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Children with Birth Injuries May Not Show Symptoms Immediately

April 23, 2012

It is difficult to know what to do when a parent suspects something went wrong in the delivery room, but a good first step is to understand the causes and symptoms of birth injuries. Birth injury…

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Safety Advocates Push Back Against Movement to Allow Longer, Heavier Trucks on Highways

April 22, 2012

Truck safety advocates are rallying against proposals to allow longer and heavier tractor-trailers on American highways. A bipartisan group of House members recently passed an amendment to H.R. 7 that will cut restrict the ability of…

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OSHA Pushes for Tighter Rules on Texting and Driving While at Work

April 20, 2012

Advances in smartphone technology have helped improve businesses in countless ways during the past several years. Vendors can use smartphones to charge credit cards on the spot. Investors can check stock prices from the back of…

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Patients Rarely Get Critical Preventative Services During Checkups

April 14, 2012

Every time a patient goes into the doctor’s office for his or her regular physical check-up, the doctor has a list of preventative services recommended to perform on the patient. A recent study showed that barely…

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Alcohol Awareness Month a Time to Get Facts on Alcohol and Injuries

April 3, 2012

April is Alcohol Awareness Month across the United States and while the statistics indicate that the number of deaths from drinking and driving have gone down slightly, they are still high enough to be a concern.…

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Beating Death in Illinois Nursing Home Shows Need for More Supervision

April 1, 2012

There are many ways a nursing home resident can come to the end of his or her life while in the care of a facility. Murder is rarely the case, but an example in Illinois shows…

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New Rule Creates Safer Highways by Changing Work Hours for Truckers

March 27, 2012

Big rigs will make a big move for highway safety now that a new federal rule is in place to revise the amount of time truck drivers can spend on the road. The new hours-of-service (HOS)…

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Safe Driving Campaigns Paying Dividends as Accident Fatality Statistics Drop

March 2, 2012

Campaigns to warn drivers to be more cautious around commercial vehicles are paying off as 2011 data show traffic fatalities are down in some demographics. The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance has been leading campaigns since 2007…

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Distractions Lead to More Pedestrian Injuries and Deaths

February 28, 2012

Pedestrian injuries and fatalities skyrocketed in 2010 according to new data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, but no one seems to know why. Road fatalities are dropping in many categories, but pedestrian deaths rose…

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Build-A-Bear Toys Recalled After Choking Hazard is Discovered

February 13, 2012

The popular Build-A-Bear brand took another hit when the company recently issued a recall of more than 300,000 teddy bears. The Colorful Hearts Teddy Bear has eyes that could fall out and cause a choking hazard,…

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