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Trials Will Probe if Female Sex Hormones Can Help Treat Brain Injury
Wednesday, January 18th, 2012
Clinical trials into the effect of female sex hormone progesterone on brain injury continue. In the UK, researchers have just begun trials to see whether the hormone can help speed up recovery after a traumatic brain injury. Initial trials in the United States have already yielded promising results.
At least one trial in the United States found that the death rate after a brain injury was 30% among patients who were given a placebo after the injury. However, in persons who were administered the female progesterone hormones, the death rate was about 13%.
Several such trials are being conducted across the...
Study Finds Brain Adapts Quickly to Immobilized Arm after Injury
Wednesday, January 18th, 2012
According to a study that has just been published in the Journal Neurorology, the brain of a person who has suffered an arm injury or has lost his arm, begins to adapt to the circumstances, as quickly as within 2 weeks after the injury. It's why persons, who suffer an arm or hand fracture or any other injury that prevents them from using their arm or hand, are quickly able to learn how to perform routine tasks using their uninjured arm.
According to researchers, certain areas of the brain that are needed to compensate for the injury begin...
Katy Cop Fired after Fatal Drunk Driving Accident
Monday, January 16th, 2012
A Katy police officer has been fired after he was involved in a fatal drunk driving accident that killed 2 people last week. The crash killed a mother and her 12-year-old son.
According to investigations, the police officer was a passenger in the pickup truck that crashed into the car with the mother and son. The driver of the pickup truck had been driving under the influence. According to the Katy police chief, he has reason to believe that the police officer had also been intoxicated at the time of the crash. Although he was riding in the passenger seat,...
Increase in Binge Drinking Could Mean More Drunk Driving Accidents
Friday, January 13th, 2012
According to a report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, binge drinking among Americans in 2010 was slightly higher than in 2009. Not only that, the number of drinks being consumed during each episode of binge drinking also increased.
One out of every six Americans reported binge drinking in 2010. Additionally, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that during each binging episode, the average drinks consumed was about 8.
Binge drinking can be defined as the consumption of at least 5 alcohol beverages by adult males, and 4 alcoholic beverages by adult females during a single episode. ...
Study Finds Driving with a Cold Similar to Driving Drunk
Wednesday, January 11th, 2012
A new study finds that driving in Houston when you have a severe cold could increase your accident risks just as much as if you had been driving after having had a few drinks.
The study was based on a small sample, and was conducted by UK researchers. The researchers measured a person's driving skills after he had had 4 double whiskeys, and found that the impact on driving abilities was similar to the impact on a person driving under the influence.
The symptoms of a cold can impact a person's reaction times and judgment, and also affect his concentration. Besides,...
Survey Finds Wide Difference in Motorists’ Safety Beliefs and Driving Practices
Saturday, January 7th, 2012
Nearly all motorists in an AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety survey believed that driving under the influence of alcohol was dangerous, but over the past year, approximately 14% had operated a vehicle while intoxicated. It's not just drunk driving. Many Americans seem to be aware of the dangers of distracted driving, running red lights and failure to wear seat belts while driving, but a significant number of them continue to engage in such dangerous driving behaviors, without a thought to the risks involved.
For instance, close to 94% of the persons in the survey were quick to say that using...
Half of Motorists Surveyed Want Texting Offenses to Result in License Suspensions
Saturday, January 7th, 2012
A recent survey by Poll Position found that approximately 50% of registered voters were in favor of suspension of license privileges for persons found texting while driving.
The survey consisted of more than 1,000 motorists, and found that more than half were in favor of such laws. Younger respondents were more likely to disagree with any law that requires suspension of license privileges for texting while driving offenses. At least 67% of older motorists above the age of 65 were in favor of the law, while just 39% of younger voters between 18 and 29 were in favor of any...
Eight People Killed in East Texas Accident
Friday, January 6th, 2012
Eight people, including 3 children, were killed in an accident in East Texas last week. The accident occurred when 2 cars collided on US 82 near Annona in a rural area of Texas. Annona is a rural town with a population of less than 300. According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, the 2 vehicles were involved in a head-on collision. Both vehicles burst into flames. Eight people, including a 29-year-old woman and her 3 children, were killed. The children were aged 8 years, 6 years and 10 months old.
The accident occurred on December 30, and so far,...
Spike in Pedestrian Accident Fatalities Is Worrying
Friday, December 16th, 2011
Even as traffic accident death rates last year dropped to record lows, the number of pedestrian accident fatalities increased. Last year, there was a 4.2% increase in the number of people killed in pedestrian accidents, the first time that an increase has been recorded in 4 years.
There was also an increase of 19% in the number of pedestrians injured to 70,000 last year. The roads may be safer for motorists, but as Houston car accident lawyers can see from these statistics, they are not so for pedestrians at all.
There are no explanations for this increase in pedestrian...
NTSB Calls for Full Ban on Cell Phone Use While Driving
Thursday, December 15th, 2011
The National Transportation Safety Board is calling for a complete ban on the use of cell phones, including both hand-held cell phones and hands-free sets while driving, but Houston car accident lawyers do not expect Texas to take up that recommendation anytime soon.
The National Transportation Safety Board call came after the agency released its findings into a truck accident in Missouri last year that killed 2 people. In 2010, a pickup truck driver crashed into a tractor-trailer on a highway, triggering a chain-reaction crash that included two school buses. The pickup driver and one of the occupants...
