A good night’s sleep does wonders for the body and the mind. It can lower your stress and improve your memory. And, during the holidays, when millions of Americans will hit the road for Christmas and New Year’s, it just might save your life. As a Memphis car accident lawyer, I want to tell you about the risks. A drowsy driver can be just as dangerous behind the wheel as an intoxicated one. By now, we’re all aware of the dangers of drunk driving, but drowsy driving is a crucial problem that deserves more attention. A person driving on less than five hours of sleep in a 24-hour period has the same risk of crashing as someone driving under the
TN NAS Babies Need Legal Help It’s no secret that the opioid crisis is devastating people in every community, especially TN NAS babies. Tennessee has one of the highest rates in the country of children born with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome, or NAS — a type of drug withdrawal. In fact, nearly 1,000 babies were born addicted to drugs just in 2016. And, unfortunately, that number is not showing any signs of slowing down. To start, you might be wondering how an infant becomes addicted to drugs. Well, a mother can expose her unborn child to drugs in the womb if she uses them while pregnant. Once born, the child no longer receives the drugs it has grown to depend on and
Earlier this year, I wrote about the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s recall of valsartan, the active — and potentially cancer-linked — ingredient in several blood pressure medications. Unfortunately, that’s only part of the story. Currently, more than half a dozen varieties of hypertension drugs have been recalled. Last month, one medication, irbesartan, became the first non-valsartan pharmaceutical of this type to be recalled. As a valsartan recall lawyer Memphis TN has trusted, I want to help you better understand the irbesartan recall. The Reason for the Irbesartan Recall As with the valsartan recall, a dangerous carcinogen, N-nitrosodimethylamine, or NDMA, is at the heart of this call back. NDMA is naturally found in certain substances, such as cured meats, but
Procrastination happens to the best of us. Even when faced with a deadline, many people who sit down to complete an important task find themselves elsewhere — physically or mentally. And what’s the harm, right? Surely it can wait. As a Memphis TN debt attorney, I often see this same “it can wait” mentality in folks who are deep into debt but haven’t reached that breaking point just yet. Here’s one common scenario. A couple has fallen behind on their house note. They know that it can’t go on forever, but they haven’t gotten a formal foreclosure notice, so they decide to ignore the problem — for now. During the whirlwind months of the holiday season, people have a tendency
TN Opioid Babies Are a Growing Problem The number of TN opioid babies is climbing. Each year more than 1,000 babies are diagnosed with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS), a type of postnatal drug withdrawal. After delivery, they’re suddenly cut off from the drugs they’ve grown to depend on in the womb. At first, their life starts painfully. Initially, symptoms of NAS include extreme irritability, seizures, projectile vomiting, sweating, refusing to feed, slow weight gain, blotchy skin, and more. These symptoms last until the affected infant has detoxed from all of the drugs in its system. Unfortunately, even after detox, their battle with NAS has just begun. NAS affects children long after birth. The long-term effects of children born with NAS are devastating.
This time of year, when the sidewalks get slippery from snow and ice, we all need to take extra precautions to stay safe out there. For older Americans, it is especially important. Seniors are more likely to have a slip and fall accident, and when it happens, the consequences are severe. Elderly Americans are more likely to fall than any other demographic. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1 in 3 adults age 65 and over fall every year. While millions of nonfatal injuries among elders are treated in emergency rooms, many of these incidents are deadly. Slip and falls are the fifth leading cause of death for elders — 40% of all fatal injuries among the
As an opioid NAS lawyer Memphis TN can trust, I am outraged by the opioid epidemic — which claims far too many lives every day — and new federal data show we are nowhere near the end of this crisis. For the third consecutive year, life expectancy in the United States has dropped. The number of drug-related deaths is a key factor, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In 2017, there were more than 70,000 fatal overdoses — the highest for any single year in American history, and nearly 10% higher than in 2016. The opioid crisis started in the 1990s. Over twenty years ago, pharmaceutical companies led doctors to believe there was little harm in
A Roundup Lawsuit Lawyer TN Trusts Tells You What You Need to Know About the Weed Killer and Cancer Risks As a Roundup lawsuit lawyer TN has relied on for more than thirty years, I want to make sure you have the most important facts about Roundup and its alleged link to cancer. Roundup is the most popular weed killer in America. It is manufactured by Monsanto, whose parent company is Bayer. Monsanto also manufactures the widely-used weed killer Ranger Pro. What most folks don’t know is that glyphosate, the active ingredient in both of these weed killers, has been ruled a “probable carcinogen” by the International Agency for Research on Cancer, according to reports. This means that glyphosate is
Winter can take quite a toll on our bones if we aren’t careful while walking. Every season brings different risks for slip and falls — autumn’s beautiful but slippery piles of leaves, and the slick surfaces of spring showers — but ice and snow are without question the most dangerous of these seasonal variations. As a Memphis slip and fall lawyer, I want to take a minute to talk about the precautions we must take this time of year. In our city, we get our fair share of the winter cold, but we don’t see the harsh blizzards found in other parts of the country. This actually doesn’t mean we have a lower potential for slip and falls. By and
Foods Containing Glyphosate Raise Cancer Concerns Foods containing glyphosate raise cancer concerns after a study found the “probable carcinogen” was a “staple contaminant” in common breakfast foods. Glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup, Ranger Pro, and other weed killers, has been found in Cheerios breakfast cereals and Quaker Oats products, among others, according to reports. Furthermore, the levels of glyphosate found in such products by the Environmental Working Group were at levels suspected to harm children’s health. How is glyphosate harmful? There are many ways glyphosate can be harmful to your health. For example, ingesting glyphosate may: Disrupt the balance of your gut microbiome Cause Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Cause lung cancer Limit your body’s ability to create functioning proteins Affect neurotransmitters Lead