NHTSA Funds Development of Alcohol Measuring Start Button in Cars

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has funded the development of an alcohol-measuring start button for cars that would disable the car.

Study Links Sports-Related Brain Injury with Brain Disease

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Anderson County School District 5 Requires Students to Take "Alive at 25" Course

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Volvo XC90 Named as Least Expensive Car to Insure in the United States

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5 Driving Innovations That Help Save Lives, and 1 Innovation That Doesn't

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Head Injury Prevention Tips from the American Association of Neurological Surgeons

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New Programs Are Targeting Alcohol and Drug Use During Prom Season

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Underage Drinking Linked to Long Term Brain Injury

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Spike in Pedestrians Killed in the Midlands is Alarming

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Over 1,500 DUI Cases Pending in Horry County

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Cameras on I-95 to Catch Speeders Sparking Controversy

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Social Security: Never too Young to Start Planning

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FDA warns of potential confusion over Maalox products

FDA warns of potential confusion over two similar Maalox products, one an antacid and the other an anti-diarrhea medicine that could potentially cause stomach bleeding in individuals with a history of gastrointestinal ulcer disorder

CPSC Warns Manufacturers Over Safety of Children's Products

CPSC warns manufacturers over safety of children's products after the safety recall of baby bracelets and pacifier clips after 10-month old treated for lead exposure.

Pregnant women who are exposed to elevated levels of some types of phthalates may give birth to boys who exhibit less-masculine play behavior than other males

Pregnant women who are exposed to elevated levels of some types of phthalates may give birth to boys who exhibit less-masculine play behavior than other males, a new study has concluded. According to the study, published in the International Journal of Andrology, boys of women with higher concentrations of di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) and dibutyl phthalate (DBP) in their prenatal urine scored 8 percent further away from the masculine end of the scale than other boys

Federal safety regulators have announced the recall of more than 2.1 million drop-side cribs made by a Canadian manufacturer.

Federal safety regulators have announced the recall of more than 2.1 million drop-side cribs made by a Canadian manufacturer. However, Consumer Product Safety Commission Chairman Inez Tenenbaum said that her agency likely had not acted fast enough in recalling cribs made by Stork Craft Manufacturing. The recall covers cribs manufactured and distributed between January 1993 and October 2009 and sold at major retailers

Pfizer Inc. must pay $28 million in punitive damages

Pfizer Inc. must pay $28 million in punitive damages to an Illinois who woman developed breast cancer after taking the hormone replacement drugs Premarin, Prempro and Provera, according to Reuters. In the verdict, jurors found that Pfizer acted with reckless disregard for the plaintiff’s health.

Bone-Growth Proteins Show Risk in New Study

Patients who received a bioengineered protein during spinal fusion procedures to correct neck pain had far more complications than patients who did not get it, according to a study released Tuesday.

The study, published Tuesday in The Journal of the American Medical Association, reinforces previous concerns about the use of the proteins in fusion procedures to treat upper spine, or cervical, pain. The substances studied, sold by either Medtronic or Stryker, are not federally approved for cervical procedures, although surgeons are free to use them for that purpose. By BARRY MEIER New York Times

Fusion surgery is a common surgery for those injured in personal injury accidents, including car and truck wrecks, motorcycle accidents and workers compensation claims.  Often an injury to the neck involves herniated disks which need to be removed and the vertebrae fused together.  Bioengineered protein used in these fusions have not been approved and are causing some additional complications.