The arrival of a newborn should be a time of celebration and happiness – but for many American families, childbirth is a prelude to tragedy. According to a recent article in Fortune, the United States has the highest maternal mortality rate among all developed...
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Exploring the numbers: The high toll of truck accidents in Indiana
There is a reason Indiana is referred to as the crossroads of America. The state is within a day's drive of most parts of the U.S. and the neighboring country, Canada, making it one of the busiest states for commercial freight traffic. The high volume of commercial...
Car accidents can lead to different kinds of head injuries
Car accidents happen every day. Some are minor fender benders and others are head-on collisions. No matter how serious a car accident appears to be at a glance, crash victims may suffer head injuries as a result of the traumatic impact they’ve experienced. These are...
The cost-cutting mistake too many trucking companies make
The behavior of individual motorists in traffic and the actions taken by commercial drivers directly influence the possibility of a collision occurring. However, the actions taken by commercial transportation companies also influence the risk that the general public...
Fatigue is a major safety concern in the trucking industry
There are many reasons that commercial vehicles collide with passenger vehicles. Sometimes, a commercial driver misjudges how much space they have to complete a turn at a tight intersection. Other times, drivers on the interstate get far too close to a semi-truck's...
Why is I-65 so dangerous?
Generally speaking, driving on the interstate can actually be safer than driving on a rural road or in a city, simply because the interstate’s design usually keeps all the traffic flowing in the same direction, at roughly the same speeds. However, there are always...
The myth about IV drugs that puts hospital patients at risk
Modern prescription medication comes in many different forms. Most people are familiar with standard tablets and capsules, which are taken orally. Some medications are available via alternate means of delivery, such as transdermal patches. There are even patches that...
Why do doctors keep misdiagnosing heart attacks in women?
Heart attacks do not discriminate by gender and can happen to both men and women. However, this is still often thought of as an issue faced by men, and the evaluation process has been created in this fashion. For this reason, doctors are far more likely to misdiagnose...
The most common types of misdiagnoses
An incorrect medical diagnosis isn’t just bad – it’s insidious. A patient can carry that wrong diagnosis with them for weeks, months or years, never seeking help (or getting real relief) from their actual condition, all the while putting drugs in their body or going...