In the article, Advances Made in Treatment of Spinal Cord Injuries, the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (AAPM&R) indicates that more than 11,000 people sustain spinal...
A team of 126 oil rig workers on the Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico were going about their day when a massive explosion occurred sinking the rig. As of this writing, 11 crewmembers are...
No one wants to drive next to an eighteen-wheeler on the highway. The scariest thing of all is riding between two tractor-trailer trucks in a typical eleven foot wide lane like Interstate 64 (I-64)...
A lot of people are afraid to fly. There’s something about the idea of hurtling through the air that just doesn’t sit well with them. Maybe it’s the height. Maybe it’s the...
A Norfolk school teacher was hit and killed by a car while crossing Shore Drive recently. Back in October of 2009, a 21-year-old man was also hit and killed by a car as he tried to cross Shore...
A while back, my colleague John Cooper wrote about the possibility of off-shore drilling in Virginia (VA) and the risk of serious injury this type of work will present to many Virginians. Well, the...
Dr. Ronald Poulin of Virginia Beach, Virginia (VA) was sentenced to five years in prison after a jury of his peers determined he had willfully defrauded government insurance programs (Medicare and...
Nursing homes for elderly or infirm loved ones are an unfortunate, but sometimes necessary, reality. Many family's come to discover that as their loved ones age, they require care that their family...
Beacon Shores Nursing Home, located at 340 Lynn Shores Drive in Virginia Beach, Virginia (VA) is set to lose its Medicare funding in May. The facility failed to improve its level of treatment and...
Is politics trumping good governance in Virginia (VA), and many other states? One could make such a claim. Republican VA Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli filed a lawsuit against the federal...