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Top Medical and Drug Stories of 2011
Medical stories are some of the most heartbreaking: You trust your health to a doctor or hospital, and something goes wrong. Maybe you end up sicker than you were before. Sometimes, the error may...
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Top Safety Stories of 2011
This year, we saw some of the worst weather ever recorded by meteorologists or experienced by residents. Tornadoes, Hurricanes, and weeks of record-breaking heat caused millions of dollars of damage...
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New Year's Celebration Takes a Tragic Turn
Beginning at the stroke of midnight, New Year’s celebrations turn loud. In my semi-rural neighborhood, the fireworks, gun shots, and shotgun blasts lasted a full 30 minutes. It’s a routine way to...
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Suspicious Elder Deaths Rarely Investigated
True or false: All suspicious deaths are investigated so that justice can be done if foul play is discovered. Answer: It depends on how old you are. According to an article on the website ProPublica, a...
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Making Teen Driving Safety a 2012 Resolution
“]Elizabeth Molloy, from WRAL.com Car wrecks are the leading cause of death among North Carolina teens, and crashes are surprisingly common. In NC, teenage drivers are involved in car wrecks...
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How Brain Injury Affects Marriage
What survives of a marriage when a spouse suffers brain injury? According to an article in The New York Times, that’s the question being investigated by Dr. Jeffrey S. Kreutzer and other psychologists...
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Lower Quality of Care at For-Profit Nursing Homes
Charlene Harrington, RN, PhD, FAAN Results of a new study suggest that the nation’s largest for-profit nursing homes deliver significantly lower quality of care, compared with smaller and...
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Exercise Can Save Your Brain!
Alzheimer’s disease makes just about everyone’s short list of aging fears. The disorder robs individuals of their memories…their sense of self…their connection to friends and family. It’s hard on...
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Concussion Advice…from a 7-Year-Old Boy
from 9News.com Dylan Hearn probably has a great future ahead of him; he is wise beyond is meager years. The 7-year-old Colorado boy has a personal crusade to made sure that everyone takes concussion...
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Support Needed for National Pediatric Brain Injury Law
To an outside observer, traumatic brain injuries (TBI) are invisible…and medically, the injuries are not well understood. As a result, those who suffer often don’t receive adequate—or even...
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