Kathleen E. posted an article on Forensics Talk - Nov 6, 2011, 7:43 pm
Law Blog November 4, 2011, 11:15 AM ET by Ashby Jones The amount of settlement counts: "In recent days, reports of sexual-harassment lawsuits have dogged the until-now surprisingly successful Herman Cain presidential campaign. And Cain’s people have conceded that they haven’t handled the flare-u...
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Kathleen E. posted an article on Forensics Talk - Oct 10, 2011, 6:35 am
Medical News Today Article Date: 10 Oct 2011 - 0:00 PDT      "A new study from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health has found evidence that a specific gene is linked to suicidal behaviour, adding to our knowledge of the many complex causes of suicide. This research may help docto...
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Kathleen E. posted an article on Forensics Talk - Oct 10, 2011, 6:31 am
Genetic Link To Suicidal Behavior Confirmed By CAMH Study. A new study from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health has found evidence that a specific gene is linked to suicidal behaviour, adding to our knowledge of the many complex causes of suicide. This research may help doctors one day target...
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Kathleen E. posted an article on Forensics Talk - Oct 10, 2011, 6:29 am
Medical News Today Article Date: 10 Oct 2011 - 0:00 PDT      "An iPhone app that measures the user's heart rate is not only a popular feature with consumers, but it sparked an idea for a Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) researcher who is now turning smart phones, and eventually ta...
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Kathleen E. posted an article on Forensics Talk - Oct 10, 2011, 6:20 am
It appears crime rates are falling in our bad economy. Here's the link for Criminal Victimization, 2010 from the Bureau of Justice Statistics: http://www.bjs.gov/index.cfm?ty=pbdetail&iid=2224
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Kathleen E. posted an article on Forensics Talk - Sep 3, 2011, 4:21 am
Yahoo News By JENNIFER PELTZ, Associated Press Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press – Tue Aug 23, 8:03 pm ET NEW YORK – "Former International Monetary Fund leader Dominique Strauss-Kahn might take legal action in civil court against the hotel maid who accused him of sexually assaulti...
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Kathleen E. posted an article on Forensics Talk - Sep 3, 2011, 4:09 am
Yahoo News By Dale K. DuPont Dale K. Dupont – Tue Aug 23, 9:10 pm ET MIAMI (Reuters) – "State and federal agents cracked down on Tuesday on South Florida pill mills, dismantling what was described as the nation's largest criminal organization involved in illegally distributing pa...
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Kathleen E. posted an article on Forensics Talk - Aug 21, 2011, 3:03 am
Medical News Today Article Date: 08 Jul 2011 - 1:00 PDT     "Creating a baseline for each youth athlete is a critical part of accurate future concussion assessment, according to researchers presenting their study at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's Annual Meeting in Sa...
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Kathleen E. posted an article on Forensics Talk - Aug 21, 2011, 2:51 am
Medical News Today  Article Date: 19 Aug 2011 - 1:00 PDT       "Recurring headaches are common during the year following a traumatic brain injury (TBI), regardless of the severity of the TBI, and they tend to occur more often among females and those with a pre-TBI history of headache...
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Kathleen E. posted an article on Forensics Talk - Aug 11, 2011, 4:26 am
Detroit Free Press      BY TRESA BALDASDETROIT FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER           "A dozen pharmacists. Four doctors. A psychologist and an accountant. All are targeted in what the government dubbed Tuesday as one of the largest prescription drug scams in Michigan history,...
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Kathleen E. posted an article on Forensics Talk - Aug 7, 2011, 10:04 am
Explore Forensics         One of the keystones of forensic science is DNA testing. DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) is the genetic material present in every cell. Each individual has a Unique DNA Profile. There are even a few differences between the DNA of identical twins. A British scie...
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Kathleen E. posted an article on Forensics Talk - Aug 5, 2011, 5:37 am
Above The Law By Staci Zaretsky      "It comes as no surprise, but going to a college football game at your alma matter is supposed to be fun, even if your team sucks. And generally speaking, Georgia Tech sucks. Okay fine, the team won the ACC title in 2009, but that title was just vac...
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Kathleen E. posted an article on Forensics Talk - Aug 5, 2011, 5:29 am
Medical News Today Article Date: 05 Aug 2011 - 0:00 PDT     " Fatal overdoses involving prescribed opioids tripled in the United States between 1999 and 2006, climbing to almost 14,000 deaths annually - more than cocaine and heroin overdoses combined. Hospitalizations and emergency roo...
