Patients who have suffered a spinal injury may suffer from autonomic dysfunction or an extreme severity of autonomic reflexes that can trigger panic episodes and even heart attacks. In recent animal studies, researchers found ways that could circumvent such extreme reflexes. A spinal injury after a car accident can lead…
As many as one in 6 teen drivers in the United States admits to driving while drowsy. This indicates that the problem of drowsy driving among younger motorists is far more complex than we believe. Those findings came from a recent study that was conducted by the National Sleep Foundation. …
As many as one in eight seniors will suffer a traumatic brain injury, mainly as a result of a fall accident. Researchers arrived at those findings recently through an analysis of Medicare data of more than 9,200 patients covering a period of 18 years. They found that during this time,…
New data finds a drop of 5% in the number of pedestrians killed in auto accidents in the United States last year. The Governors Highway Safety Association recently released new data that finds a 5.4% drop in the number of pedestrians being killed in auto accidents compared to the previous…
The number of people being killed in motorcycle accidents reached record numbers in 2022 with more than 6,000 lives lost that year. With so much of the focus on people being killed in pedestrian accidents or car accidents, it is easy to miss the fact that motorcyclists are losing their…
While pedestrians overall are more likely to be injured in auto accidents, older pedestrians above the age of 50 are more likely to suffer serious personal injuries when they are involved in slip and fall accidents, compared to auto accidents. There has been much focus recently on personal injuries involving…
Older people who suffer mild mental declines are likely to make the decision to give up driving in order to eliminate their risks of being involved in auto accidents. Concerns about senior drivers have increased over the past decade with the increase in the number of motorists above the age…
As electric cars become more popular on our roads, there are frequently more reports of car accidents involving these vehicles with pedestrians. The demand for electric vehicles has nowhere near peaked, and as the number of such vehicles increases on our roads, we are understanding more about the specific dangers…
A safety group in France is advising male drivers to drive more like female drivers in order to reduce their risks of being involved in auto accidents. This has raised the age old question – are female drivers truly safer than men? According to the group, which advocates for victims…
A new study finds that many patients who are on life support after suffering a brain injury could actually make a recovery. In cases of a severe brain injury after an auto accident, truck accident or any other kind of accident where there has been severe trauma to the head,…