Parents often splurge on gear or toys to celebrate the milestone of having a new baby. Unfortunately, not everything available in the market goes through mandatory safety testing. While manufacturers have a duty of care to their consumers to sell safe products, some...

You’ve probably noticed that there are far more delivery vans driving around your neighborhood than a decade ago. The appetite for home delivery has grown massively and with it has come a lot more traffic. Instead of a few trucks supplying the neighborhood stores, you...

Many adults pride themselves on their productivity, which means that they tend to want to accomplish as much as possible on any given day. Multitasking or working toward more than one objective simultaneously can feel like a powerful way to increase one's...

The size of the vehicles involved in a collision often directly influences the severity of any particular crash. Bigger vehicles tend to cause far more damage, especially when they collide with smaller vehicles. Crashes between passenger vehicles and commercial trucks...

Driving entails razor-sharp focus. After all, you endanger not just yourself but also your passengers, other drivers and their passengers, pedestrians and other road users. In fact, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reported 3,522 fatalities...

With summer just around the corner, many plan to spend a weekend at Philadelphia’s public swimming pools or water parks to beat the heat. But while taking a dip may sound like a refreshing idea, it’s important to remember that even swimming pools open to the public...

Patients trust medical devices, expecting them to improve their health or quality of life. Medical technology is usually beneficial, but if patients receive a defective device, their health and well-being may be at risk. However, proving why the device did not work...

If you get involved in a car accident, it’s quite important to seek medical attention. In many cases, this is clear at the scene. You may have suffered serious injuries that the EMTs are going to treat as they transport you to the hospital. But the problem is that...

Getting involved in a car accident can create a lot of different financial issues, which can be especially frustrating when you didn’t cause the accident. You were driving carefully, but someone else was being negligent or even reckless. They made a mistake and...

Take a moment to consider all of the items that you purchase over the course of a year. From food to children’s toys, tires for your car to soap, you almost certainly buy a wide range of products manufactured under a variety of different conditions.  Although consumer...

If you get involved in a car accident, it’s important to quickly take the right steps to put yourself in the best possible position. You don’t want to make any mistakes that make your situation worse or overlook any crucial details. At the same time, you may never...

Victims of car wrecks or slip-and-falls can suffer catastrophic injuries, one of which is a spinal cord injury. These can lead to many life challenges that can be difficult to overcome. Proper medical care and therapy after the injury may help to improve the outcome....

As a cyclist, one risk that you want to be wary of is getting doored. This term refers to the type of accident where someone in a parked vehicle swings the door open and the cyclist collides with that open door. This most often happens because the motorist opened the...

Pennsylvania drivers have to pass driver's education tests and maintain a decent safety record to keep their licenses after they acquire them. They also have to register their vehicles and pay for insurance in case they cause collisions. Despite the efforts to reduce...

It’s easy to assume that a green light means that you can drive safely. As soon as the light turns green, many drivers simply press the gas and pull out into the intersection. That’s a much different mentality than when they’re at a stop sign, which is when they look...