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- Three Injured in Highway 152 Accident
- Five People Injured on Highway 49 Crash
- FDA Safety Warning For Multaq, A Heart Rhythm Drug
- CPSC Aims To Make Gel Fuels And Firepots Safer
- Self-Awareness Exercises Found to Decrease Fibromyalgia Pain
- Physical Therapy Not Only for Rehabilitation
- Bears’ Receiver Faces 4 Months of Recovery
- About 21,600 Honda Goldwing Motorcycles Recalled
- Congress, CSPI Call for Federal Action on Bacteria
- DUI Suspect Collides Head-On With Vehicle
- Fatal Highway 101 Crash Leaves One Dead, One Injured
- Single-Vehicle Crash on Highway 99
- Vehicle Crashes Into Tree In Fatal Redwood Accident
- Drivers Delaying Maintenance Increase Safety Risks
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Three Injured in Highway 152 Accident
According to news sources, three people were injured and taken to a hospital early Monday in a two vehicle collision that took place on Highway 152 when a vehicle was struck while reportedly attempting to make a U-turn on the roadway. A 56-year-old man was driving a vehicle heading westbound on Highway 152 when he … Continue reading
Five People Injured on Highway 49 Crash
According to news sources, five people were injured in a two vehicle accident that took place Friday night when a woman reportedly lost control of a vehicle on Highway 49, causing it to veer into the pathway of another car on the roadway and colliding with it. A 42-year-old woman was driving a 2007 Saturn … Continue reading
FDA Safety Warning For Multaq, A Heart Rhythm Drug
According to news sources , the drug Multaq is getting a new safety warning after a study found increased risks of heart attack, stroke and death associated with the drug with a subset of patients that took part in the study. The heart rhythm drug controls the heart’s chambers by allowing them to pump in sync for patients with atrial fibrillation. The new warning would allow the drug to remain on the market but would stress to doctors and patients that it be used only for treatment of the short-term variant of the condition. Continue reading
CPSC Aims To Make Gel Fuels And Firepots Safer
According to news sources , The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is aiming to make gel fuels and firepots safer for consumers by voting to begin publishing advance notices of proposed rulemaking to the public. Consumers using gel fuel run burn risks when pouring it into an already lit firepot, since the gel can unexpectedly ignite and splash onto the users face or body Continue reading
Self-Awareness Exercises Found to Decrease Fibromyalgia Pain
Recent studies have shown that self-awareness intervention and therapy can significantly decrease pain for fibromyalgia patients. The study included 45 women diagnosed with fibromyalgia, a chronic disorder with symptoms of excessive pain, tenderness, headaches and fatigue. The women were put into either an “affective self-awareness” group or a control group that would receive no treatment. Continue reading
Physical Therapy Not Only for Rehabilitation
According to a new study , roughly half of the patients seen by physical therapists are being treated for ailments not related to rehabilitation. Continue reading
Bears’ Receiver Faces 4 Months of Recovery
According to news reports , Chicago Bears’ receiver Johnny Knox is facing four months of recovery from his recent back surgery at minimum. In a recent football game, Knox suffered a crack to one of the facet joints that stabilize the spinal column when he sustained a hit from Seahawks defensive tackle Anthony Hargrove. The Bears’ spine consultant and certified orthopedic surgeon Srdjan Mirkovic performed the corrective surgery on Knox’s spine at Northwestern Memorial Hospital Monday. Continue reading
About 21,600 Honda Goldwing Motorcycles Recalled
According to news sources , a recall has been issued for about 21,600 Honda Goldwing motorcycles after it was found that the aftermarket Kuryakyn floorboards installed on them posed a potential injury or collision hazard. Continue reading
Congress, CSPI Call for Federal Action on Bacteria
News outlets reported that, because of the most recent ground beef recall that sickened 14 people last week due to an antibiotic-resistant strain of Salmonella, Congresswoman Louise Slaughter and the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) are petitioning for federal action on the increasing threat to public health from these bacteria. Slaughter issued a statement saying, “When we go to the grocery store to pick up dinner, we should be able to buy our food without worrying that what we put on our plates is exposing out families to dangerous antibiotic-resistant bacteria. How much longer is the federal government going to wait before waking up to the public health threat, looking quite literally, under our nose Continue reading
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Single-Vehicle Crash on Highway 99
According to news sources, a fatal single vehicle accident took place Friday night when a driver reportedly driving under the influence lost control of the vehicle on Highway 99, causing him to be ejected as the vehicle overturned. The accident took place on Highway 99 in Yuba-Sutter as a 22-year-old driver reportedly driving under the … Continue reading