Experience Brings Winning Results
In a lot of ways, a recumbent bike can be safer. You're lower to the ground, so there's not as far to fall in the event of a crash. You also aren't going to flip over the handlebars the same way that you would on a normal bicycle. And that's not even looking at the...
Per the National Safety Council, about 40,200 people passed away after car accidents in 2016. That's notable for a few reasons, one of which is that it broke the 40,000 mark, something that hasn't happened since 2007, about a decade ago. On top of that, it was an...
Many workers who use ladders every day quickly stop thinking about the potential risks. They get comfortable. This doesn't mean an accident won't happen. In fact, feeling overconfident could actually make it more likely. To keep things in perspective, here are some...
Wondering just how safe you are on Oregon's highways? One way to consider it is simply to look into your odds of being killed in an accident. You'll find that these vary massively from one state to the next. When ranked from No. 1 to 51, so as to include Washington...
Cyclists know they're at risk because drivers often don't see them. To combat this, many turn to high-visibility clothing. But does wearing red, bright green or orange really help avoid accidents? It can, but there is a better option, according to many researchers....
Medication errors have many avoidable causes. A doctor may simply read a chart improperly and give out the wrong drug, the wrong dose or the proper drug and dose to the wrong patient. To better understand this, researchers carried out a study to see exactly why...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warns that drugs with improper labels can be very dangerous. These incorrect labels could identify the medication as something other than what is actually in the container, for instance. The label could also tell a person to take...
How many times have you seen someone drive through a 25 mph zone at 35 miph? It's fairly common. People often break the speed limit even when it's set at 70 mph on the interstate. When they're in low-speed zones, they often don't think that slight increase makes much...
There is a class of profound workplace injuries that doctors call compression injuries, but every day people call crushing injuries. Crushing injuries can happen almost anywhere, including car accidents and serious assaults, but they occur most often in the workplace,...
