Regions Hospital in Minnesota is one of a handful of hospitals around the country participating in a study to see if a medication can help prevent long-term damages from traumatic brain injury. Participants in the study are trying to determine if Tranexamic Acid, also called…
One of the largest manufacturers of car seats in the country announced that it would be recalling nearly two million child safety seat harness buckles earlier this week. Graco said that it would recall 1.9 million buckles that were made between July 2010 and May…
A car’s front-seat passenger sustained life-threatening injuries in a collision with a Town of Kill Devil Hills pickup truck on the afternoon of June 20, 2014. The crash appears to have occurred when the driver of the smaller vehicle attempted a left-hand turn off of…
The Occupational Health and Safety Administration is at the receiving end of some harsh criticism from family members of an industrial worker after the man was crushed to death while at work. Frank Johnson, 62, was crushed between two railroad cars back in February and…
Older Americans deserve to live with dignity and to be safe. But too many suffer the indignity of being abused, neglected, or exploited. A new study indicates that one in 10 Americans age 60 or older experiences some form of abuse each year. Of those…
Two weeks of carnage for motorcycle and moped riders in Norfolk and Virginia Beach, VA, continued on the night of June 5, 2014. This latest fatal collision for a motorcyclist occurred at the intersection of 38th Street and Colley Avenue close to the campus of…
A fatal pickup truck rollover accident in Aiken County, South Carolina (SC), during Memorial Day Weekend 2014 highlights a leading danger of drunk and drugged driving that too many people who risk getting behind the wheel while drunk or high ignore. A man later charged…
Another innocent life was taken by the careless, unfortunate decision of a driver who decided to get behind the wheel while intoxicated. A Virginia Beach resident Jim Ira Miller, Jr. died after he was hit by a car in the 1700 block of Pacific Avenue.…
No one wants to go under the knife but sometimes it is necessary to enhance the quality of life or even to save it. However some surgeries have no benefit for many people and instead put them at risk. You may ask, “Why would anyone…
Shortly after a small plane crashed just yards from a house in Louisa County, Virginia (VA), on the night of April 11, 2014, officials reported that mechanical failure likely brought down the Cessna U206G Stationair. The pilot and passenger aboard the aircraft suffered injuries requiring…
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. What happens when a doctor fools patients into thinking he is a competent doctor not once, not twice but at least half a dozen times? The terrible answer is several lives lost, several…
A year after Marianne Karth lost her two daughters in a car-tractor trailer crash, the Rocky Mount, NC mother is pushing for new safety rules for trucks across the US. Karth was driving on I-20 in Georgia last May, when she had to stop for traffic…