, driver assist features, and headlights that automatically adjust their brightness so that they do not detract from other drivers’ ability to see the road, the seat belt remains the most effective safety feature when it comes to preventing serious… Read More
New Law Bans Blinding Headlights
You have probably heard of someone who is shocked and confused as being like a deer caught in the headlights. In fact, headlights so bright that you cannot see where you are going are dangerous for everyone, not just for deer. Unusually bright headlights that made it impossible for the driver whose car they were… Read More
Passenger Dies in Single-Vehicle Crash in Iberville Parish
Every few minutes, someone somewhere in the world posts a new video on YouTube about state-of-the-art vehicle technologies. People are constantly working to make cars faster, more energy efficient, and more automated, as well as to make them look cooler. These developments have made motor vehicle travel safer over the years, but the seatbelt has… Read More
What Are Your Rights if You Got Mesothelioma From Second-Hand Asbestos Exposure?
Most cases of mesothelioma, an incurable form of cancer, result from occupational exposure to asbestos dust. While the use of asbestos in new construction was banned decades ago, construction workers who must remove asbestos when renovating old buildings are still at risk of exposure. Just as second-hand exposure to tobacco smoke can harm the health… Read More
Louisiana Golf Cart and Low Speed Vehicle Accident Laws
Cars that go very fast are dangerous, so it stands to reason that cars that do not go very fast are less dangerous. Most serious injuries in motor vehicle collisions involve accidents where at least one vehicle was traveling at 40 miles per hour or more at the time of impact. Based on that, it… Read More
Louisiana Court Rules That Man Exposed to Mesothelioma Throughout the 1970s Can Proceed With Lawsuit Against His Employer
Many of us have spent the first few days of 2022 thinking that 2019 seems like an extraordinarily long time ago. If this is the case, then 1975 seems like ancient history, especially when you consider that the Internet is constantly teasing people born in the 1980s about being old. Despite this, a law that… Read More
Can Smart Cars Prevent Drunk Driving Accidents?
Remember those advertising campaigns in the 1990s about appointing a designated driver when you went out drinking with a group of friends? Unless you were one of a group of tourists drinking in the French Quarter of New Orleans, where the people watching scene is exhilarating even if you are sober, being a designated driver… Read More
“Dancing Molecule Therapy” Study Hints at a Path Toward a Cure for Spinal Cord Injuries
Spinal cord injuries are one of the worst things that can happen to a person as a result of a car accident. The spinal cord is the group of nerves that connects the brain to all the other parts of the body; therefore, it plays a role in feeling, movement, and the function of many… Read More