Whether these are caused as a result of car accidents or osteoporosis, back injuries are some of the worst injuries that a person can suffer, and also some of the most common ones. These are also some of the most hard-to-treat conditions.

Soon, your doctor could add a new question to those “do you smoke or drink” types at every examination. One doctor is calling for physicians to get more involved in anti-distracted driving efforts by asking their patients if they use cell phones or text while driving.

A pediatrician at the University of Washington has found that if a child in a family suffers injuries, it actually increases the possibility that other children in the same family will also suffer injuries over the next few weeks.

Given a chance between sharing the road with an elderly driver or a teen motorist, which one would you, or should you, choose?