Blog Posts in June, 2011
Posted on Jun 30, 2011 By Berglund & Johnson
On April 2, 2011, a 3-year-old boy died of head injuries from a roller coaster in Illinois. He managed to get underneath the safety bar and slip out of the ride while it was in motion. What steps can ...
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Posted on Jun 28, 2011 By Berglund & Johnson
With summer finally here, children are beginning to play in their neighborhood streets and driveways, which increases the risk children face with frontover and backover accidents. In 2010, there were ...
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Posted on Jun 27, 2011 By Berglund & Johnson
Imagine that you are on vacation, and you decide to grab a drink at the hotel pool and settle in the hot tub. You do this several times throughout your stay and begin to start feeling weak. It gets ...
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Posted on Jun 21, 2011 By Berglund & Johnson
We always refer to incidents as "accidents" when, in actuality, most "accidents" are anything but. With a little care, they could have been prevented. So, what are you doing to ...
Continue reading "Is Your House Safe or an "Accident" Waiting to Happen?" »
Posted on Jun 15, 2011 By Berglund & Johnson
The topic of burns in the home is little discussed. However, if you ask any emergency room doctor, you will know how serious & prevalent scalding injuries are. It is important to protect yourself ...
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Posted on Jun 13, 2011 By Berglund & Johnson
Families around the country have been using dehumidifiers for years in their homes to make them more comfortable. These devices are used to draw excess humidity from the air. In addition to making the ...
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Posted on Jun 10, 2011 By Berglund & Johnson
This document fragment was dated July 1, 1850 by Abraham Lincoln's White House secretaries, John Nicolay and John Hay, who collected many of his manuscripts after his death. The note in the ...
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Posted on Jun 1, 2011 By Berglund & Johnson
A branch of the World Health Organization, The International Agency for Research on Cancer has officially linked cellphone usage with being "possibly carcinogenic." It only points out the ...
Continue reading "Brain Cancer linked with Cell Phones?" »