Having a spinal cord injury leads to challenges in various aspects of your life. Many people don't realize just how far-reaching these can be. During the winter months, New Jersey residents who have spinal cord injuries need to be extra careful so they don't suffer...
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Year: 2019
Heart attack misdiagnosis: Common symptoms for women
A type of medical bias may be placing New Jersey women at risk of increased damage and death following a heart attack or stroke. Emergency medical personnel and researchers alike tend to focus on the classic symptomology, which turns out to be the most common symptoms...
NSC calls on employers to do more to prevent workplace deaths
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics has determined that there were 5,250 work-related fatalities in 2018: a 2% rise from the previous year's total of 5,147. Residents of New Jersey should know that the truck drivers and sales workers saw the highest number of...
Law calls for mandatory car alcohol detection systems
New cars sold in New Jersey and around the country will one day come equipped with technology designed to prevent drunk driving if bills recently submitted to the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate reach President Trump's desk. The proposed legislation has...
Warehouse workers face increased safety risks
New Jersey warehouse workers may face serious dangers on the job. While brick-and-mortar retail may face challenges, the warehouse sector continues to grow, change and expand. One company, Amazon, runs over 150 million square feet of warehouses internationally, and it...
Health care is one of the nation’s leading killers
Preventable mistakes made by doctors and hospitals kill as many as 440,000 people each year in New Jersey and around the country, which makes health care the third most common cause of death in the United States. A recent report from the World Health Organization...
Neck injuries: Get support if you’re suffering from whiplash
When you were driving home, you were suddenly involved in a car crash. You hadn't expected it, because traffic was light, but you ended up going off the road and into a ditch. The first thing you noticed was that your neck was sore, but you felt like things could be...
WHO formally defines burnout as a diagnosable condition
Burnout is something that many workers in New Jersey suffer from without even knowing it. Now, however, the World Health Organization has formally defined the condition as something diagnosable. Within its occupational context, burnout is a syndrome caused by...
Reducing distracted driving using artificial intelligence
Drivers in New Jersey are likely interested in learning about efforts that are being made to improve distracted driving. Unfortunately, about nine deaths in the United States are related to individuals being distracted while behind the wheel. Many feel that it is good...
Alzheimer’s misdiagnosis common among dementia patients
Alzheimer's disease has become nearly synonymous with dementia, but memory loss among older adults can arise for different reasons. Multiple forms of dementia exist, and a recent study explored the connection between traumatic brain injuries and memory disruption...