Fiat Chrysler just announced a recall of 1.4 million vehicles in the US over an airbag defect linked to three deaths and five injuries. If you own a Chrysler Sebring, Dodge Caliber, Dodge Avenger, Jeep Compass or Jeep Patriot made between 2010 and 2014, your vehicle could have the defect. According …

A new idea for catching distracted drivers is causing a national controversy. The ‘textalyzer’, much like its cousin the breathalyzer, could be used to determine whether drivers were texting and driving at the time of an accident. Don’t be fooled by the name, because the textalyzer is not a device …

Samsung has issued a recall for 2.5 million Galaxy Note 7 Smartphones due to a defect in the phones’ lithium-ion battery. There have been more than 70 reports in the United States of Samsung Galaxy Note 7 batteries overheating. In one case, a Florida man left his Galaxy Note 7 charging in the front …

Trampoline parks have become increasingly popular in the last several years, including here in New Jersey. Parents should be aware that trampoline park injuries are causing a large increase in emergency room visits. Statistics gathered by researchers at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center (CCMC) …

Did you know that Takata’s defective airbag inflators are behind the largest auto recall in history? As of August 2016, more than 34 million vehicles have been recalled for using Takata airbags. These airbags explode with such force during a collision, that occupants are sprayed with high-speed …

Thousands of Americans at risk for blood clots have been implanted with inferior vena cava filters (IVC) filters. These cone-shaped devices are implanted into the inferior vena cava, the largest vein in the body, to break up blood clots before they can reach the heart or lungs. What many people may …

A study published in the journal American Pediatrics claims that between the years 1990 and 2010, 361,000 children five years old or younger were sent to the emergency room after being injured in stroller accidents. By 2010, 53 percent of babies and 42 percent of children injured in stroller …

Multiple lawsuits have been filed against Sanofi-Aventis, the pharmaceutical company behind the breast cancer drug Taxotere. According to the lawsuits, Sanofi-Aventis failed to warn patients they could permanently lose their hair by taking the chemotherapy drug. The lawsuits also claim …