Summer in Texas is the perfect time to heat up your grill and cook out with your loved ones. But if you aren’t careful, food poisoning can wreck your summer fun. To help protect your family from food poisoning this summer, here are some food safety grilling tips: Be clean: It can be hard to find a place to wash …
What to Do After a Slip and Fall Accident
Texas slip and fall accidents can occur at anytime, anywhere. Slip and fall injuries can range from bruises and scrapes to broken bones or even lead to death. Since you never know when you will get in a slip and fall accident, it’s important to know what to do in case you are ever the victim of one: Get medical …
Typical Signs of Nursing Home Abuse
Texas nursing home abuse happens more often than you would expect. Your loved one might suffer nursing home abuse or neglect because nursing home workers are often under trained, not paid well and overworked. Many elderly patients feel bad complaining or are too scared to share about their abuse. It’s important to catch nursing home abuse or neglect before it’s …
How to Stay Hydrated After Food Poisoning
If you have ever had food poisoning, you know the hardest part of it is staying hydrated after losing your fluids all day through vomiting or diarrhea. It’s vital to stay hydrated, so you can avoid dehydration. To help you stay hydrated after food poisoning, here are some tips: Sip water or suck on ice chips: You don’t want to …
How to Avoid Common Summer Injuries
Summer in Dallas, Texas is a fun time to enjoy the sun with your friends and family through swimming and barbecuing, but it’s also a time when many personal injuries occur. To help you and your family stay safe this summer, here are some tips on how to avoid four common summer injuries: Barbecue burn injuries: U.S. fire departments respond …
Whole Foods Recalls Cheese Because of Food Poisoning
If you recently bought the Crave Brothers Les Frères cheese from Whole Foods, do not consume it, and contact a Whole Foods store as soon as possible. Whole Foods recalled the Crave Brothers cheese brand because it is linked to a multi-state Listeria outbreak that has sickened at least five people, killed one person and caused a miscarriage. Listeria monocytogenes …
Why Hands-Free Technology Still Leads to Car Accidents
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates that 3,331 people were killed in crashes involving distracted drivers in 2011, and an estimated 387,000 more were injured. Many car companies have now created hands-free technology in cars so drivers can still use their cell phones without being distracted. But a recent study by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety showed that …
Recent Case of Food Poisoning from Iguana Joe’s
At least 20 people received food poisoning and some were hospitalized because of a salmonella outbreak at Iguana Joe’s in Atascocita, TX. The salmonella outbreak lead to the restaurant closing. Harris County public health officials say they closed the restaurant because it failed to address repeated food safety violations, which resulted in food poisoning. Over the last two months, the …
How Firework-Related Injuries Occur
You might have enjoyed some fireworks this 4th of July, but each year around 10,000 people are treated in the emergency room because of fireworks related injuries. Fireworks injuries can occur to anyone, but usually the victims are children ages 5-19 and adults ages 25-55. Here are some of the typical ways burn injuries related to fireworks occur: Using non-consumer …
Top 3 Designated Driver Apps
In 2011, there were 1,213 drunk driving fatalities in Texas, which is one of the highest amount of drunk driving fatalities in the nation. During holidays like the 4th of July, Texas drunk driving accidents are usually more likely to occur than at other times. To help you find designated drivers this holiday weekend, here are some designated driver smartphone …
