There is sad news for fans of the “Survivor” television series. Caleb Bankston a contestant on the show in 2013 was crushed between two railroad cars. He was an engineer for the Alabama Warrior Railway. While checking on something between two cars, the train derailed…
When a loved one can’t care for him or herself, family members often feel the best choice is to put that person in a facility that can offer proper care. It takes an enormous amount of trust to leave someone dear to you in the…
Nobody’s perfect, not even doctors and other medical professionals. According to the Journal of the American Medical Association, medical negligence is the third leading cause of death in the U.S. Medical malpractice occurs when a provider deviates from a recognized standard of care in the…
The truck driver for Walmart who hit a limo bus, carrying Tracy Morgan, had not slept “for more than 24 hours” when the accident occurred on June 7th, 2014 in New Jersey, according to police. Morgan will stay in the hospital for “several weeks” to…
Safety tips to prevent child heat stroke deaths in the car The temperatures are heating up fast. And while it may sound like common sense to tell people to never leave children in the car, it still happens all the time. The recent, tragic deaths…
By September 2015 we can expect to have drones in American air space, that is the date scheduled by Congress for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to have rules in place governing the civilian use of drones. Drones have been around for years, but recently…
An accident on Wesleyan Drive in Norfolk, Virginia resulted in the death of a 33-year-old Chesapeake native. The victim wound up pinned between two vehicles and succumb to his serious injuries. The incident occurred on the 1500 block of Wesleyan Drive. A Dodge Stratus was…
It is being called an epidemic. Some people say they do not understand how any parent could leave a child in a hot car, for minutes or hours at a time, while other parents, such as Sunny Hostin, Legal Analyst from CNN, are coming forward…
On June 20, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it would require the manufacturers of testosterone drugs to update the warning label to include blood clots including deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE). Postmarket reports of testosterone drug-related blood clots…
Sadly, one does not have to look far to find a story of a parent or caregiver who accidentally left a child in a hot car. When 11-year-old, Andrew Pelham of Nashville read about a baby in his hometown that died after being left inside…