While the accident happened in a far off country, the recent tragic death in Thailand of a young couple cycling around the world offers a grim reminder of the perils involved in biking.
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More than 1.5 million Americans sustain a traumatic brain injury each year. To raise awareness about this often debilitating injury, The Brain Injury Association of America (BIAA) will mark Brain Injury Awareness Month – themed “Brain Injury: Anytime, Anywhere, Anyone” – this March.
The flu epidemic continues to grow in this country, with regions like New York and Boston declaring influenza emergencies.
According to the CDC, influenza is widespread in 48 states, with new fatalities reported daily.
By Barry Meier
Published: January 22, 2013
An internal analysis conducted by Johnson & Johnson in 2011 not long after it recalled a troubled hip implant estimated that the all-metal device would fail within five years in nearly 40 percent of patients who received it, newly disclosed court records show.
By Barry Meier
After an estimated 500,000 patients in the United States have received a type of artificial hip that is failing early in many cases, the Food and Drug Administration is proposing rules that could stop manufacturers from selling such implants.
Acccording to a new safety rating program, deaths due to hospital error constitute a “silent epidemic.”
The Leapfrog Group http://leapfroggroup.org, an independent, national nonprofit focused on transparency and safety in hospitals, recently released the first-ever Hospital Safety Score, which grades hospitals from across the country.
By Bill Vlasic — The New York Times
DETROIT — Toyota Motor agreed on Wednesday to pay more than $1 billion to settle a class-action lawsuit related to issues of unintended acceleration in its vehicles.
Winter is the leading time of year for home fires in the U.S., and those dangers intensify during the holiday season.
According to data from the National Fire Protection Association, http://www.nfpa.org
