Normal 0 0 1 958 5463 45 10 6708 11.1282 0 0 0 Ballard Nursing Center is yet another large nursing home facility located in Des Plaines, Illinois. Ballard can accomedate 231 Medicare / Medicaid pati ...

February 8, 2010 A new study published in the February 2010 issue of Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, has linked the consumption of two or more sodas a week to an increased rate of pancreatic cancer. ''People who drank tw ...

The Journal of Food Law & Policy just announced that it is seeking submissions for placement in the Spring 2010 issue, to be published in June 2010. This unanticipated need presents an opportunity for an author to place an article and see it in print in a very short period of time. Articles may be s ...

When I first started in private practice, I'd go anywhere to represent someone. I'd drive hours to a courthouse, or meet a client at a convenient place. I went to some interesting places.... Now, a few years later, most meetings are in my office, most cases, close to home. But then there was last Th ...

The FDA has announced the recall of Haifa Smoked Fish brand vacuum packaged Whole Schmaltz Herring with the lot number 20, because the product was found to be uneviscerated.  The risk to consumers is that, due to the errors in production, the fish may be contaminated with clostridium botulinum. ...

U.S. News & World Report issues the best and worst nursing homes every year based on federal and state inspections, surveys, and required data on staffing.  Here is the most recent article.  The rankings are only as good as the investigators which in most cases is poor.  On a give ...

Over the last 20 years, federal and state legislatures have drafted many laws with the intention of protecting the most vulnerable members of our society-- they elderly.  As the laws accumulate, it is important to know what laws apply to particular situations of abuse or mistreatment and how to ...

As a follow up to yesterday's blog entry, here is another article about the overuse of antipsychotic medications in nursing homes by Business Week.   The practice can threaten physical health. Since the U.S. Food and Drug Administration instituted a "black box" war ...

The end of January, a 20-year-old woman passenger was killed when the Pontiac G6 she was in , over corrected after hitting ice, rolled over and hit a power pole. The crash happened on Highway 95 near 114th Street north of Stillwater, Minnesota. The incident was investigated by local and state law ...

Sitting here at the Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers confererence in Orlando, and wanted to summarize my thoughts on current issues both in Florida and around the country.[1] The internet is moving too fast for state bar associations.[2] The Florida ethics opinion on judges friendi ...