Addicted Medical Professionals Endanger Patients’ Lives A recent USA Today investigation found that more than 100,000 doctors, nurses, medical technicians or aids are dependent on prescription drugs, putting patients at serious risk. While the problem of prescription drug addiction has received inc
British Columbia Epicenter of HIV Epidemic On the downtown East side of British Columbia, emaciated addicts can be seen exchanging drugs, openly prostituting, and shooting up crack and heroine. Officials do not see the point the locking these addicts up, given that they are likely…
Facebook Linked to Poor Body Image in Girls Facebook gets a bad wrap for so many reasons, and a new study is adding to the evidence that the social media site can have some ill-received effects for some users. Unfortunately, the study showed that when…
Florida Crash Kills One, Injuries Over a Dozen at Daycare Center A Kindercare daycare center in Winter Park, Florida is reeling after a Toyota Solara convertible hopped the curb after being rear-ended by a Dodge Durango and crashed through the wall of the center. The…
Researchers Help Paralyzed Men Regain Movement in Legs Researchers at Louisville University, UCLA and the Pavlov Institute of Physiology have helped four wheelchair bound men with lower body paralysis to regain movement in their legs by zapping their spinal cords with electricity. The researchers b
Paralyzed Man Hears Doctors Tell His Girlfriend and Mother “There’s No Hope” A Swedish man, Jim Fritze, filed a complaint against doctors for preemptively telling his girlfriend and mother that “there was no hope” after the man suffered a stroke that left him paralyzed, but…
Photo Reveals Rare Genetic Eye Disease A photo is worth a thousand words, right? Well, what if it’s also worth someone’s health? That turned out to be the case in a recent news story about a seemingly innocent shot of a young girl taken by…
The Dangers of Prescription Drugs The other day I wrote about Ambien and its potentially dangerous side effects. Specifically, I wrote about its use among current and former NFL players who have suffered a head injury. However, it has led to some specifically horrific results…
Daylight Savings May Spell Trouble for Some Daylight savings can be both a blessing and a curse: its a blessing in the fall when we want the extra daylight and a curse in the spring when we must “leap” forward and lose an hour of…
Motorcycles Acquire New Safety Features Motorcycles can be dangerous, which can be due to factors with the motorcyclist such as poor driving skills, distractedness or intoxication. It may also be other careless drivers on the road who may not share the road very well with…
Hoarding Easily Leads to Fires I’m sure you’ve watched the TV show “Hoarders” on TLC, or at least flipped by it with the remote. The plights of the hoarders on that show are surely sad, but hoarding can cause problems for other people than just…
Former NFL Player’s Crimes Highlight Dangers of Sleep Drugs Darren Sharper, a former NFL player, started taking Ambien in 2012 after retiring from the game to treat his ongoing insomnia. He became a frequent user, with records indicating that he took 70 pills in 65…