Monthly Archives: September 2012

$9 Billion a year in knee replacements

September 27, 2012

Knee replacement surgeries have more than double the last two decades in the US as older Americans strive to become more active. This has led to a startling spike in repairs to previously implanted artificial knee joints (revision)….an increase of … Continued

Bethpage Toxic Plume close to contaminating drinking water supply

September 25, 2012

The New York State Department of Health is investigating cancer cases in a Bethpage residential neighborhood where decades of chemical pollution from Grumman Corp. and U.S. Navy aviation manufacturing has contaminated groundwater. Water districts in southern Nassau County have sparred … Continued

Tiger Mauls man at Bronx Zoo – monorail accident

September 22, 2012

A 25 year old man, identified as David Villalobos, was riding on the Bronx Zoo‘s last windowless monorail when he suddenly climbed over the safety bars and leaped from a height of about 20 feet, cleared a 16-foot high perimeter … Continued

Car Accident Statistics in Long Beach

September 20, 2012 3 Comments

It’s time for Long Beach to slow down. Groups from Long Beach are hoping to expand through the entire city a public safety initiative intended to reduce speed limits. A tiny neighborhood in Long Beach may be listen as speed … Continued

Air-Bag safety probe expanded….Hyundai Elantra

September 18, 2012

U.S. safety regulators have added two model years to an investigation of an air bag problem with Hyundai Elantras that cut a car owner’s ear in half. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says it will look into 2011 and … Continued

Child airlifted to hospital after injury at beach park

September 18, 2012 1 Comments

An 18- month-old child, identified as Phillip Amico, was injured by a falling fence at a beach in Bayville monday afternoon and airlifted to Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow where the boy was later pronounced dead at 4:02 … Continued

Robbery suspect on bicycle hit by unmarked police car

September 18, 2012

A 13-year old robbery suspect riding a bicycle was struck by an unmarked Hempstead police car after the breaks failed on the vehicle. Yesterday, detective had been following the boy, whom authorities suspected of being involved in a robbery at … Continued

ADHD drug (Adderall) can cause heart attack, stroke…even death.

September 11, 2012 2 Comments

Recently strengthened warnings on the attention-deficit drug, Adderall, indicate that it may cause psychological side effects and that misuse may lead to sudden death from heart attacks and strokes. In 2005, Health Canada (the equivalent to the U.S. Food and … Continued

Texas Approves 85-MPH Speed Limit, Fastest In United States

September 8, 2012

The highest speed limit in the United States can now be found on a central Texas highway. Transportation officials in the state approved an 85-mile-per-hour speed limit along a 41-mile stretch of State Highway 130, which runs between suburbs of … Continued

Play it SAFE on the side of the ROAD

September 4, 2012

Being stuck on the side of the road is frustrating. Pulling your car to the shoulder of the road when there is an emergency is proper procedure, but motorists and pedestrians should never consider themselves safe. Being mere inches or … Continued

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