It isn't easy to be an overweight adult. People feel like they have the right to make comments on your appearance or to make fun of you when you go to the gym. Attractiveness bias can affect your career, meaning that you don't receive the same opportunities as some of...
A highly-anticipated murder trial begins in Columbus on Feb. 14 for an Ohio doctor suspected of causing nearly three dozen patient deaths through excessive, fatal doses of opioids. Thirty-five patients died under Dr. William Husel’s care at Mount Carmel West Medical...
There are plenty of lawyers around Ohio offering personal injury services, but not all lawyers can obtain the best possible outcomes for their clients. Partnering with the right lawyer when you or a member of your family has suffered severe injury and hardship through...
Commercial trucks are essential but dangerous vehicles. Given how much damage they can cause if a driver loses control, commercial drivers are typically subject to stricter regulations. For example, although there is no federal rule about texting and driving for the...
Nurses and others dealing with burnout are in a difficult position right now. Hospitals are overwhelmed due to a variety of issues including a peaking cold and flu season and a mass exodus from the career by health care professionals who have been overwhelmed and...
If you have skin cancer, or if you believe that you may, you're likely going to go see a dermatologist. Perhaps you already have one and you can set the meeting up directly, or you may end up going to your primary care physician first and then getting referred to a...
There's a reason monthly medical exams are a staple of prenatal care in the United States. Both pregnancy and the labor process are dangerous for the mother and her unborn child. Once labor begins, the risk of something going wrong increases. When a woman's...
In America, around 300,000 people live with a spinal cord injury. Of those people, only around 3% ever recover the basic functionality that they had before the injury occurred. Many of these patients end up in the hospital for complications of the injury, and they may...
Imagine feeling under the weather. You might develop a fever or pain that is out of the ordinary. After hours of waiting to see if you’ll start to feel better, you realize that you’re only getting worse. So, you go to the hospital emergency room for tests. There, it...
In Ohio, there is the Ohio Move Over law which requires motorists to move over to one lane, or to slow down, when they see any vehicle with flashing lights on the side of the road. The hope is that this law will help protect those in vehicles that have broken down as...
