Author: Ed Manzke

There are over 42 million teenagers in the United States. Sadly, with dramatic increases in diagnoses of depression, anxiety, eating disorders, and addiction, many teens will require some type of residential treatment to address their struggles. Parents desperate to find help for their kids often tu...

Winter is here and accidents are already on the rise. Here are a few basic tips as we navigate the busiest time of year for auto accidents. If you’re involved in an accident during a snowstorm, you may be asked to file a report at a later time since police may be unable to respond […]...

Car crashes happen thousands of times a year and can have devastating impacts on families throughout Illinois. In fact, the past few years have been some of the deadliest years for drivers in American history. If you get in an accident, there are a few things you need to do to ensure that you are [&...

Among all the issues plaguing the state of Illinois, one very important issue has not gotten much press coverage until recently. In February, the Chicago Tribune published an expose on Illinois’ troubled group homes for disabled adults and their failure to reduce abuse and neglect rates. In fact, ...

If you live near a landfill, this is a scenario you should be concerned about: ·The landfill began accepting waste before 1990. ·Groundwater in your area flows from the landfill in the direction of your home. ·The groundwater is your home’s water supply and/or the groundwater is very shallow (5...

In March 2015, the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) gathered seventeen of the world’s top cancer researchers to evaluate glyphosate, a primary component of the popular weed-killer, Roundup. The seventeen member workgroup was led by Dr. Aaron Blair, a...

The third leading cause of death in the United States may come from those you trust the most. A new study published in The BMJ (formerly the British Medical Journal) found that medical errors may cause over 250,000 deaths a year in the United States alone. Topped only by heart disease and cancer, th...

Co-authored by Cassidy Carroll of The Collins Law Firm, P.C. Can computer algorithms use officers’ behavior to predict police misconduct? It may sound like something out of a science-fiction movie, but researchers, part of the White House’s Police Data Initiative, are working at the University o...

Recently, a Texas jury ordered Audi to pay $124.5 million to an 11-year-old boy who was left brain-damaged, partially paralyzed and blinded in his right eye in a 2012 rear-end collision. The verdict is in response to Audi equipping their 2005 Audi A4 with a seat back that was too weak to withstand a...

Co-authored by Cassidy Carroll of The Collins Law Firm, P.C. A little over a week ago, the Missouri Circuit Court announced that, Johnson & Johnson, the world’s largest maker of health-care products must pay $72 million to the family of a woman claiming the company’s talcum powder caused her...