Health

From traumatic brain injuries to long-term recovery after a crash, our Health coverage explores how personal injuries affect mind and body, the emerging medical research, and what you need to know when healing or seeking compensation. We also cover public-health implications of legal cases and safety issues.

Supplements are Medicine, and May Interact with Other Supplements or Prescription Medicine so Be Aware

Are your supplements really helping? If you’re taking other medication, you may want to be careful, because supplements are medicine and are likely to have an effect on your body. Read the warnings on the supplement label carefully and consult with your physician about a supplement’s potential…

By Claude Wyle

/ 7 Nov 2014

Artificial Sweeteners May Cause Obesity, Lead to Diabetes

As an attorney who has handled many food safety cases here in the San Francisco Bay Area, I am always interested to learn about food safety news. As a parent, I would want to know the latest information coming out about the food I would…

By Claude Wyle

/ 19 Jul 2013

Most Common Catastrophic Injuries in San Francisco Plane Crash

As a San Francisco personal injury attorney, over the years, I have seen many brain injuries and spinal injuries, fractures, burns, internal injuries and wrongful deaths. In any community, we attorneys will be exposed to these serious personal injuries over time; however, catastrophic injuries are…

By Claude Wyle

/ 11 Jul 2013

Traumatic Brain Injuries Increase Risk of Alzheimer’s

Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia today. And new studies are now linking traumatic brain injury to greatly increased risk of Alzheimer’s. Dementia, an…

By Claude Wyle

/ 28 May 2013

What is Happening to California’s Bees? Are GMOs Causing These Deaths?

What is Happening to California's Bees? Are GMOs causing these deaths? I have reason to believe that this is the case. Why are the powers that be claiming the increase in bee deaths are a…

By Claude Wyle

/ 17 May 2013

Another Severe Pedestrian Hit-and-Run in San Francisco

While it was a Happy New Year for many people in the San Francisco Bay Area, this is not the case for the family of yet another pedestrian who was the victim of a pedestrian hit-and-run on…

By Claude Wyle

/ 15 Feb 2013

De Puy Knew of Hip Implant Defect Years Before Recall

Adding an interesting twist in the legal struggle against the creators of the DePuy Hip Implant, it now appears that Johnson and Johnson executives had knowledge that their products were flawed…

By Claude Wyle

/ 7 Feb 2013

Bicyclist Injured in San Francisco Panhandle: Hit-and-Run by Black Truck

Back in July, I was about to blog on this story but went out of town for a lawyers conference and couldn’t get the blog out. So now the story is not current, but I stopped for a second and…

By Claude Wyle

/ 17 Sep 2012

Why is Toxic Propylene Glycol in Deodorants and Dog Food?

Beware of this new finding on Propylene Glycol. It's an ingredient in many body lotions, deodorants, hair conditioners, cosmetics, toothpastes, laundry detergents and many more. Propylene…

By Claude Wyle

/ 9 Aug 2012

Preventing Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: the CDC Presents Data

The silent epidemic, Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), creeps up on people because the problems that arise from TBI are sometimes unrecognizable. The mild version, Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (MTBI),…

By Claude Wyle

/ 3 Jul 2012

Suspects Arrested in Two Salinas Hit-and-Run Pedestrian Accidents: What Can the Families Do?

Is there an epidemic of hit-and-run pedestrian accidents in Monterey County? On Sunday, May 27th police arrested not one but two hit-and-run suspects in Salinas, causing severe personal injuries…

By Claude Wyle

/ 29 May 2012

Left Turn by PG&E Truck in Mission District Causes Severe Injuries to Bicyclist

Bike to Work Day should have been a great day for all San Francisco Bay Area cyclists, however it was a very bad day for one 27-year-old cyclist who was struck by a PG&E truck as the truck…

By Claude Wyle

/ 15 May 2012