CDC Announces Discovery of the Cause of Vaping Illness and Death
By Andrew Ackley
Today the CDC announced a breakthrough in efforts to identify a chemical cause of vaping illnesses and deaths:
Recent CDC laboratory testing of bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid samples (or samples...
Public Health Confirms Three More Lung Injury Vaping Cases, One Probable Case
October 16, 2019
By Andrew Ackley
On its Public Health Insider blog today, Public Health—King County Seattle announced that it has identified three confirmed and one more probable case of lung disease...
2 New Cases of Vaping-Related Disease Confirmed in Washington
Reported by KOMO News Monday, September 16th 2019
OLYMPIA, Wash. - Two new cases of severe vaping-related lung disease have been confirmed in Washington state, health officials said Monday.
The two new cases, both in Spokane County, are a teenager and a patient in his...
Beware the Unforeseen Dangers of Vaping: Deadly Lung Disease
Updated September 11, 2019 based on article by Ryan Blethen of the Seattle Times.
Our local Department of Public Health reported today that a King County teenager is the first person in Washington State to be diagnosed...
Coping With PTSD
By Andrew Ackley and Karen Koehler
It is incorrect to say that emotional injury is: subjective and all in your mind. Psychological injuries have a physiological basis. The amygdala located...
Moving Forward With Spinal Cord Injury
After a spinal cord injury, it can be hard to picture what the future looks like. Without question, there are major life changes ahead. But new technology, medical breakthroughs, and social support are helping victims of spinal cord injury more than...
Ride the Ducks Deaths Help Spur State Legislature to Fix Wrongful Death Laws
By Karen Koehler
Our state’s Wrongful Death bill was completely overhauled today in a landslide vote by the legislature.
After five international students were killed in the Ride the Ducks Aurora Bridge crash, the community was upset to learn that the claims...
Ride the Ducks Case Stories: Part II
The worst mass transit disaster in Seattle history was unlike anything before it. An amphibious vehicle full of tourists broke an axle and rammed into a motor coach full of sightseeing international students. Three and half years later, 40 of the victims of the crash represented by Stritmatter Firm trial counsel obtained...
Ride the Ducks Case Stories: Part I
The worst mass transit disaster in Seattle history was unlike anything before it. An amphibious vehicle full of tourists broke an axle and rammed into a motor coach full of sightseeing international students. Three and half years later, 40 of the victims of the crash represented by Stritmatter Firm trial counsel obtained...
Washington May Change Its Unfair Wrongful Death Law
By Andrew Ackley
Parents who have raised children into adulthood know...