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Watch out for studies testing the safety of pharmaceutical drugs when the studies are associated with the drug maker. In Sue Hughes's report on TheHeart.org, a study conducted by Trinity Partners Consultants found that Pradaxa was better than warfarin when it came to...
Most people associate the black box with airplanes. Also called event data recorders, black boxes gather information that investigators use to put the pieces of the puzzle together after an accident. Would black boxes be good for car and truck accident investigators,...
As Alan Ohnsman reports for Bloomberg, teens are a whopping 26 times more likely to engage in texting while driving than their mom and dad believe is the case. This number comes from a joint study done by Toyota and the University of Michigan, which involved a survey...
A San Antonio ordinance bans texting while driving but it wasn't enough to stop a motorist who ran into a father and his son as they were walking home. As Ana Ley reports for the San Antonio Express-News, the 30-year-old father and his three-year-old son were on their...
The cold remedy Zicam has come under Gary Schwitzer's crosshairs on MedPageToday, in an article in which he lambasts Matrixx Initiatives for the marketing and advertising methods it uses in selling Zicam. This isn't the first time a drug maker has come under scrutiny...
If the statements of Union Pacific are accurate regarding the collision in Midland, Texas, on Nov. 15, a truck driver pulling a parade float across railroad tracks did so in spite of flashing lights and bells. As a result, an oncoming Union Pacific freight train...
Patients with atrial fibrillation are at increased risk of stroke from blood clots. In order to manage that risk, doctors might use a blood thinner like Coumadin, which has been on the market for decades. Or they might use Pradaxa, which has just recently arrived on...
Patrik Jonsson, writing for MinnPost, wonders whether truck drivers with heavy, hard-to-slow loads should slow down to avoid potentially fatal accidents, such as the accident that happened on Interstate 10 in Texas over the Thanksgiving holiday. Many people...
Last year during Thanksgiving, 26 Texans died and nearly 850 were injured in auto wrecks. Since Thanksgiving week is a heavy travel period, more cars on the road mean more accidents, and the Texas Department of Transportation is urging drivers to be vigilant....
Truckers and others with commercial driver's licenses are required to undergo regular medical examinations. These exams are intended to screen for issues that would make driving a truck unsafe (like sleep apnea, a condition that may cause drowsy driving). Regular...
