InjuryBoard Bentonville Archives

• Helpful Tips on Motorcycle Safety

  Drew Dixon | February 27, 2008 4:40 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  Motorcycle dealers have seen a dramatic increase in the number of new motorcycle sales. With oil prices nearing $100 per barrel new unit sales of motorcycles have increased 24 percent since the last decade. In fact, new motorcycle sales annually top 1 million units. Unfortunately, with the increase in sales comes an increase in the number of motorcycle crashes and fatalities. According to...

• Abuse Ignores Age

  Drew Dixon | February 21, 2008 4:30 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse

  The National Center on Elder Abuse (NCEA) routinely collects data and information regarding nursing home residents and instances of nursing home abuse. Once the information is collected the NCEA compiles the information and releases statistics regarding abuse in nursing homes and other care giving facilities in the United States. However, the NCEA cannot determine just how many older Americans...

• Cave Springs Farmer Wins National Award

  Jeanie Oliver | February 11, 2008 5:59 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  I most often use this space to write about topics that are distressing and life-threatening. It is, therefore, so refreshing to write about a local farmer who has used ingenuity and creativity to win a national Farm Bureau award.James Simpson, a farmer from Cave Springs, a small community in Benton county in northwest Arkansas, developed a double bale spike which allows a large tractor to move...

• Taser Guns and Death

  Jeanie Oliver | February 09, 2008 11:54 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  How can shooting someone with a devise that delivers 50,000 volts of electrical charge be anything but controversial? Taser guns are gaining such popularity that people are having parties in thier homes to sell Taser guns. The potential for death as a result of the shock is great, yet there are few or no regulatory measures being taken with the guns.The ACLU,www.aclu.org, issued a report, "Stun...

• Avandia -Serious Side Effects

  Jeanie Oliver | February 09, 2008 10:30 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Have you taken Avandia for treatment of type 2 diabetes? Unfortunately, this drug, once seen as the number one treatment for type 2 diabetes can have disastrous side effects. Since the drug was approved by the FDA, this agency has been monitoring its heart-related side effects.These side effects include fluid retention, edema, and congestive heart failure. Data has shown in controlled clinical...

• Duragesic Patch-Fentanyl Overdose Possible

  Jeanie Oliver | February 04, 2008 11:25 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  The Duragesic Patch malfunction is not new to medical news. The frightening aspect of this medical devise is that it continues to be a danger to patients. The patch, most often prescribed to patients with intense chronic pain, perhaps because of cancer or car wrecks, can malfunction because of acknowledged manufacturing defects.The defective patches leak the potent narcotic fentanyl directly...