Whenever a medical condition begins to make headlines a push seems to follow from the research community to try to find ways to deal with it. We saw it happen with polio. It happened again with AIDS, and most recently with the horrendous Ebola outbreak in West Africa. The good news is that very often, […]
Author Archives: Rush Gransee
Doing God’s work is a noble thing. Most who do it are motivated by rewards they don’t expect to receive in this life. But those who commit to entering the mission fields still have to make it through this life. If they happen to suffer a life-changing accident in the course of that work, they […]
The world has come a long way from where it was in the 1950s. If Ward and June Cleaver were to suddenly transport from then to the San Antonio of today, they would likely feel like complete aliens. Not having been witness to how society has changed would surely leave them stymied. There are those […]
The verdict is in from the National Transportation Safety Board about the cause of the deadly truck crash last year that killed one person and left actor-comedian Tracy Morgan critically injured. It’s a story we suspect many in Texas are aware of. Morgan and six others were riding in a limousine van in June 2014 […]
Risk management is a big deal in the health care world. Patient safety experts in San Antonio and the rest of the country spend a lot of time and energy identifying the various ways patients can wind up in worse shape than when they entered the hospital due to mistakes caused by negligent staff. The […]
There’s a word for old motor vehicles. They’re called rattletraps. It’s not clear who coined the word or when. One online source suggests that it dates back to 1766. What is apparent is that it has always referred to rickety old modes of transportation. Over the decades, enhancing motoring safety has been a significant area […]
There are a lot of possible injuries a person can suffer if they ride a motorcycle and are on the receiving end of a collision. At the light end of the spectrum are scuffs and bruises. A bit higher on the scale you are likely to see broken bones. The worst point on the spectrum […]
One of the most serious potential consequences of a baby suffering an injury during birth is cerebral palsy. This condition, commonly known as CP, actually refers to a range of disorders that are caused by abnormal brain development or brain damage, such as if the infant is deprived of oxygen during labor. The Centers for […]
September 26, 2014, proved to be a fateful day for the North Central Texas College women’s softball team. Four members of the team died that day in Oklahoma when a tractor-trailer truck sideswiped the bus they were riding in. The team was on its way home after playing a scrimmage game in Bethany, headed south […]
There’s a man in a Forth Worth hospital right now. His recovery from a significant brain injury is not going as well as his wife and likely doctors would like. He’s been in the intensive care unit for more than two weeks and at last word he remains in a coma. The incident has some […]