When you’re expecting a child, especially you’re first.  There a number of things that go through your head.  Will I be a good parent? Will I be able to keep up with all of the child’s needs.  Will my child be healthy?   Sometimes babies are born with conditions or birth defects that are beyond our [...]

Any accident involving a large commercial truck has the ability to produce immense danger and damage, but what’s known by truck drivers as a “jackknife” is among the most treacherous due to the high likelihood that an accident of this kind may impact other vehicles on the road. A jackknife occurs when the front cab [...]

Pennsylvania is one of few states in the U.S. where it is still legal to pick up cell phones and text while driving. While it is illegal in some of the state’s largest cities to text while driving, the Pennsylvania General Assembly has still not been able to reach an agreement on how to address [...]

Tourists experienced another bus accident yesterday when a DC Trails bus collided with a Tractor Trailer on the New Jersey Turnpike.

Epilepsy is treated with anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs) which have shown the ability to prevent seizures in hospital studies. Topamax (also known as topiramate) is considered one of the “newer” AEDs and is structurally unrelated to other anti-convulsive medications. While it is unclear exactly how Topamax works, it is believed to suppress or prevent abnormal activity [...]

Originally Topamax (also known as topiramate) was approved for prevention of seizures, a potentially life threatening condition.

In 2009, the US Department of Transportation proposed several new rules to promote safety and prevent bus and truck accidents. These included:

Effective January 2010, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration prohibited texting by bus drivers.

In the studies leading up to the approval of Topamax, animal studies across several species showed birth defects in babies when the animals were given topiramate while pregnant.  Were there other warning signs besides the animal studies?  The answer is “yes.”

In scholarly article published January 11, 2011 in the Journal of Arthroplasty (joint replacement), three surgeons reported on early loosening in the Zimmer NexGen CR, NexGen CR-Flex, NexGen LPS, and NexGen LPS-Flex when using a specific component, called the tibial tray which covers the top of the tibia or the larger bone in the lower [...]