Many Albuquerque residents want to do their part to ease congestion on area roads and see bicycling as one way to do that while ensuring a greener future for coming generations. Safety, however, is always an issue when it comes to interactions between bicyclists and...
Americans are getting older as more baby boomers are reaching retirement. Right now, 12 percent of the United States' population is made up of older adults. However, by 2050 the number of older adults in the U.S. will officially outnumber the number of children in the...
Brain injuries occur every day in New Mexico and the rest of the country as a result of car accidents, truck accidents and motorcycle accidents, but also from recreational activities like organized sports.Researchers are only beginning to uncover the ways in which...
More than 20 years ago, an Albuquerque, New Mexico, man took his grandmother through a McDonald’s drive-through. The grandson then pulled into the restaurant’s parking lot so his grandmother could add cream to the cup of coffee she had purchased.When the...
Child safety seats are not only required by law, they also keep your precious cargo safe in the event of a automobile accident or another emergency. That is, if they work effectively. Graco, one of the biggest names in children's products, recently announced a major...
You may have noticed an increase in people riding long skateboards around the Albuquerque area in recent months. Known as “longboarding,” this mode of transportation has grown increasingly popular because of the area’s hills, ditches and empty...
Anyone who has ever been in a serious car accident knows how scary the seconds leading up to the crash can be. Many times, car accident victims know a crash is imminent seconds before it happens, but there is not enough time to stop it.New technology is being...
Nursing homes in New Mexico care for some of the state's most vulnerable residents. For that reason, families often worry if their loved ones are being treated right when they are in long-term care facilities.Families can be especially worried after hearing about all...
All too often, Albuquerque, New Mexico, residents are injured as a result of negligent drivers who consumed alcohol before getting behind the wheel of an automobile. While the legal limit to drive in the state of New Mexico is .08, a recent study shows that even...