Pennsylvania medical malpractice attorneys of Lowenthal & Abrams, P.C. are excited to announce that two Philadelphia 76ers basketball players will be in this years 2012 NBA All-Star weekend.

Forward Andre Iguodala will play for the East All-Stars during the NBA All-Star game as a reserve.  Guard Evan Turner will play in the Rising Stars Challenge.  Charles Barkley drafted Turner.  Turner will face Shaquille O’Neal’s squad.

On Friday, the NBA All-Star Celebrity Game will take place at 7pm on TNT.  The BBVA Rising Stars Challenge will air at 9pm.

On Sunday, the All-Star game will air on TNT at 7:37pm.  For more details, visit www.nba.com

Pennsylvania hospital negligence attorneys of Lowenthal & Abrams, P.C. are saddened to report the funeral of Whitney Houston will be held this Saturday in New Jersey.

Whitney Houston, the legendary singer and icon, died this past Saturday in her hotel room on the fourth floor of the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, CA.  She was found dead just a few hours before a pre-Grammy party hosted by her mentor, Clive Davis, was scheduled to begin.

The funeral is a private service that will take place at New Hope Baptist Church in Newark.  It will be broadcast on television and also stream live on the internet.  A choir of singers will perform at the service along with a special song by Aretha Franklin, Houston’s godmother.

For more details, visit CNN.com

Setting a precedent, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court decided in December that the claim of “negligent infliction of emotional distress” now has an expanded definition that will include people who were emotionally harmed but have no physical damage by medical negligence.

This decision was made based on a court case involving a new mother name Jeanelle Toney who gave birth to a deformed baby and was not told in advance about the baby’s deformities by the radiologist conducting the ultrasounds. This situation incited a legal battle between Toney and the radiologist, the hospital, and the University of Pennsylvania, which went through a trial, the appellate court, and the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. This was the first case of its kind, and it will go back to trial.

If you have been a victim of medical negligence, contact Pennsylvania medical malpractice attorneys of Lowenthal & Abrams, P.C. by calling 610-667-7511.

Pennsylvania medical malpractice attorneys of Lowenthal & Abrams, P.C. are excited to announce the New York Giants playing the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl this Sunday.

The Giants will play the Patriots on Sunday for Super Bowl XLVI.  Four years after they defeated the Patriots in the 2008 Super Bowl, the Giants are back to defeat them once more.

The Giants’ record is 12-7, and they beat the second-seeded San Francisco 49ers in the NFC Championship.  The teams will play at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.

The Patriots record is 15-3, and this will be their fifth Super Bowl in the last 11 seasons.  The game will air at 6:30pm EST on NBC.  For details on the team and their roster, visit the Super Bowl website.

Pennsylvania medical malpractice attorneys of Lowenthal & Abrams, P.C. are excited to announce the St. Joseph’s University Women’s Tennis Open this Saturday against Navy in Annapolis, MD.

Ian Crookenden leads the Hawks for the fourth year in a row with a roster of new and veteran players.  The Hawks received an Atlantic 10 preseason prediction of 11th place, but Crookenden and his players are ready to prove them wrong.

Junior Casey Robinson is back after a fantastic 2010-2011 season where she earned No. 1 singles player Atlantic 10 All-Conference Second Team honors.

The team will play 24 teams over the next three months–10 of them being conference opponents.  For more information on the team and their schedule, visit the St. Joseph’s University website.

By the end of 2011, the Pennsylvania State Legislature had passed and signed 148 bills into law.

A bill signed into law regarding facilities for the elderly is called the Long-Term Care Nursing Facility Independent Informal Dispute Resolution Act.  The bill is detailed as “an independent informal dispute resolution process for long-term care nursing facilities to dispute Department of Health survey findings.”

In other words, this new law affecting nursing facilities  in the state of Pennsylvania will change the way a nursing home can respond and, if necessary, dispute their score and evaluation of the state survey before the data is entered into the federal database. It will go into effect in April of 2012.

Pennsylvania medical malpractice attorneys of Lowenthal & Abrams, P.C. are thrilled to announce the Greater Philadelphia Pet Expo held this weekend Fri Jan 13-Sun Jan 15.

Pet lovers around Philadelphia should come enjoy the festivities and watch live performances and meet Clifford!  Clifford, not the big red dog, but incredibly talented horse will perform tricks to entertain all visitors.  From 1-4pm on Saturday, pet owners can have their dogs tested for the AKC Canine Good Citizen Award.  If you own a puppy, come learn some training tips from the Kan Do K9s.

The event will be held at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center 100 Station Ave., Oaks, PA 19456.  For more information, visit www.philadelphiapetexpo.com

The age-old macho attitude in the medical profession that napping in the middle of a 30-hour shift is just plain weakness is beginning to change…

Sleep scientists have shown results in their studies that even one hour of sleep can prevent performance error.  Most medical residents who work late into the night and into the early hours of the morning opt not to rest during their 30-hour shifts.  But in 2011, a study showed that emergency medical technicians took significantly longer to complete their tasks at the end of a long shift.  The question still remains whether fatigued workers contribute to higher death rates and hospital negligence.

For more information on this topic, visit the Time magazine website.

Pennsylvania medical malpractice attorneys of Lowenthal & Abrams, P.C. are thrilled to announce the Toys for Tots “Home for the Holidays” event with the entire Philadelphia 76ers team on Dec 21.

The Philadelphia 76ers are welcoming home Iraqi veterans and their families to the Toys for Tots “Home for the Holidays” at The Shops at Liberty Place.  Those who bring a new, unwrapped toy will get access to the “autograph” room with Sixers and their coaches and a ticket voucher for the first game of the season on Jan 6.

The event will honor Iraqi veterans specifically from Fort Dix, and will have activities fun for the entire family.  For more information, visit the Sixers website.

Since 2005, over one hundred people reliant on ventilator machines to breathe have died due to caregivers failing to respond to warning alarms.

According to the Boston Globe, 119 deaths have occurred between 2005 and May 2011 relating to warning alarms. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is highly concerned about this problem and issued a warning to caregivers in hospitals, nursing facilities, and patients’ homes that ventilator alarms are going unheard.

Alarm fatigue, a condition related to nurses becoming desensitized to beeps and alarms after hearing them all day, has become a serious issue among hospitals.

If you or a loved one has experienced hospital negligence, contact Pennsylvania hospital negligence attorneys of Lowenthal & Abrams, P.C. today by calling 610-667-7511.