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Epidemiology of Trauma According to the principles of medicine, trauma is a “disease” rather than an injury and, as such, is no different from malaria,…

Hit-and-run Bicycle Fatality A 40-year-old Rio Linda man was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver on Sunday, October 4, 2015, according to California Highway…

Traumatic Cardiac Contusions     Traumatic cardiac contusions can happen after blunt trauma at high velocities such as a motor vehicle accident in which the…

Beware of Shoulder Edge Drop Off I would like to warn you of the dangers of our highway shoulders. These highway shoulders are more commonly…

Diagnosis and Treatment of Facet Joint Injuries Facet Joint injuries are injuries to the small supporting joints in the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine.  They…

What to do after a car accident? You’re on the way to work, on a Monday morning, listening to the new KZAP station and suddenly,…

Whether we like it or not social media is here to stay. Social media has changed the landscape of human society in many ways.  It…

A recent  study looked at variations in the motor vehicle injuries and deaths in a car crash by body mass index (BMI) and vehicle type. …

  In nonfatal automobile accidents lower extremity injuries are common. Bumper stiffness, bumper profile height and spoiler stiffness have an impact on the lateral bending…

Traumatic Brain Injury and Melatonin It’s been well documented in medical journals that those who suffer brain injury often complain of sleep disturbances. True, loss…