Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, or EDS, is actually a group of genetic disorders that cause problems with your connective tissues. That's a big deal because connective tissues are a major part of the support for your skin, joints, muscles, bones and internal organs.
Can you get Social Security Disability benefits for EDS?
How you can help prevent overmedication of loved ones
Decades ago, it was all too common for nursing homes to give their patients sedatives and anti-psychotic drugs to calm them down or get them to go to sleep. In the days before very much was known about Alzheimer's disease and other types of dementia, these patients were given medications that are now known to have serious and potentially fatal consequences to people with these conditions.
New requirements are designed to lessen drugged truck driving
With the start of the new year, the minimum required random drug testing rate for commercial truck drivers is doubling. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) now requires a 50% rate of tests for controlled substances each year -- double the previous rate of 25%. The minimum required rate for random alcohol testing is still just 10%.
Pedestrian killed in Louisville on New Year's Eve
New Year's Eve 2019 was recently celebrated throughout the world -- but the family of a Richmond woman spent the first day of the new year in mourning. The 27-year-old woman apparently exited a sports utility vehicle after an argument with its driver and was immediately struck and killed by a passing vehicle on Interstate 64.
