Talcum powder is most commonly used as a baby product to help prevent diaper rash and glides over the skin to eliminate friction and keep the skin cool. Yet, when Johnson & Johnson learned that many women were using the product as a body powder,…
The train was coming; the whistle was blowing. What followed was the sound of children screaming in pain after a BNSF train and a school bus collided. Several students were thrown from the bus, many of whom were covered in blood and suffering from injuries.…
It’s a threat you can’t see, kills 21,000 Americans each year, and it could be in your home right now. The only way to find out, is to test for it. The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has designated January as National Radon Action…
This could be the most amazing video you will ever see! A busy major intersection and no traffic lights! How they are able to avoid accidents is quite remarkable. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vj68tga3ABI This is the intersection at Meskel Square, the nerve center of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, a…
A 17-year-old Cedar Rapids teenager was found dead after being sucked away into a city storm drain by rushing currents. It took a rescue team nearly 12 hours before they found the body in 3 feet of water, about 75 yards from where he came…
The most common cause of severe head injury in the civilian population is an auto accident, yet those in the military, are three times more at risk of traumatic brain injury, even in peacetime. Even for those that regain consciousness, they will usually go on…
Medical misdiagnosis is a serious problem in our health care system. According to the Journal of the American Medical Association, diagnoses that are wrong, missed or delayed affect 10 to 20 percent of all medical cases. That’s a higher rate than drug errors or wrong-site…
As much as we would like to believe that nursing homes strive to provide quality care, this is not always the case. For many facilities, profits are placed before resident care with staffing typically the area affected. Under-staffing in nursing homes has been an increasing…
You might be ready to get back to a regular routine or you might be sad to leave the days of sleeping in, hanging out with friends and family, and having extra time to do accomplish an overdue project or just simply relaxing. Either way,…
Today, I came across a story about a man on a mission to make sure everyone is aware of a simple item that is in all homes and could potentially start a fire. Then, I recalled blogging on this site with a similar story (De-Junk…