Archive for September, 2011

So You Weren’t Injured in the Accident, See a Doctor Anyway

Thursday, September 29th, 2011

In 2009 more than 1.5 million people were injured in auto accidents in the US.  That breaks down to a person being injured in an auto accident every 20 seconds.  With so many people getting hurt every day it’s easy to forget the number of accidents occurring each year has been on a steady decline due to better education, laws and safety features for cars.  While 1.5 million injuries a year is a large number, how many more people were injured and didn’t know it until it was too late to get insurance to cover it.  Listed below are 7 reasons you should always see a doctor after a car wreck even if you don’t feel hurt. (more…)

What’s Really Wrong with Mixing Pain Medications?

Monday, September 19th, 2011

Here’s the scenario, it’s been a long day at work and your back is killing you, what do you do?  You first go for the medicine cabinet knowing your husband or wife keeps their leftover pain medication they had from an accident they had last year in there.  Next you grab 2 aspirin because of the pounding headache you got from a stressful day at work.  Last you go to the fridge and get a beer or glass of wine to take all four pills hoping to relax and alleviate the pain quickly.  Does this sound familiar to you?  Read the story again and see if you can find all the mistakes you made in this scenario when taking these pain medications. (more…)

Teenage Cell Phone Usage and Car Accidents in Texas

Wednesday, September 7th, 2011

It’s a safe to bet that if you own a cell phone you have at one time or another used it while driving.  While most of us are guilty of this heinous crime at one time or another, most of us would like to think we did so responsibly.  While there are no laws in Texas banning all cell phone usage for adults, this is not the case for teenagers.  With an alarming growth of teenage related accidents due to cellphone usage, Texas has banned the use of cell phones and text messaging devices while driving for teens below the age of 18.  Listed below are some teenage driving statistics which should make you happy these laws exist. (more…)