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A new study presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology has found that advanced glaucoma could as much as double a driver’s chances of being involved in a serious traffic accident. Researchers believe the results suggest that glaucoma patients should be required to pass a vision test before acquiring or renewing […]

Distracted driving often conjures up images of using a cell phone or eating a hamburger while driving. However, researchers have recently completed a study which shows that distracted driving can be subtler than when you take your hands off the wheel or your eyes off the road. A new study, published in the journal BMJ […]

You are walking down the street or in a park when a dog approaches you from the opposite direction. How can you tell whether you can continue forward safely, or whether you may be confronted with a dangerous, aggressive, or sick animal? Luckily, dogs give off a number of signals which can help you determine […]

The Orange County Register reports that 61-year-old Dennis Zafran died at the UCI Medical Center in Orange, California, on Wednesday, October 24, 2012. The man, a resident of Anaheim, was severely injured in a motorcycle accident earlier in the week and succumbed to complications after undergoing surgery. The California motorcycle accident occurred on Monday, October […]

Car accident rates skyrocket around all of the major holidays, especially Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years. What should be a time of joy and peace too often turns into a time of tragedy. Why are there more traffic accident injuries and fatalities around the holidays than at any other time of the year? Drinking and […]