South Carolina Truck Accidents Caused by Truck Drivers Who Abuse Drugs
Truck drivers have grueling, demanding jobs that require them to drive for long hours down long highways under strict timelines. Some truck drivers might feel that the pressure or the boredom is more than they can bear, and they take drugs that help them get through awake and alert and on time. However, everyone knows…
Read MoreNervous About Getting Surgery? Schedule the Procedure at Lunch
Did you ever think that the time of day that your surgery was performed may have had an impact of your chances of dying during the procedure? (Frightening thought, right?) A study conducted by Canadian researchers and presented at the World Congress of Anesthesiologists (WCA) in Hong Kong, reports that people who are operated on…
Read MoreFederal Safety Authorities Propose Speed Limiter Devices for Large Commercial Trucks
Speeding trucks are the cause of a significant number of large commercial truck crashes in the United States. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), vehicle speeds are a crucial factor in traffic safety, and it is estimated that speeding is involved in approximately 31 percent of fatal motor vehicle crashes. But what…
Read MoreAn Exploding Takata Airbag Linked to Another Death
We wrote about the fact that Takata airbags are still in the news back in September. We are covering this issue again today because, according to an article in The State, many owners of Honda vehicles have not yet had their defective airbags replaces. The automaker and federal safety regulators have sent recall notices to…
Read MoreWhat You Need to Know About Viagra and Skin Cancer
Viagra is once again a hot topic, and not because of the remarkable powers of the little blue pill. With hundreds of lawsuits flooding the justice system, a link between the erectile dysfunction medication and aggressive skin cancer is becoming more and more apparent. The lucky victims are filing their own lawsuits against Pfizer; the…
Read MoreThe VA Stopped Reporting Healthcare Performance Information
After a short break, the national spotlight is back on the shoddily run Department of Veterans Affairs. USA Today recently reported that the agency illegally stopped sharing quality of care information with the Department of Health and Human Services over the summer. This new failure prevents access to healthcare information that could mean the difference…
Read MoreThe True Cost of Staying Clean: Carcinogens in Soap
The amount of soap you use every day could affect how much longer you live. Soap is everywhere; hand soaps, shampoo, bar soaps, dish soap, dishwasher and washing machine detergent are just a few of the products that everyone uses on a daily basis. With the sheer volume of products on the market, it would…
Read MoreThree Commercial Trucks Involved in Fiery I-77 Pileup
Road construction on I-77 in Chester County created stop-and-go traffic conditions that resulted in a fiery six-car pileup in early September. The multi-vehicle wreck closed the highway for more than 8 hours while first responders worked to literally put out fires and save more than a dozen victims. The accident was so large that the…
Read MoreSmaller Commercial Trucks Can Cause Fatal Accidents, Too
Truck accidents are always serious. The underlying cause varies; truck drivers can be distracted, fatigued, drunk or unlicensed, but the overriding cause is always the same. Big trucks cause big accidents. Commercial vans and small trucks can outweigh passenger vehicles by almost 10 times, while fully loaded tractor-trailers can be 40 times heavier than a…
Read MoreSamsung Screwed Up a Smartphone AND a Recall
In case you missed it, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission has officially recalled 1 million Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphones after dozens of the devices caught fire while charging. The defective devices caused a reported 92 instances of overheating so far, of which 55 involved property damage and 26 involved burns. Unfortunately, these problems…
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