Year: 2015

In 2012, six-year-old Emma Longstreet was killed when a drunk driver hit her on New Year’s Day. In the aftermath of the accident, the young girl’s parents fought tirelessly to change the legislation regarding the punishments and penalties for drunk…

Auto accidents are the leading cause of injury every year in the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports. One type of injury that is particularly devastating is an injury to the spine. Spinal injuries can be…

When you are involved in a car accident, thinking about all of the important steps that you need to take is probably the furthest thing from your mind. Instead, it is likely that you are nervous, panicked, and upset about…

You may think that you understand everything there is to know about what to do after a car accident. Unfortunately, most “facts” that people think they know about car accidents are actually false. Here are seven common myths about car accidents in…

Nurses play a central role in providing quality, compassionate healthcare to patients in a variety of medical settings. Doctor’s offices, hospitals, emergency medical clinics, nursing homes, and rehabilitation centers all depend on nurses as frontline providers. As registered nurses and…

Fall brings pumpkins, apples, sweaters, and for many families, sports like football, soccer and others. As kids’ fall sports swing into gear, it’s important to take steps to keep practices and games fun, safe and injury-free. While sports are a…

Many of South Carolina’s largest industries pose a risk to workers from asbestos exposure. People who work or worked in mining, power generation, textile, shipbuilding, and ship repair industries are among those most at risk for asbestos-related diseases, which have…

Companies like Uber, Lyft and TaskRabbit are examples of the so-called sharing economy, where technology matches people who need a service with people willing to work to perform the service. The technology company keeps a portion of the fee as…