Through a series of mistakes, miscommunication, and misdiagnoses, a Florida mother’s arms and legs were amputated. She sued the doctors, who blamed one another for the errors in her case. The jury ruled against Strong, but the judge overruled the jury because of the overwhelming evidence. Strong is now waiting for her second chance in court.

My brother-in-law’s test results found he had swine flu. Suddenly, the airline, the hotel in Hawaii, the hospitals, and the local health department were very interested in them. By the time they knew, it was already mostly done. Can we afford to make a joke out of it and write it off as another fear tactic? No. It is not nearly that harmless.

I know that our government wants to avoid panic. On the other hand, I don’t expect people in positions of authority to sit there and pretend that everything is fine. That is not crisis management. That is avoidance.

Next time you feel like crying over a splinter in your finger or your kid swallowing a penny, count your blessings. You could have a frakkin’ conifer sprouting in your vital organs, like this guy.

Injury attorneys are there to help you or a loved one get a settlement in a mesothelioma personal injury case.

Due to an outbreak of Salmonella poisoning, the FDA released a statement Saturday, June 7, warning consumers to stop eating Roma, raw red plum and red round tomatoes.

Cargill Meat Solutions, the same company whose Arkansas meat plant went up in flames Easter morning, just finished recalling almost 2 million pounds of ground beef because of E. coli.

Products designed specifically for babies may be making them sick, studies show. Shampoos, lotions and powders have chemicals called phthalates that were found in the urine of infants after they were exposed to the products.

The Centers for Disease Control reported this week that as many as one out of every four girls has at least one sexually transmitted disease. That includes the human papillomavirus (HPV), chlamydia, genital herpes and trichomoniasis.

Residents of Libby, Montana, home to the largest asbestos poisoning disasters in the U.S., received a bit of good news after the company responsible for causing thousands of asbestos-related injuries agreed to pay $250 million toward the cleanup effort.