Emergency Physician Faces Charges After Car Crash Kills Colleague
An emergency medicine physician is facing a myriad of charges following a car accident in July that claimed the life of his 47-year-old colleague, Douglas Rockacy, MD, from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), CBS Pittsburgh reported. In addition to DUI charges, Joseph Yanta, MD, 38, is also facing charges of homicide by vehicle […]
Opinion | ‘Being Concerned About a Fingernail’: What We Heard This Week
“It’s kind of like having a major auto accident and namely being concerned about a fingernail when you have multiple broken bones.” — Peter Marks, MD, PhD, director of FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, on the small risk of vaccine side effects versus the larger risk of COVID. “This is a fight about […]
Preventing the long-term effects of traumatic brain injury: New study points to a potential new treatment that could prevent chronic complications
You’ve been in a car accident and sustained a head injury. You recovered, but years later you begin having difficulty sleeping. You also become very sensitive to noise and bright lights, and find it hard to carry out your daily activities, or perform well at your job. This is a common situation after a traumatic […]