After a spinal cord injury, the assumption that it takes years for degenerative changes in the spinal cord and the brain to happen is incorrect. A study from the University of Zurich, Uniklinik Balgrist, and University College London (UCL), demonstrates that anatomical changes in the spinal cord and brain above…
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Teen Drivers Car Accident Prevention: online gaming platform style program helps teens improving their driving skills
In order to prevent teen car crashes and personal injury, an innovative online program focuses on improving frontal lobe execution functions such as self-regulation or impulse control so that young drivers can achieve insight about driving risks and improve their driving skills. The frontal lobe of the brain is not…
New York Construction Accident Prevention: 3 contractors fined close to half million dollars by OSHA for performing concrete work and crane operation too close to energized 13,200-volt overhead power lines
Vordonia Contracting and Supplies Corp./Alma Realty Corp. of Long Island City, MSI of Brooklyn, and North Eastern Precast of Fultonville allowed employees to work dangerously close to high-voltage power lines despite multiple cease and desist notices from the Long Island Power Authority. Contractors were working on a residential and retail…
New York Residential Building Accident Prevention: New Yorkers can request a free inspection of their deck and porch without the threat of receiving a violation
If porches and decks are not maintained properly the weather changes and the exposure to elements can put them at risk of collapse and proprety owners can be held responsible for personal injury that may occur in the event of an accident . For this reason the NYC Building department…
New York Car Accident: alcohol and speed kill 2 and injure 4
A boozed up 20 year old driver was going 120 mph when he lost control of his car and slammed into the guardrail on the Grand Central Parkway in Queens, New York early Saturday. Two of the passengers died and two others suffered injury and were taken to the hospital.…
New York Helicopter Accident: skilled pilot made safe landing in the Hudson
A 22 year old helicopter pilot made a successful emergency landing on the Hudson River, saving his life and the life of 4 passengers after the engine of the helicopter went completely off. The FAA is investigating the accident according to the New York Daily News.
New York Personal Injury: Supermarket worker’s hand mutilated by reverse vending machine
A 46 year old employee of the Flatbush Ave. Stop & Shop in Brooklyn was severely injured while cleaning a bottle machine return (reverse vending machine). As he was trying to reach for some glass in the machine, his hand got trapped and badly mutilated by the machine. Read more…
Brooklyn Car Accident Prevention: New York State Department of Transportation delays $200,000 plan to slow down traffic at deadly intersection
Last Monday a woman died when she was struck by a truck and fell underneath the rear wheels of the tractor-trailer as it was turning onto onto Prospect Expressway in Kensington, Broolyn, New York. The intersection that once again proved to be very dangerous for pedestrians has been waiting for…
Brooklyn Bicycle Accident: man struck by a truck dies in hospital
A 68 year old man was riding his bike on Sixth Ave in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, New York when he was hit by a truck. After the accident, the driver stepped out of his truck and looked around and drove away from the scene leaving the victim to die according…
Bronx Medical Malpractice Prevention – Reducing Hospital Negligence – Better Patient follow up decreases Hospital Re-admission rate from 26.3% to 17.6%
The Bronx collaborative, a group of hospital and medical insurers demonstrated in a study that patients who were participating in a special program to manage transition between hospital and home were less likely to be re-admitted to hospitals than patients who received the current standard care. Medical problems that lead…