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Kathleen E. posted an article on Forensics Talk - Aug 5, 2011, 5:23 am
Yahoo News  By James Vicini James Vicini – Wed Aug 3, 4:13 pm ET      WASHINGTON (Reuters) – "Authorities said on Wednesday they have dismantled an online bulletin board allegedly used by 600 people around the world to trade graphic images and videos of child sex abuse. More...
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Kathleen E. posted an article on Forensics Talk - Aug 5, 2011, 5:17 am
Yahoo News By DON THOMPSON, Associated Press Don Thompson, Associated Press – Wed Aug 3, 7:13 pm ET      SACRAMENTO, Calif. – "A state senator said Wednesday he wants to change California law so prisoners like the sex offender who was paroled before taking Jaycee Dugard capti...
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Kathleen E. posted an article on Forensics Talk - Jul 31, 2011, 8:53 am
Medical News Today Article Date: 31 Jul 2011 - 0:00 PDT      If you suffer traumatic brain injury, your risk of having a stroke within three months may increase tenfold, according to a new study reported in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association. "It's reasonable to ass...
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Kathleen E. posted an article on Forensics Talk - Jul 31, 2011, 8:42 am
Associated Press By JOANN LOVIGLIO, Associated Press Joann Loviglio, Associated Press – Fri Jul 29, 3:01 pm ET PHILADELPHIA – "A monsignor who is the only U.S. church official ever charged with transferring pedophile priests to unsuspecting parishes will be tried alongside four p...
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Kathleen E. posted an article on Forensics Talk - Jul 30, 2011, 6:59 am
A New Take On Legal News      "A jury should decide whether a school bus service is liable for dropping a 13-year-old girl off at the wrong bus stop, exposing her to harm from a man who had sexually abused her, the Iowa Court of Appeals has ruled in an unusual wrongful-death case. ...
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Kathleen E. posted an article on Forensics Talk - Jun 16, 2011, 6:17 am
Readers, I'm back from a two month Hiatus, while taking care of family members' health problems. Thanks for your patience, continued reading, and comments. Look for some changes to Forensics Talk, and more posts, in the near future.
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Kathleen E. posted an article on Forensics Talk - Apr 20, 2011, 6:29 am
American Medical News         Many adverse events can be prevented, providing what a patient safety expert calls "humongous opportunities for improvement." By Kevin B. O'Reilly, amednews staff. Posted April 18, 2011.      "One-third of hospital patients experience adverse e...
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Kathleen E. posted an article on Forensics Talk - Apr 20, 2011, 6:22 am
Yahoo News By SHEILA V KUMAR, Associated Press Sheila V Kumar, Associated Press – Tue Apr 19, 10:51 pm ET      DENVER – "An Oregon man suspected of raping a 22-year-old woman at Denver International Airport was charged Tuesday with one count of sexual assault. Noel Bertran...
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Kathleen E. posted an article on Forensics Talk - Apr 20, 2011, 5:54 am
BBC News 20 April 2011 Last updated at 05:00 ET      "The deaths of 14 elderly residents in a care home blaze could have been prevented by a "suitable" fire safety plan, an inquiry has concluded. The fire at Rosepark care home in Uddingston, South Lanarkshire, broke out in a cupbo...
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Kathleen E. posted an article on Forensics Talk - Apr 19, 2011, 7:36 am
LOS ANGELES – "The doctor charged in the death of Michael Jackson tried to change his story about his actions involving the pop star, telling his own experts in the upcoming trial a different story than he told police, prosecutors said Monday. Deputy District Attorneys David...
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Kathleen E. posted an article on Forensics Talk - Apr 11, 2011, 7:00 am
WebMD          New Tracking Tool Suggests Medical Errors May Occur in One-Third of Hospital Admissions By Denise MannWebMD Health News      "April 7, 2011 -- Medication errors, infections, and other hospital-related errors may be 10 times more common than previously estima...
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Kathleen E. posted an article on Forensics Talk - Mar 26, 2011, 7:52 am
Health & Fitness By Marisa Taylor and Michael Doyle McClatchy Newspapers Posted: 03/19/2011 12:00:00 AM PDT Updated: 03/19/2011 08:58:03 PM PDT      WASHINGTON -- "For nearly three years, the military held the key to Roger House's exoneration an...
