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• Speeding Motorists Kills Girl en route to School

  Staff Writer | January 04, 2006 5:53 PM | 0 CommentsMiami, FL

  An 11 year old girl in front of her school Tuesday when a woman drove her silver Lexus through a red light, waving crossing gaurds and flashing lights, hitting Diannet Leyva as she walked in the crosswalk holding her 19 year-old sister's hand. The girl was declared brain dead within minutes after arriving at the hospital. Police have written numerous tickets for traffic violations in the area,...

• Blood Thinner Overdose Linked To Bleeding Problems

  Staff Writer | December 30, 2005 2:50 PM | 0 CommentsMiami, FL

  A recent study conducted by Duke University's Dr. Karen Alexander found that almost 50% of heart attack patients are given too high a dosage of blood thinning medication, and this can lead to excessive bleeding.Those given too much of two newer blood thinners -- low molecular weight heparin and drugs sometimes called ''super-aspirin'' -- had more than a 30 percent increased chance of major...

• Lost At Sea - Missing Persons on Cruises

  Staff Writer | December 30, 2005 2:38 PM | 1 CommentMiami, FL

  Earlier this month, Cruise industry executives from Carnival Cruise Lines and Royal Caribbean Cruises testified to a congressional committee regarding the disappearance of passengers from cruises. Statistics about the number of people who go missing on cruises are finally beginning to come to light. As frightening as this is, disappearance from a cruise is unlikely, as these cruise lines admit...

• Medical Negligence Awards Not Affecting Rising Costs of Doctors' Premiums

  Staff Writer | December 28, 2005 4:13 PM | 0 CommentsMiami, FL

  A study of medical negligence awards payments from 1991 to 2003 finds that increases in payments are consistent with health care costs and are not driving up the costs of premiums for doctors. See abstract of article: Medical Malpractice "crisis"

• Doctors, Pharmacists Need More Training on Prescription Drug Abuse

  Staff Writer | December 28, 2005 4:04 PM | 0 CommentsMiami, FL

  A study conducted by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University finds that almost half of doctors and pharmacists have limited training in prescribing and handling controlled prescription drugs.See complete article--Under the Counter: The Diversion and Abuse of Controlled Prescription Drugs in the U.S. at...

• Minibike Crash Kills Teenage Boy

  Staff Writer | December 26, 2005 12:09 PM | 0 CommentsMiami, FL

  The growing popularity of "minibikes" or "pocket bikes" is leading to a rise in minibike related accidents. Minibikes are mistakenly seen as a "safer" alternative to full-size motorcycles or ATVs, but a Christmas Day accident resulting in the death of a Kendale Lakes teenager highlights the potential danger of these miniature motorcycles. Reaching speeds of up to 45 mph, these miniature...

• Final Body Found in Miami Beach Seaplane Crash

  Staff Writer | December 23, 2005 8:19 PM | 0 CommentsMiami, FL

  A boater found the 20th and final body of a passenger that was on the ill-fated Chalk's sea plane flight earlier this week. The body was not identified but authorities confirmed it was a passenger aboard the flight bound for Bimini. Federal Investigators have found stress cracks in the wings of the nearly 60 year-old airplane and speculate that these may have been the cause of the wing...

• Man Killed in Multiple Tractor Trailer Accident

  Staff Writer | December 23, 2005 4:00 PM | 0 CommentsMiami, FL

  Police released the name of a man who was killed in an accident involving two tractor trailers on the Palmetto Expressway earlier this month. Carlos Perez was driving northbound on the Palmetto Expressway when he came upon an accident involving a tractor trailor and a Toyota truck, the driver of which was also injured.Perez crashed into the stopped truck and was hit from behind by a second...

• Cracked Wing To Blame In Chalk's Plane Crash

  Staff Writer | December 21, 2005 10:50 AM | 0 CommentsMiami, FL

  NTSB investigators found a crack in the right wing of the Chalk's Airways plane that crashed off South Beach Monday. Classified as a "fatigue crack," the NTSB's acting chairman said that the plane's age could have been a factor. However he did note older planes may safely fly if they are properly maintained. Chalks' Airways Flight 101 was 58 years old. Below are some pictures provided by the...

• Turnpike Truck Accident Injures Two

  Staff Writer | December 21, 2005 10:33 AM | 0 CommentsMiami, FL

  Two men were injured Monday in an auto accident morning when their landscaping truck was apparetly cut off by a tractor trailer on the Florida Turnpike. Joseph Pierre and Amos Joseph were in stable condition at Jackson Memorial Hospital after their flatbed truck crashed off an overpass Turnpike overpass. According to the Miami Herald:The truck swerved to the right and smashed through the...