Today is the Great American Smokeout Today is the Great American Smokeout, a day where you can quit smoking or make a plan to quit smoking. The Great American Smokeout started in 1970 when Arthur P Mullaney asked people to give up smoking for a day and donate the money that would have been spent […]
Small Particulate Pollution Around the United States Needs to Improve
Small Particulate Pollution Around the United States Needs to Improve Many areas around the United States have much higher levels of dangerous substances in the air than is recommended. According to the World Health Organization, there are four million premature deaths around the world from air pollutants every year, which makes it one of the […]
A Vaccine Can Help People with Addiction to Opioids
A Vaccine Can Help People with Addiction to Opioids A new opioid vaccine is being tested to prevent overdoses. The trial is being held at the Valegos College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University. All participants are housed either at Columbia or another clinic because they are given nonlethal doses of opioids like heroin […]
GPW is Representing a Bobsled Athlete Suffering from Brain Injuries
GPW is Representing a Bobsled Athlete Suffering from Brain Injuries Goldberg, Persky and White, P.C. is representing a bobsledder who claims his bobsledding lead to brain injuries and the bobsledding governing body failed to warn him and others the sport can cause brain injuries. The lawsuit was filed in California and accuses U.S.A. Bobsled and […]
Mesothelioma Awareness Day 2021
Mesothelioma Awareness Day 2021 This upcoming Sunday is Mesothelioma Awareness Day. This is a day to recognize the incurable cancer of the mesothelium, which is a membrane that surrounds organs including the lungs, abdomen, heart, and testicles. Pleural mesothelioma (lungs) is the most common form, followed by peritoneal (abdomen), pericardial (heart), and testicular (testicles). The […]
People are Still Suffering 20 Years After 9/11
People are Still Suffering 20 Years After 9/11 Twenty years after 9/11, people are still suffering because of the terrorist attack on the country. Many people think about those we lost that day, but many people have also been lost because of the health impacts of walking through the wreckage. Hundreds of thousands of tons […]
Guardian Caps Can Help Reduce Head Impacts
Guardian Caps Can Help Reduce Head Impacts Football teams in the NFL are looking to reduce the harmful side effects of head impacts by using a soft-shelled helmet cover called the Guardian Cap. The league partnered with the NFLPA to test the helmet caps. Biomechanics Consulting and Research is testing the product under the supervision […]
Revitalizing Steel Mills to Create Clean Energy Components
Revitalizing Steel Mills to Create Clean Energy Components Driving around Pittsburgh you can see remnants of the once booming steel town it once was. While there is still evidence of the massive steel presence in Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh has become a massive medical and technology hub with less focus on manufacturing. The problem now is that […]
Synchronized Swimming Can Lead to Concussions
Synchronized Swimming Can Lead to Concussions While watching sports during the Olympics, it can be easy to think athletes performing them are not risking their health, especially for synchronized swimming, now known as artistic swimming. As beautiful as the routines can be, they are also dangerous and can lead to concussions. Up to eight athletes […]
Philips CPAP and BiPAP Machines Have Been Recalled
Philips CPAP and BiPAP Machines Have Been Recalled Certain Philips Respironics, BiPAP, and CPAP machines have been recalled. The sound dampening foam that is made from polyester based polyurethane can break down and enter the devices’ air pathway. Either black debris or chemicals released in the air can be inhaled or swallowed by the user. […]