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• Legionnaires Outbreak Claims The Lives of At Least Two Residents Of Popular Chicagoland Retirement Community --The Park At Vernon Hills

  Posted on Sunday November 8th, 2009 at 05:39 in chicago, death, retirement community, legionnaires, illinois nursing homes, horizon bay retirement living, legionnaires outbreak, the park at vernon hills

  Health offiicials believe the deaths of two residents of The Park of Vernon Hills are related to an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease.  A third resident of The Park also was disagnosed with the bacterial disease and remains hospitalized. Accordi...

• Another State Invalidates Nursing Home Arbitration Agreements

  Posted on Friday November 6th, 2009 at 06:10 in litigation, arbitration agreement, nursing home injury, nursing home negligence lawsuit, beverly enterprises, nebraska nursing home

  On October 16th, the Nebraska Supreme Court ruled that an arbitration agreement between a nursing home and one of its residents was invalid because the resident’s son did not have the authority to sign a voluntary arbitration agreement on her ...

• Medications Such As: Visocol, OsmoPrep, or Fleet Phoso-Soda May Cause Kidney Failure Or Death In The Elderly

  Posted on Thursday November 5th, 2009 at 06:17 in death, medical malpractice, kidney failure, sodium phosphate, osmoprep, acute phosphate nephropathy, fleet lawsuit, fleet phoso soda, fleet phoso soda ez prep bowel cleansing system, visiscol

  We've all gone through the unpleasant task of preparing for a colonoscopy.  Drinking an unpleasant liquid or popping pills for the purpose of giving the doctor a better view of our colon's contents is.... anything but pleasant.  Now, news ...

• Medications Such As: Visocol, OsmoPrep, or Fleet Phoso-Soda May Cause Kidney Failure Or Death In The Elderly

  Posted on Thursday November 5th, 2009 at 06:17 in death, kidney failure, dangerous drugs, sodium phosphate, osmoprep, acute phosphate nephropathy, fleet lawsuit, fleet phoso soda, fleet phoso soda ez prep bowel cleansing system, visiscol

  We've all gone through the unpleasant task of preparing for a colonoscopy.  Drinking an unpleasant liquid or popping pills for the purpose of giving the doctor a better view of our colon's contents is.... anything but pleasant.  Now, news ...

• Bed Sore Problems Compounded: Amyloidosis

  Posted on Wednesday November 4th, 2009 at 07:12 in death, infection, sepsis, bed sores, amyloidosis, nursing home negligence, osteomyelitis

  One of the nursing home negligence cases my office is currently investigating involves the death of a man related to complications related to amyloidosis.  Turns out, the man was suffering from an advanced bed sore on his coccyx (also called pr...

• 7 Cases Of Legionnaires Disease Attributed To Assisted Living Facility

  Posted on Tuesday November 3rd, 2009 at 06:22 in maryland, death, pneumonia, elderly, fatality rates, assisted living facility, legionnaires disease, national nursing home issues, legion fever, pontiac fever

  Seven cases of Legionnaires' Disease have been reported at an assisted living facility in Waverly, Maryland.  According to the Baltimore City Health Department, all the people were living at Stadium Place Apartments before they were diagnosed wi...

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