A recent Wired article reported on the findings of a study published in The Official Journal of the American Academy of Neurology. The study set out to look at acute plasma tau in relation to prolonged return to play after a concussion. Gill and her colleagues found that elevated plasma tau concentration within six hours […]
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Frightening Loser Pay Rule in Idaho
The legal community in Idaho is deeply concerned about a potentially dangerous change to their civil court system. The Idaho Supreme Court is on track to implement a “loser pay” system. This means that if you lose a court case, you would have to pay for the other side’s attorney fees. This nearly unprecedented stance […]
Legal Tools to Improve Health and Wellness
The importance of law as a tool for improving health and wellbeing across the nation and across the world has been brought into the limelight by a recent report, Advancing the Right to Health: The Vital Role of Law, published by the World Health Organization (WHO), the International Development Law Organization, the University of Sydney, […]
What Is the Process of a Plane Crash Investigation?
In the last 10 years, there have been only two fatal commercial plane crashes in the U.S.: Colgan Air’s 2009 flight from Newark to Buffalo, N.Y. and Asiana Airlines’ 2013 crash at San Francisco International Airport. Still, after a major crash, the nation waits for additional information, hoping to find out the cause of the […]
The Role of Drivers’ Ed in Preventing Teen Accidents
Do you know what is the “leading cause of death for U.S. teens”? Car crashes. It’s disturbing to think that, as a country, we lose more teenagers to car crashes, most of which are entirely preventable. What can be done to reverse this trend? One popular measure that is required of California teens who want […]