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Kathleen E. posted an article on Forensics Talk - Mar 26, 2011, 7:40 am
Cleveland.com Published: Monday, March 15, 2010, 8:03 PM     Updated: Monday, March 15, 2010, 8:05 PM By McClatchy-Tribune News Service      LOS ANGELES --" Forget fingerprint dusting. Crime-scene drama fans might soon see a new forensic technique debut on their favorite TV se...
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Kathleen E. posted an article on Forensics Talk - Mar 26, 2011, 7:00 am
Sentencing Law & Policy      "The question in the title of this post is prompted by this fascinating article from the Denver Post headlined "DA Chambers offers bonuses for prosecutors who hit conviction targets."  Here are the details: Eighteenth Judicial District Attorney Carol...
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Kathleen E. posted an article on Forensics Talk - Mar 26, 2011, 6:14 am
NY Daily News                                                     BY Oren Yaniv and Rich Schapiro DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS Friday, March 25th 2011, 4:00 AM      "Gruesome photos of a battered 4-year-old girl. Autopsy reports sh...
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Kathleen E. posted an article on Forensics Talk - Mar 18, 2011, 9:30 pm
The Baltimore Sun                                                    By Duke Helfand and Marc Lifsher, Los Angeles Times                  March 19, 2011  "California regulators are taking aim at giant drug maker B...
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Kathleen E. posted an article on Forensics Talk - Mar 18, 2011, 7:33 am
                                  I am opposed to violence, whether it's displayed by adults or children. I've always believed that violence is never the answer.      When raising our own family, I never, ever laid a han...
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Kathleen E. posted an article on Forensics Talk - Mar 18, 2011, 5:57 am
Fraudblawg                                                                                        "On Oct. 21, officials at a chain of mental healthclinics in Miami were charged with making $200 million in fr...
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Kathleen E. posted an article on Forensics Talk - Mar 17, 2011, 9:09 am
Brain Injury Litigation Network Linkedin By IRA PODELL, AP Hockey Writer Ira Podell, Ap Hockey Writer – Thu Mar 3, 1:08 pm ET Bob Probert knew the fierce pounding he dished out and received over 16 seasons as an NHL enforcer was taking its toll as he got older. That's why he wan...
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Kathleen E. posted an article on Forensics Talk - Mar 15, 2011, 7:19 am
      MSNBC                           Thousands of elderly or ill patients without their lifesaving medicines By JAY ALABASTER The Associated Press updated 3/14/2011 9:39:15 AM ET 2011-03-14T13:39:15   TAKAJO, Japan — "Wit...
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Kathleen E. posted an article on Forensics Talk - Mar 15, 2011, 7:00 am
100 times normal levels of radiation reported near stricken plant. This is so tragic. I will keep them all in my thoughts and prayers: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42084187/ns/world_news-asiapacific/
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Kathleen E. posted an article on Forensics Talk - Mar 13, 2011, 7:57 pm
KevinMD by Jeffrey I. Kreisberg, PhD      "If you are one of the more than 100 million Americans who visit emergency rooms (ER) at least once a year, you’re not alone.    Americans, insured and not, make ample use of hospital emergency rooms. One out of every five visited an ...
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Kathleen E. posted an article on Forensics Talk - Mar 13, 2011, 7:52 pm
KevinMD        "Provocative piece by hospitalist el jefe Bob Wachter. He laments how archaic most electronic records are, and I agree: You’d think that medicine’s conversion from paper to electronic records would solve many of these problems, but ““ to date ““ all i...
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Kathleen E. posted an article on Forensics Talk - Mar 11, 2011, 10:13 am
New York Sports Concussion Program http://braininjury.blogs.com/content/2011/03/new-york-sports-concussion-program.html On March 22nd, the Brain Injury Association of New York State (BIANYS) will be presenting a full day program entitled: Concussion in Sports: What Everybody Needs to Know ...
