Vision problem, drowsiness, fatigue may be as dangerous as drunk driving and bad road conditions.

 If you are drowsy or having fatigue, it is better not to drive. These two hazard may be deadly for you and your family.

A recent survey revealed the following complains from the respondents

38 percent - eyestrain

34 percent - dry or tired eyes

25 percent - fatigue, and

18 percent - inability to focus while driving at night

The danger of night driving has been confirmed by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the National Safety Council, both citing that fatality rate is three times higher at night.

In the U.S. almost 11 million people are having uncorrected vision problems. This may lead to accidents as it reduces the driver’s ability to drive safely. Three things, our depth perception, peripheral vision and focusing skills, help us in driving. A healthy vision is necessary to get all the three factors right and to drive safely.

Another survey has revealed some shocking news. The 2009 Sleep in America poll found that among drivers who work 30 hours per week or more

64 percent felt drowsy while driving in the past year

36 percent actually fallen asleep while at the wheel

Sleepiness can affect your vision, decrease awareness, creates slow reaction time and so increases chances of crashing. So many people, specially those with untreated sleep disorders, men, young people, commercial drivers, shift workers are at risk of sleep-related crashes.

Regular eye exams and wearing anti-reflective (AR) lenses can help in reducing crashes but drowsiness is something the driver has to deal with himself.

 Fight back when your health insurers say noIn the United States, private companies manage half of the medical expenditure on the non-Medicare population. They are making hefty profits out of their business. But due to some causes, which may well be hidden and arbitrary, they may deny the health cover and health care.

There was a denial to a 17-year old girl who died before insurers approve her liver transplantation, insurers cancelled policies of people in California after they got sick. Such instances are available all over the country. According to estimates, 10 to 15 percent claims are denied by […] Continue Reading…

One third of the schools are neighbor to busy roads.Unhealthy proximity may be dangerous to the children and so the planners will have to look into it.

 Your children may be in danger. As more than 30 percent of the U.S. public schools stands to be in the “air pollution danger zone” as because of heir location near to major highways, your children may face several problems caused by polluted air.

Such polluted air may cause respiratory diseases or can increase the susceptibility to such diseases later in their lives. 

Researchers checked schools in Atlanta, Boston, Cincinnati, Denver, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Memphis, […] Continue Reading…

If anyone in your family or relatives has a condition called venous thromboembolism, then there is a good news for her. According to a recent study some women may be able to stop using blood-thinning drugs for this condition. But this is not a news for the men to be happy as the research found the benefits for women only.In the condition called venous thromboembolism, the patient has to take a clot-preventing drug all the time. A common clot-preventing drug is warfarin (Coumadin).

In the recent study, the researcher have found that a set of traits in women can help […] Continue Reading…

If you believe a recent report, then uninsured people get lesser health care than those who are insured and while getting the little treatment, uninsured spend lots of money.Almost $30 billion is the amount that uninsured Americans will spend from their pocket. They will also receive $56 billion in uncompensated care in the year 2008. The word uncompensated care means health care received which is neither paid for by the uninsured or health insurers.

The report took into account two types of people-insured and uninsured and looked at medical spending among these to types of people.

Some findings -

- uninsured people […] Continue Reading…