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July is the time when senior residents at hospitals move on to other work and new residents start their first roles as doctors in the medical field. Over 30,000 new residents and other trainees enter the medical field during the month, which may make this season of change a bad time to visit the hospital….

The Charleston Gazette reported that one highway worker and six people were injured on Route 50 in Parkersburg, WV on Friday June 12, 2015, when a tanker tractor trailer went out of control in a highway construction zone and struck the worker and 4 other vehicles. Construction crashes are much more complex than the public…

During the months of November and December, many people prepare for the holidays. However, without the proper precautions, a lot of injuries happen involving holiday decorations. An estimated 15,000 injuries occur nationwide throughout the two months. Since 2009, emergency departments have seen the numbers increase year by year. Before you “deck the halls” or take…

Each holiday season there is a toy, or multiple toys, that does not make the mark on safety. Product recalls happen all the time, but what products make it into your home? This holiday, we want to make sure you are making the safest choices for your children when purchasing toys, especially those that could…

If you have ever heard of items being left in patients after an operation you should know that mistakes and medical malpractice from negligence it is more common than one would think. It is estimated that items such as sponges, cloth and at times tools. In recent news, reports about the Centers for Medicare and…

If you have heard news stories covering animal attacks, specifically dogs, then you probably know they can get pretty serious. In a recent story, a couple was charged with second degree murder after their two large dogs mauled a jogger to death in rural Detroit, Michigan. Although death is not always associated with dog attacks,…

  Misuse or abuse: The use of illicit, prescription or over-the-counter drugs in a manner other than as directed. Did you know West Virginia has the highest drug overdose mortality rate in the United States? There are stories in the news almost every day about a drug overdose or a doctor prescribing too much of…

It is the nice summer days that motorcyclists dream about. The wind blowing through their hair and the miles and miles of pavement lying beneath their bike is all that most ask for. Yet, there are the inevitable dangers when entering the highway on a two wheeled machine that you may encounter. (Did You Know?)…

When going to a doctor’s office, one would expect the highest degree of sanitation to be implemented, more so when it comes to injections. For Valley Pain Management, high amounts of hygiene issues were discovered. Since the opening of the clinic in 2010 to November 2013, the clinic owned by Dr. Roland Chalifoux Jr. in…

Prior to the invention of tire pressure monitoring systems in 2003 hundreds of thousands of crashes occurred each year due to flat tires or blowouts. Although the invention of these monitoring systems has greatly improved the safety of motor vehicles, tire blowout and failure is still common despite the fact that it is mostly preventable….