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Kathleen E. posted an article on Forensics Talk - Mar 9, 2011, 11:47 am
Forensics Talk among the Top 50 Resources for Students Attending Online Forensic Nursing Schools http://www.onlineschools.org/online-forensic-nursing-schools/
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Kathleen E. posted an article on Forensics Talk - Mar 8, 2011, 7:22 am
Kevin MD by Kevin Pho, MD      "Last fall, a surgeon at Johns Hopkins Hospital was shot by the distraught son of a patient for whom he was caring. The man later killed his mother, then himself. A week earlier, a patient in a Long Island, N.Y., hospital beat his nurse with a leg from a ...
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Kathleen E. posted an article on Forensics Talk - Mar 8, 2011, 7:13 am
See Medpage Today for their excellent Guide To Biostatistics: http://www.medpagetoday.com/Medpage-Guide-to-Biostatistics.pdf
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Kathleen E. posted an article on Forensics Talk - Mar 6, 2011, 9:16 am
This case is absolutely horrendous! It sickened me to read it. It's a good example of why parents need to be cautious about who they date, live with, and marry, as many child sex offenders fall into the step-father/boyfriend category.   The following is re-printed with permission from Wen...
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Kathleen E. posted an article on Forensics Talk - Mar 6, 2011, 9:01 am
Sex Offender Issues By Nate Anderson      "If a middle-aged man meets a 14-year-old girl, coerces her to film a 10-second clip of herself masturbating, then intentionally releases that clip on the Internet, the man could clearly be charged under US federal law against the “sexual exploit...
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Kathleen E. posted an article on Forensics Talk - Feb 28, 2011, 8:14 am
The Washington Post                                                          By Maria Glod and Josh White Washington Post Staff Writers Sunday, February 27, 2011; 6:27 PM      "Highway drivers from Virginia to Rhode Isla...
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Kathleen E. posted an article on Forensics Talk - Feb 27, 2011, 6:02 am
A/P Feb 26, 9:23 AM EST By DAVID CRARY AP National Writer    NEW YORK (AP) -- "Eight years ago, a child protection investigator and a deputy sheriff removed a 9-year-old Oregon girl from her classroom and questioned her at length as to whether her father had sexuall...
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Kathleen E. posted an article on Forensics Talk - Feb 27, 2011, 5:39 am
DRI, the Voice of the Defense Bar  by Eric L. Probst      ""New technologies create interesting challenges to long established legal concepts." Written over fourteen years ago in a court martial decision involving the electronic transmission of pornography, United States v. Maxwell,...
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Kathleen E. posted an article on Forensics Talk - Feb 26, 2011, 12:48 pm
 An important research study below centers on fatal cardiac injuries sustained in motor vehicle accidents. It's important to note that fractured sternum in a driver can occur even while wearing a seat belt.  Journal of Forensic & Legal Medicine  by Elisabeth E. Turk, MDa, Yee-Wah Tsa...
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Kathleen E. posted an article on Forensics Talk - Feb 26, 2011, 12:38 pm
Journal of Forensic & Legal Medicine      by Janice Du Mont, EdD (Research Scientist, Associate Professor)ab, Sheila Macdonald, MN (Provincial Coordinator)c, Nomi Rotbard, MPH (Research Associate, PhD Student)ad, Deidre Bainbridge, BSc (Nurse Practitioner)e, Eriola Asllani, BSc (Data A...
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Kathleen E. posted an article on Forensics Talk - Feb 26, 2011, 12:15 pm
Journal of Forensic & Legal Medicine by Peter Rowan, MSc, FRCP (General Practitioner)a, Michael Hill, PhD, FRCP (Physician)b, G.A. Gresham, Sc.D, FRCPath (Professor)c, Edward Goodall, PhD, NTF (Senior Lecturer)d, Tara Moore, MSc, PhD (Fellow Professor)d     Abstract      ...
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Kathleen E. posted an article on Forensics Talk - Feb 24, 2011, 10:37 am
 March 14-16, 2011 Chicago, ILEach participant in the bootcamp will participate as a testifying or consulting expert in a trial involving expert testimony. Participants will learn the art of delivering effective testimony and how to withstand grueling cross examination.Our consulting expert partici...
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Kathleen E. posted an article on Forensics Talk - Feb 24, 2011, 9:16 am
Defense Insurance Blog by David B. Stratton, Esq. of Jordan Coyne & Savits LLP.      "After I helped my wife chop the ice off her van windows this morning at 4:30 am, I made this list of free legal classics." The Art of Cross-Examination, by Francis Lewis Wellman The Work of ...
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