Within just four days, Oregon State Police reported three bicycle-involved traffic crashes, two serious and one fatal. In all three accidents, the cyclists were struck from behind. On August 12, 2014, at approximately 4:44 p.m., a bicyclist was riding westbound along the paved shoulder of Highway 126 near milepost 9 when he was struck from…
A quarter century after helping to stage protests pressuring the FDA into speeding up the approval of experimental drugs for patients dying of AIDS, Yale University program director Greg Gonsalves now travels to Washington to defend the FDA from growing anti-regulatory sentiment that he worries will roll back safety and effectiveness standards for all types…
The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends a ban on the manufacture and sale of mobile infant walkers because of the risk of injury and death from their use. Over three million baby walkers are sold in the United States annually, and between 55 percent and 92 percent of infants use a baby walker, while approximately…
We always try to keep you updated with local newsworthy events, and wouldn’t be doing our job if we didn’t share with you this August 12th News Release from the Portland Police Bureau. Police Respond to Chicken Crossing the Road in Linnton – Officers Unable to Determine Chicken’s Intent On Monday August 11, 2014, at…
In 2012, a study by researchers at the University of Massachusetts Medical School found that 48 percent of 150,000 women in their 50s, 60s, and 70s using statin drugs to lower cholesterol were more likely to be diagnosed with diabetes than those not taking the drugs. Another large study, known as JUPITER, found a 27 percent increase…
Researchers have recently reported increased prescription drug safety issues since 1992, when the Prescription Drug User Fee Act was implemented. The Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) was designed to accelerate the drug approval process at the Food and Drug Administration to make drugs more readily available by imposing user fees on Pharmaceutical companies to…
Peter B. Lewis help build Progressive into the multi-billion dollar insurance company it is today. Mr. Lewis was a vocal medical marijuana proponent who understood what means to lose one’s liberty. In 2000, Mr. Lewis was arrested and heavily fined for possessing pot. Meanwhile, on TV and billboard everywhere Flo portrays Progressive as funny cool…
Although most pedestrian accidents due to collision involve automobiles, a large number are caused by careless bicyclists who, many believe, should be subject to the same criminal penalties as a reckless auto driver. On March 29, 2012, a bicyclist in San Francisco reportedly ran through three red lights before entering the intersection at Castro and…
Oregon continues to experience temperatures in the nineties approaching 100 degrees as multiple wildfires blaze across the state. The air is hot and dry, but dropping temperatures and humidity could cause an especially dangerous mix of smoke and fog that would limit visibility, making driving even more hazardous. Under those conditions visibility could change suddenly…
Summer is the time to dust off the gas grill in preparation for barbeque season. If you plan to treat your family and friends to a backyard feast, don’t spoil the day with a major flare up. According to a 2013 National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) report on cooking equipment fires, gas grills were involved…