Preventing slip-and-fall injuries in the home
Falls are the leading cause of fatal injury and the most common cause of non-fatal trauma-related hospital admissions among older adults, according to the National Council on Aging. Falls result [...]
Bayer, J&J to pay $28 million in blood thinner lawsuit
Blood thinner medications, also called anticoagulants, prevent blood clots from forming, thus helping to prevent the clogs that can cause strokes, heart attack, and blockages. The traditional [...]
Drug makers weakened DEA’s ability to fight them as opioid epidemic grew
“America’s opioid epidemic is so bad it’s causing average life expectancy to drop,” reported vox.com in September. A new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) [...]
Alarming new research results on football and brain injuries
A significant study of the brains of 111 NFL players revealed that 110 of the 111 were found to have chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), the degenerative disease believed to be caused by [...]
