Believe it or not, the sale of candles in the United States is a $2 billion a year industry, and 70% of families say that they burn candles at least once a week. However, with all of those candles comes something else: fires. According to recent data, the number of fires caused by candles has more than doubled in the past 10 years...

Hundreds of motorists die in construction and maintenance zones annually. Most crashes are rear end collisions. A few tips can make construction zones safer for everyone...

Any time a person is prescribed one or more drugs, there is a danger that the patient will suffer what is called an adverse drug event, that is, some injury resulting from the use of the drug. However, according to a study published in the American Journal of Medicine this year, nursing home residents are especially susceptible to adverse drug events, and they suffer almost 2 million such events each year, about 86,000 of which are life threatening. Most disturbingly, the authors of the study estimate that 70% of these adverse drug events are preventable...