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The Brain Injury Association of America estimates that 5.3 million Americans live with mild to severe brain injury. These injuries exact a toll of $76.5 billion each year in the U.S. While 75% are classified as mild, other survivors experience difficulty returning to even the simplest tasks of self-maintenance. Brain injury recovery is different for…
Read MoreWe’ve all been there: the roads are congested as far as the eye can see, the tops of the cars in front of you are bubbling in the glaring sunlight, and the boorish monster in the car next to you is singing a Katy Perry song so off-key that the dog on the other side…
Read MoreA dog may be the most loyal companion a person could hope to have—and there is absolutely nothing pathetic about that statement. The relationship shared by dogs and humans stretches back thousands of years; and history is rife with tales of dogs’ stunning selflessness in caring for their people. One of the more famous old…
Read MoreIn 2001, a 9-year-old girl named Zubaida Hasan suffered a horrific accident in her Kabul, Afghanistan home. While pouring kerosene into an already-heated stove, the liquid suddenly ignited, setting the girl alight with it. Zubaida fell to the ground over the still-blazing kerosene lamp and continued to burn. By the time Zubaida was saved,…
Read MoreFor over 10,000 years, the ladder has been helping mankind attain to greater heights, both literally and figuratively. Thanks to our runged servant, advanced construction, agriculture, and the retrieval of cats from trees have been made possible. For the most part, they have served us well over the millennia. However, although ladders are a safe…
Read MoreThe 1989 comédie noire, The ’Burbs, sees Tom Hanks and Bruce Dern playing an idle vacationer and wired Vietnam veteran who are attempting to unravel the mystery of their creepy new neighbors, the Klopeks, both at the behest and in spite of the bumbling of a gauche fellow resident. Together, the lunatic trio commences snooping around…
Read MoreBurn injuries are the third leading cause of fatal accidents occurring at home. Each year, 450,000 people in the United States require medical treatment for burns, and 3,500 perish from burn injuries. While these fires sometimes originate with a short circuit or a misfiring appliance, a large number of them are the result of tragic human…
Read MoreRiding a bicycle is like eating a raw vegan brownie: You may think you’re just having a great time; but in reality, you’re significantly improving several different facets of your health. Bicycling is the exercise equivalent of a spinach-infused baked good: the unpleasant associations of the healthy alternative are effectively submerged by their combination with…
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