Archive for July 2017
When Trucks Spill Liquids on the Road
Not a week goes by without a news report of a large, commercial truck causing a disastrous spill. Recently, in Suffield, Connecticut, a truck carrying milk crashed into a person’s house. In March of this year, a “tidal wave of beer” poured from a truck in Las Vegas. Even human waste leaked out of a…
Read MoreTraumatic Brain Injury and the Link to PTSD
More and more research has been done in the past few years regarding the link between a traumatic brain injury (TBI) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). According to a study from UCLA published in the journal Biological Psychiatry, people who suffer a TBI are more likely to develop PTSD or a similar anxiety disorder. This…
Read MoreAre Pediatric Concussions Going Undiagnosed?
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that roughly half a million children go to the emergency room with a concussion each year—but is that number accurate? Since most traumatic brain injuries (TBIs), including concussions, are diagnosed in a primary care physician’s office, rather than the ER, the official number of children impacted by…
Read MoreDrunk Driver Crashes into a Home, Causing the Death of 71-Year-Old Woman
On a fateful night in August 2016, Bobbie Ann Lafollette, 71, sat on her condo’s living room sofa in River Plantation, TN. Suddenly, Michael Harris, 28, crashed his car into Lafollette’s home, killing her instantly. Harris ran from the scene, leaving his car lodged inside the woman’s home. Police eventually caught up with Harris, who…
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