If you’ve never hydroplaned, consider yourself lucky. It’s a pretty scary feeling, when you realize that the car is moving and you can’t control where it goes. Cars are likely to hydroplane when there’s a severe storm, a hurricane, or any event that produces a lot of water on the roads. Cars that hydroplane are [...]
CNN reported in February 2018, that the FDA has approved a first of its kind blood test for helping to detect if an adult has a concussion. Motor vehicle accidents, falls at construction sites, explosions, and other violent accidents can cause a traumatic brain injury (TBI). Many TBI victims also suffer a concussion which can [...]
A new study published in Frontiers in Neurology found that a type of MRI imaging might be an effective way to diagnose whether someone who has suffered a concussion will develop a condition known as post-concussion syndrome. The study examined patients who had been diagnosed with a concussion and provides valuable information for those people, [...]
As recently as February, the NFL denied any link between the sport and the neurodegenerative disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). During a congressional committee hearing on March 14, Jeff Miller, the league’s senior vice president for health and safety, became the first NFL official to publicly acknowledge that football players have a higher risk of [...]
When Eisenhower spearheaded the development of the interstate highway system, part of the plan included standards for minimum vertical clearance of bridges. These standards were developed with the aid of the military to allow unhindered movement of troops and supplies. The strategic move led to a standardization of roadways and cargo trucks that is still [...]
Michael Jordan. Thomas Edison. Sally Ride. Allison Schmitt. Martin Scorsese. Meryl Streep. It takes a lot to be the best: passion, determination, dedication, hard work. You have to want it. You have to work for it. You have to be willing to get knocked down and get right back up – to show that you [...]
Bimbo Bakeries of Horsham, Pennsylvania has issued a voluntary recall of 48,000 packages of bread sold in 11 states after a consumer reported pieces of glass on the outside of one loaf of bread. It is believed the glass came from a broken light bulb at a company factory. The affected packages have “best by” [...]
On June 16, Scott Davis of Jacksboro lost control of his pickup truck traveling southbound on I-75. He overcorrected and the truck flipped multiple times, ejecting him from the vehicle. Davis wasn’t wearing his seatbelt, and died at the scene. The same day, Frank Erwin was driving eastbound on Highway 70 in Pegram when he [...]
Columbus, Ohio-based ice cream manufacturer Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams has stopped production for the second time since April due to listeria contamination. This shutdown comes on the heels of Texas-based Blue Bell Creameries shutdown in April after 3 deaths were related to listeria-contaminated products. In both cases, the source of listeria contamination is unknown. However, [...]
“Take cropleek and garlic, of both equal quantities, pound them well together, take wine and bullocks’ gall, of both equal quantities, mix with the leek, put this then into a brazen vessel, let it stand nine days in the brass vessel, wring out through a cloth and clear it well, put it into a horn, [...]
