Another Texas aviation accident has officials looking for a cause

When a car crashes on a Texas highway, the cause of the accident is usually readily apparent. The driver says he or she was going too fast for the weather conditions, or an animal darted across the highway in the path of the vehicle. The immediate aftermath of a plane crash or h...

Physical, psychological factors make burn injuries hard to treat

If you are involved in a car accident that results in severe burns, the burn injuries themselves – manifested in skin and other tissue damage – are serious in themselves. But what can make a burn injury even more difficult to treat are the additional medical and psychologica...

Texas doctor believes poor vision could lead to pilot error

Each and every day, Mesquite optometrists see patients whose vision is declining. Whether it is caused by the aging process or by disease or injury, failing eyesight that can be corrected with glasses is normally not a life-changing event. An optometrist in Texas now reports that...

Product recalls are not limited to automobiles

2014 was a bad year for several car manufacturers, which had to issue recalls of vehicles for a variety of safety-related problems. Indeed, most of the time the term "recall" is associated with defective car parts such as faulty ignitions or airbags that do not inflate properly. ...