San Francisco prosecutors charged Andrew Alan Vargas, 21, of Hayward Monday with felony counts of drunken driving and hit-and-run for an alleged rampage that critically wounded a 9-year-old boy visiting from suburban Philadelphia. Vargas was charged with two counts of drunken driving causing injury and one count of hit-and-run causing injury as well as an […]
Product defect testing researchers sentenced for fraud
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced this week that the final of four sentences handed down in federal court against the president of Tampa- based Youth Research, Inc., and its contractors. Youth Research’s president and two of the firm’s contractors were convicted of various federal offenses related to falsifying data in connection with […]
Teen paralyzed in 2010 killed in truck accident
Daniel “Danny” Cox a 19 year-old from Petaluma, CA who was paralyzed in a diving accident last year died in an auto accident on Hwy 101 south Sunday evening. The accident, happened just south of the Redwood Landfill and Recycling Center according to the California Highway Patrol. Danny Cox was identified yesterday by the Marin […]
FBI Releases Kid Safety iPhone App
According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, a child in the U.S. goes missing every 40 seconds. To help parents prepare for that ultimate nightmare, the FBI has released a free iPhone app called Child ID. Two features built into the Child ID app can help parents react quickly and accurately if their child suddenly […]
Light therapy may improve cognitive function after TBI
An at-home, daily application of light therapy via light-emitting diodes (LEDs) placed on the forehead and scalp led to improvements in cognitive function and post-traumatic stress disorder in patients with a traumatic brain injury (TBI), according to a groundbreaking study published in Photomedicine and Laser Surgery, a peer-reviewed journal published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. […]
