Top 5 Accidental Deaths: Accidental Deaths as Likely as Breast Cancer
The odds a person will die from an accident in a year (1 in 2,462) are roughly the same odds a female younger than…
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Newest firstWhen an ER is Overcrowded, the Wait Times Get Dangerous
On June 19th, 2008, 49-year-old Esmin Elizabeth Green collapsed onto the floor of the psychiatric emergency room of Kings County Hospital Center in Brooklyn. She…
Danger: Falling Objects
From satellite parts to hail, the skies teem with hard objects, and every now and then those objects fall to Earth. Then again, the…
Wednesday – Letter From Afghanistan: Shaken to the Core
"I think I am becoming uncommonly tolerant of substandard coffee." My Platoon Sergeant is sitting at the wooden picnic table across from me sipping…
The Grim Odds of a Spectacular Suicide
When a 21-year-old Yale student jumped to his death from the Empire State Building on March 30, 2010, he joined a rather small, sad club: the…
Illness and Death on Vacation
Of all the travelers’ tales, stories about being sick can be the most frightening. From stomach ailments like Delhi Belly, to burrowing Brazilian worms, to…
Texting Makes Driving 23 Times More Dangerous
Just how dangerous is texting while driving? It’s 23 times as dangerous as driving without doing it. Text messaging behind the wheel increases the…
DRUNK DRIVING DEATHS HIT HOME AT NEW YEAR’S
What’s New Year’s Eve without a glass of bubbly? This is the season to celebrate, but the holidays mean more than an upswing in…
Walking and Texting: Dangers of a Mobile Lifestyle
Perched in a leather armchair on a San Francisco stage recently, Apple’s Steve Jobs declared a new age of mobile media devices, starting with…
A License to Kill? Are Older Drivers Dangerous?
“Older driver”—the mere phrase conjures images of Mr. Magoo obliviously driving over fire hydrants and scattering terrified barnyard animals. In real life, frequent news accounts of…
Prom Night: Take Away the Car Keys
There are times when parents lie in bed at night and calculate the odds. Prom night is one of those times. There is that…
The Odds of Falling Off a Cruise Ship
On September 5, 2009, 23-year-old Shane O’Halloran and his female companion were in a romantic embrace when they tumbled overboard from Lady Brisbane, an…
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