April 2013 News

Is the Food and Drug Administration doing enough to protect the public from dangerous drugs? After the deadly meningitis outbreak caused by an unsterile pharmacy facility, the answer appears to be no. The commissioner of the FDA even said that they need to improve their [...]

Some people may think its no big deal to get behind the wheel of a car after having a few drinks, but this is never a safe idea. Unfortunately, drunk driving accidents are all too common, and sometimes they have deadly results.

It only takes one split-second wrong move while behind the wheel of a car to cause an accident that injures or kills another individual. These car accidents are all the more tragic when they involve innocent children.

Longtime Tennessee motorcyclists are probably well aware of the problems that come with sharing the road with cars and trucks. The drivers of bigger vehicles sometimes seem to have a hard time seeing two-wheeled vehicles like motorcycles, and the result is often a motorcycle [...]

Car accidents can result in very serious and fatal injuries, which is why vehicles are equipped with air bags designed to protect occupants during crashes. Unfortunately, when air bags are defective, they don't provide the necessary protection for passengers and defective air [...]

A family can be devastated by the loss of a loved one in a traffic accident. And when it is an alcohol related accident caused by a negligent driver, that feeling of loss can turn to anger and a thirst for justice.

Earlier this year, this blog reported on a tragic accident near Nashville in which a driver crashed head-on into another car carrying a 28-year-old woman, her two young children and her mother. Killed in the car accident were her mother and the driver of the other car. Sadly, [...]

As the population ages, more people have been getting hip replacements in the U.S. With hip replacements being more common and necessary in society, Johnson & Johnson's subsidiary DePuy started manufacturing all-metal hip replacements.

Students and staff at a Nashville-area high school were devastated late last month by the news that a beloved coach and teacher had been killed in a traffic accident. Compounding the tragedy, police said the other driver in the car accident was a student at the school.

In a typical traffic accident, one driver is distracted and as a result two vehicles collide. It's relatively easy to sort out who is legally responsible for the injuries caused from this kind of car accident. But many traffic accidents are not so simple.

In recent years, the medical community has paid increasing attention to the risk of brain injury in common team sports. Football, in particular, has been under scrutiny, and educators all over the nation have been trying to find ways to improve safety for student athletes.