Have you heard about the new craze going on in your local smoke shop? It's called K2 herbal incense and if you haven't heard about it yet, now you have. This unique blend of herbal ingredients is flying off shelves at an alarming rate. Before K2 incense was more of an underground ordeal however in the past 60 days it has grown rapid acknowledgment. It is technically sold as an incense that is meant to be burned without oral consumption. Word has gotten around though that when smoked,...

A cataract surgery expert witness can be a valuable asset when evaluating legal issues regarding cataracts, lens implants, and unexpected outcomes.

Cataract surgery is one of the most commonly performed surgical procedures in the United States.  Every year there are over 2 million patients who benefit from cataract surgery.  Fortunately, the vast majority of patients enjoy visual improvement with successful cataract surgery.  Complications, although infrequent, may...

Whether you practice touch therapy in a massage clinic, spa, hospital or home setting, massage liability insurance is essential to securing peace of mind and professional status among massage therapists and bodyworkers. For those practitioners of healing touch who work from home, it can be especially important to sign up for solid massage liability insurance, for you are the sole person responsible for your business and your clients when they come to your home.

With the...

The incidence of Medical Malpractice is, unfortunately, widespread across the United States, covering all specialties and all categories of health professionals.

If a health care professional, whist providing treatment or care, fails to act with the same diligence and ability as a similarly qualified professional would deem acceptable and reasonable, then he may be guilty of medical malpractice.

This Duty of Care and Standard of Care is legally binding and...

It is a parent's worst nightmare! You send your child to school and expect him or her to come home safe. It didn't happen that way in this case. As many children of the inner city, Shawn was asthmatic. He lived in Brooklyn and attended PS 20 in Clinton Hill. On February 2003, only weeks after his 11th birthday, Shawn had a serious asthma attack in school. He went to the nurse's office where the nurse determined 911 should be called and the boy should immediately be taken to the hospital...

NON-VEGETARIAN FOOD MAKES MUSLIMS VIOLENT

Question:

Science tell us that whatever one eats, it has an effect on one's behaviour. Why then, does Islam allow Muslims to eat non-vegetarian food, since eating of animals could make a person violent and ferocious?

Answer:

1.Only eating of herbivorous animals allowed

I agree that, what a person eats has an effect on his behaviour. This is one of the reasons why Islam prohibits the eating of carnivorous...

The history of asbestos

Asbestos generally refers to long threads of silicate fiber compounds. The word asbestos actually comes from the Greek word for "inextinguishable" as they are resistant to heat, fire, and chemicals as well as non-conductive. These unique properties made asbestos a useful material in many industries including the shipbuilding, automobile, and construction industries.

In America, they were first mined and used commercially during the late...

Medical malpractice, or medical negligence is a highly technical field of law and it requires lawyers of high expertise to handle such complex cases. Medical or Health malpractice is simply the medical negligence of a health care professional who violates the governing standards of a medical community while providing treatment to a patient that causes him some sort of injury.

There are a large number of law firms and legal attorneys that provide you all types of legal...

There are many factors to be considered when the use of self defense is used.  Many states differ with their opinion on what they consider valid self defense. These things include the extent, who it is used on, who is using it, and the reason why.

The act of self defense is the use of force to defend one's person from an attacker or a threatening situation.  The force must be reasonable.  Self defense is in place to protect you from being convicted of a crime if you...

Does your newborn's skin look yellow? Does the white in your baby's eyes have a yellowish coloring? If so, your baby probably has a case of jaundice. Jaundice is more common than you might think; close to 60% of babies born in the U.S. have jaundice for a brief period of time. Most of the time, jaundice is harmless, but if your baby has a severe case, he or she could suffer from a form of brain damage known as kernicterus .

Jaundice vs. Kernicterus

Jaundice occurs often when...