Illinois drivers who use blind spot alerts or lane departure warning systems may be interested to learn that these types of collision avoidance features dramatically reduce the number of car accidents. Despite the obvious benefits, officials with the Insurance...
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Month: August 2017
Causes and risks of traumatic brain injury: What you should know
A traumatic brain injury (TBI) can be caused by anything from a simple fall to a major car accident. In fact, falls attribute to most TBIs that occur, especially for people 75 years of age or older. While this particular demographic often winds up in the hospital...
COPD can be misdiagnosed due to lack of testing
Hospitalized patients in Illinois and elsewhere may be at risk for misdiagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD. The symptoms of COPD, especially coughing, wheezing and shortness of breath, are shared in common with many other diseases. When COPD is...
Side effect information may be flawed
Roughly 40,000 people are killed in Illinois and throughout America each year from medication side effects. While the U.S Food and Drug Administration Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) collects data on side effects, that data may be flawed. For example, there...
How attitudes about weight could harm patients
According to a review of previous research published on Aug. 3, fat-shaming can have both mental and physical effects on Illinois residents. This was the conclusion reached by researchers from Connecticut College's Department of Psychology. The research took a look at...
Car accident increase from 2014 to 2015 was largest in 50 years
A batch of data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration paints an unsettling picture for road safety, especially in relation to car accidents. According to the 2015 data, 35,092 people died in motor vehicle accidents. That represents a 7.2 percent...