The dangers of drowsiness in truck drivers were again highlighted when a North Carolina (NC) dump truck driver ran off the road and into a ditch. The truck driver from Kinston, NC, survived a number…
When an emergency vehicle is traveling on the roadway, the other vehicles on the road are legally obligated to stop or yield. A few recent incidents where cars have struck emergency vehicles,…
Health care and health insurance seem to be more in the spotlight in today’s political landscape. According to the Virginian-Pilot, Americans spend 17 percent of our economic production on…
Chesapeake has joined Virginia Beach and Newport News, Virginia (VA), in operating red light camera systems in a response to the many severe and fatal car accidents that are occurring at…
It seems hardly a week goes by without a batch of new lawsuits being filed against Takeda, the maker of the diabetes drug Actos (pioglitazone). The medication was once seen as a promising for…
Virginia (VA) recently saw its plans for tolls on the I-95 approved. And we are likely to be seeing more of tolls as the crumbling road system around Norfolk, Portsmouth and Virginia Beach, VA, is…
A commonly used drug used to treat diabetes may carry an increased risk of bladder cancer, sparking a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warning. Concerns over patients taking pioglitazone…
If there is a silver lining to Hurricane Irene passing through our community, it just might be the effect it had on Oregon Inlet. Hurricane Irene accomplished in a matter of hours what politicians…
If you fall on a sidewalk and break your foot, or if you hurt your back after slipping in the bath, doctors and hospitals use different codes to inform insurers about the nature of the injuries In…
A new study reported in the Journal of the American Medical Association suggests that laws placing restrictions on teenage drivers and requiring them to graduate from an intermediate license to a…
Drivers should always be aware of bike riders and pedestrians, but they need to be especially cognizant during the week of September 11-17, 2011. Why? Because it is Bicyclist & Pedestrian…
Traumatic brain injuries are a serious health concern in the United States that gets relatively little attention, despite the fact that TBIs affect hundreds of thousands of Americans each year. TBI…