Smartphones and traffic fatalities

California residents who own smartphones should know that these devices are playing a major role in the rise in traffic fatalities. The number of deaths resulting from motor vehicle accidents has risen sharply by 14.4 percent over the last two years. This is coming...

Accident death rates continue to climb

California drivers might find it sobering to hear that the number of people killed in traffic accidents around the country increased for the second year in a row according to a report released on Oct. 6 by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The...

Stair use and injuries

A study released in the ‘American Journal of Emergency Medicine” states that over a million people in California and the rest of the country sustain injuries from stair use each year. Although some groups, such young children, women and older adults tend...