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We are each a conglomeration of many factors. On a given day, I might be hitting on all cylinders and pushing the envelope. Yet, on another day it is possible that I might be tired, […]

Comedian Ron White has made a career out of telling people, “You can’t fix stupid.” And it seems that some people are destined to prove his point every single day. I found and shared a […]

July 31, 2014, I received a knock on my door that forever changed the life of my family. I had just returned from a run on a gorgeous, sunny summer day. Two of my daughters […]

Remember the vaccine folks that were convinced that the government was conspiring to track us all through the vaccine program? There were a multitude of references, but this CNBC story provides some interesting insight: Why the […]

An Illinois roofing contractor – with a history of violating federal safety standards and ignoring safety citations – was cited again by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration for exposing workers to deadly […]

The American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM) hosted a free webinar (with excellent written materials) on April 13, 2022 regarding the topic of "Long-COVID." Readers may remember that I first explored that topic first in COVID-19 Regressive […]

If your work injury case is going to trial at the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission, winning or losing comes down to the evidence presented.  Mostly that will be from your testimony and the medical records […]

Is “recovery” the focus of medical care in workers’ compensation cases?  We hope so, but it can be lost in discussions about utilization review, drug formularies, medical fee schedules, who has control of medical care, and […]