Both traumatic brain injury and Alzheimer’s disease are serious medical crises in Los Angeles and around the world. Since both cause neurological damage, some researchers have wondered if they share any similarities. A newly published study suggests that...
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Month: December 2013
Woman killed in car accident as she enters onramp
A possibly drunk driver in Tarzana rear-ended a car near a freeway onramp on Dec. 19, fatally injuring a Los Angeles woman in a chain-reaction accident. Police say the suspect driver was drinking beer following the car accident, and may have been drinking prior to the...
Driver flees deputies, causes 4 deaths in car accident
A driver trying to avoid getting pulled over by police in the Los Angeles area ended up causing deaths of herself and three others, police say. The driver is suspected of causing a fiery, violent car accident early in the morning of Dec. 14. Sheriff’s deputies...
Ex-players say NHL hid the facts, allowed them to develop TBIs
Sports fans in Los Angeles no doubt know that the National Football League recently settled a lawsuit brought by thousands of retired players over whether the league knew that multiple concussions could lead to serious brain injury later in life. Now, former...
NHTSA to launch new safety initiative geared toward older drivers
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced this week that it was embarking on a rather ambitious undertaking designed to help raise awareness and improve safety among a certain class of drivers currently found in rather large numbers on America's...
Chew on this: eating and driving creates risk of serious accident
Distracted driving takes many forms besides the common image of a person with one eye on the road and the other on his or her phone. Just about any secondary activity that a driver engages in affects the amount of attention you are paying to driving. Many chronic...

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