Oklahoma drivers with vehicles manufactured by General Motors may want to find out if theirs is one that was recalled for a faulty ignition. A number of people who were convicted of charges such as vehicular homicide following accidents while driving these vehicles...
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Delayed injuries from car accidents
Oklahoma residents who have been unfortunate enough to have been involved in a car accident may not necessarily manifest all the symptoms of their injury at once. The adrenaline and confusion of the accident have the potential to mask a person's awareness of very...
Facts regarding vehicular accidents involving large trucks
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, about 950 vehicles were involved in a fatal collision in Oklahoma during 2012. Of those crashes that occurred, 13 percent of them, or 124, involved large trucks. This statistic represents 3.3 percent of...
Link found between TBI and ADHD
Many people in Oklahoma are diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries, or TBIs, due to a fall, playing sports or being injured in motor vehicle accidents. A new study has found that people with TBIs are also much more likely to be diagnosed with attention-deficit...
Drowsy driving could be as risky as driving drunk
Long stretches of lonely highway in Oklahoma make it easy for a driver to get tired. Certain risk factors enhance the chance of someone falling asleep behind the wheel, and drivers who lose awareness of the road pose similar accident risks as those who have been...
Former university football player files lawsuit for concussions
Oklahoma football fans may be interested to learn that, on Aug. 13, it was announced that a former safety who played for the University of California, Berkeley, has sued the school. The former player, who was active between 2004 and 2008, claimed that the school did...
Brain injury outcomes may become easier to forecast
Residents of Oklahoma may have heard about a new blood test that may predict the extent of a brain injury and the time needed for recuperation. Currently, brain trauma is diagnosed in the emergency room through CT scans or the victim's symptoms that may result in a...
Possible tools to aid in investigation of surgical errors
As concern over surgical errors and fear that hospitals and medical personnel are not disclosing the errors that occur continues to grow, there are a few tools being considered as a way to have a record of what goes on during a surgery, including tracking the actions...
More mothers dying during pregnancy and childbirth in U.S.
Childbirth-related deaths have been rising in Oklahoma and across the United States for the past 25 years. Meanwhile, maternal deaths have been falling in much of the rest of the world. In fact, the U.S. was one of only eight other countries, including South Sudan and...
The prevalence of misdiagnosis in Oklahoma
Although Oklahoma patients expect their doctors to be able to diagnose their conditions, there are situations when one is elusive. Despite batteries of tests and multiple appointments, medical professionals don't always have the answer. Among the hardest conditions to...
