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An Ectopic Pregnancy in Phoenix
In a normal pregnancy, your ovary releases an egg into your fallopian tube. If the egg meets a sperm, the fertilized egg moves into your uterus to attach to its lining and continues to grow for the next 9 months. But in 1 of 50 pregnancies, the fertilized egg stays in the fallopian tube….
What is an Ectopic Pregnancy?
In a normal pregnancy, your ovary releases an egg into your fallopian tube. If the egg meets a sperm, the fertilized egg moves into your uterus to attach to its lining and continues to grow for the next 9 months. But in 1 of 50 pregnancies, the fertilized egg stays in the fallopian tube….
Smart Car Seat for Children Aims to Prevent Deaths in Hot Cars
On Friday we found out that 36-year-old Shanesha Taylor, the single Phoenix mother who left her 2-year-old and 8-month-old son in a hot car while she interviewed for a job, was sentenced to 18 years of supervised probation. You may remember her teary-eyed mug shot that was published online, raising $114,000 in donations from…
A Nursing Home Care Plan
Once your loved one enters a nursing home, the nursing home is required to create a care plan. This helps the nursing home understand a resident’s medical, nursing, and psychological needs and create a plan based on those needs. More importantly, this is your opportunity to be detailed in relaying your loved one’s needs…
What is a Care Plan in a Nursing Home?
Once your loved one enters a nursing home, the nursing home is required to create a care plan. This helps the nursing home understand a resident’s medical, nursing, and psychological needs and create a plan based on those needs. More importantly, this is your opportunity to be detailed in relaying your loved one’s needs…
Why Every Driver Should Have Uninsured and Underinsured Motorist Coverage
Regardless of how safe you are while driving, there is always a possibility of being hit by another driver. Even scarier, that driver may not have proper insurance to cover the accident – or worse, that driver doesn’t have insurance at all. The Insurance Research Council (IRC) estimates that 1 driver out of every…
Defining Erb’s Palsy (Brachial Plexus Birth Palsy)
What is Erb’s Palsy? Erb’s Palsy is a form of brachial plexus birth palsy that affects one of every 1,000 babies. It’s named Erb’s Palsy after one of the doctors who first described this condition, Wilhelm Erb. Brachial plexus is a collection of nerves near the neck that give rise to all the nerves…
Defining Birth Injuries: Erb’s Palsy (Brachial Plexus Birth Palsy)
What is Erb’s Palsy? Erb’s Palsy is a form of brachial plexus birth palsy that affects one of every 1,000 babies. It’s named Erb’s Palsy after one of the doctors who first described this condition, Wilhelm Erb. Brachial plexus is a collection of nerves near the neck that give rise to all the nerves…
Judge Dismisses Yarnell Homeowner’s Lawsuit, Knapp & Roberts Files Appeal
On Wednesday, April 29, 2015, the Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Richard Gama said the state did not have a duty to protect private property owners when the state’s Forestry Division managed the June 2013 Yarnell Hill Fire. On behalf of our clients, about 100 Yarnell area residents who lost their home in the…
4 Signs of Ovarian Cancer Plus Risk Factors
Every year, nearly 22,000 women are diagnosed with ovarian cancer and more than 15,000 die from it. Ovarian cancer is a growth of abnormal malignant cells that begins in the ovaries and it’s the deadliest of gynecologic cancers. This is due in large part to the fact that 3 of 4 patients are diagnosed…