It's taboo to talk about age, but age-related health conditions are a serious problem for road safety. There are plenty of jokes about older drivers and while these can be offensive, there is…
The other day, while standing in line at the pharmacy counter at a local hospital, I overheard a scary conversation between a case manager and a medical staffer. While waiting for the patient she…
If you've ever taken a prescription sleep aid the night before, you may experience that drowsy-can't-shake-the-zzz's feeling the next morning. The Food and Drug Administration is so…
You face a bigger penalty if you are an obese woman on trial. According to a recent study conducted by Yale University, male jurors tend to be harsher to obese women compared to their leaner…
Amongst all the tragic news about school safety, a U.S. News World and Report study revealed that there may be succesful methods to keeping kids safe as they travel to and from school. After…
Abuse of the powerful painkiller Oxycontin has gotten so bad in Kentucky that the drug has earned the name of heroin of the hills. Kentucky officials have struggled for years to stem the problem,…
Junior Seau's death is yet another in a long list of football players that have been diagnosed with CTE, or traumatic brain injury associated with their brutal profession. When news of…
The other day I wrote about a nurse who refused to get the flu shot and was fired for violating the hospital's requirement that she do so. Although that nurse has a right to refuse the shot,…
I was happy to see a new law put in place in Michigan to prevent inexperienced, young drivers from hitting the roads while distracted by their cellphones. Kelsey's Law was signed by Governor…
An ancient shipwreck revealed secrets from the past: some ancient civilizations used zinc and beeswax as eye medicine. The Roman shipwreck is over 2,000 years old and scientists say that the…
Testimony is about to begin in a lawsuit by four sisters who say that they suffered from breast cancer because of the drug that their mother took during pregnancy. The drug DES, which is a…
You might have placed quitting smoking on your list of New Year's resolutions. Smoking is incredibly hard to quit, with the pull of nicotine flowing through your blood stream and sending…