America’s oil boom has resulted in a tremendous increase in the amount of crude oil being carried by trains, especially on routes crisscrossing the middle section of the country. In 2008, the Association of American Railroads said that 9,500 carloads of crude oil were transported…
Not all car accidents can be prevented. But some can. Often some of the most tragic loss of life from car accidents occurs when teens are behind the wheel. This was the case for three West Virginia high school students. 16-year-old Krystan Butcher was driving…
Would you walk into an emergency room if there was a sign on the door that read, ‘This emergency room received a D+ grade’ ? Probably not, unless you were in dire medical need. Unfortunately the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) has released the…
One of the new advances in medicine that you may have heard of is a robot that can perform minimally invasive surgery. The name of this machine is the da Vinci robot. Unfortunately, the increased use of da Vinci surgical devices in medical procedures, coupled…
Have you ever been told that you must wait 30 minutes after eating before you can swim? Though often touted as the truth, it’s actually a common misconception without any merit – just like the misconception that e-cigarettes are a safe way for smokers to get…
A huge fireball rose into the sky turning the North Dakota town of Casselton into what looked like a war zone. The culprit was a freight train carrying crude oil that collided with a train carrying grain that had derailed earlier. The collision sent fireballs…
In a news story that elicits images of flying cars and robot nannies (shout out to all Jetsons fans), vehicles are now coming equipped with sophisticated accident avoidance technology to help prevent wrecks. New vehicles have long been rated by how well they protect the occupants in…