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Biking is one of the most efficient ways to get around in the city. It’s also one of the most dangerous, especially in areas of high traffic during the rush hour commute. At any given moment your bike could be rear-ended by a car or a bus or other type of vehicle. As unfortunate as it sounds, …

The argument that “everyone’s does it” does not come close to justify texting and driving. This is a very serious issue because texting and driving is very dangerous. In fact, statistics demonstrate that texting and driving is as likely to cause an accident as drinking and driving. Yet time and time again, drivers for some …

When it comes the insufferable task of shoveling your sidewalk in the winter, what can you do? You don’t have much of an option—it needs to be done. Otherwise, you can blow it off. Sure—but at best, you’ll get slapped with a fine and at worst, someone will slip, fall, break their leg and you’ll …

Imagine this: you’ve just been hit with a snowstorm and your knuckles are white as you’re driving home to a snowy Philly. No music on the radio. No distractions—just focus. The roads are already bad enough as it is. You’re just trying not to slip and slide into the other cars. You finally get there …

Besides the countless other pitfalls of allowing your children to watch too much TV, a recent study has once again illuminated the fact that fast food companies are directly marketing their unhealthy products to your children. Reuters (8/10, Norton) reports that when youngsters watch television, the majority of food advertisements are for fast foods, according …

Surprise, surprise, hot dogs aren’t good for you. USA Today /Indianapolis Star (7/26, Rudavsky, Berggoetz) reported, “The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, a Washington, DC group that promotes preventive medicine and a vegan diet, unveiled a billboard Monday near the Indianapolis Motor Speedway with the advisory: ‘Warning: Hot dogs can wreck your health.’” It “features …

USA Today (7/20, Hellmich) reports that calorie counts listed on restaurant menu items may not be accurate, according to a study published in the July 20 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. For the study, researchers collected “269 restaurant dishes from 42 popular fast-food and restaurants,” then “sent the dishes…to their laboratory …

If you didn’t know, smoking is dangerous. But you already knew that. Nevertheless, the dangers of smoking are set to become even more apparent this coming September, when the FDA will release nine new graphic warning labels which must, by law, appear on all packs, cartons and advertisements. According to American Medical News (7/4, Moyer) …

According to the Washington Post (5/30, Huget) “The Checkup” blog, a report published by the American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Nutrition and its Council on Sports Medicine and Fitness says that “sports drinks aren’t necessary for children and teenagers and are likely to contribute to obesity.” The report urges parents to “entirely avoid consumption …

If you want to get the “skinny” on tainted foods (ha, ha), you’ll want to check out the FDA’s new website on recalls. The Los Angeles Times (4/5, Zajac) reported that the website compiles food “recall notices in a searchable table. from 2009 on by date, product brand name, product description, the reason for the …