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Several years ago I stopped calling aviation disasters “airplane accidents.” There are airplane crashes, collisions, or disasters, but not “accidents;” nor are there incidents or mishaps.

DVT is a serious medical condition that does not discriminate, but instead can inflict all walks of life. On average, one person dies every six minutes from a blood clot and fewer than one in four people recognize any symptoms.

The FDA’s disregard of safety issues has made it appear as an arm of the pharmaceutical and medical device industry than governmental agency. These practices may have allowed dangerous medical devices and prescription drugs to enter the marketplace.

BP might finally, six years after the Deepwater Horizon disaster, be changing its tune. I think 2016 will be a better year for many people, especially Gulf Coast business owners who are still suffering from the 2010 oil spill.

The current poster child for greed in health care just might be 32-year-old Martin Shkreli, a now former pharmaceutical CEO, who created a public outcry in September when he raised the price of Daraprim more than 55 times.

Okay, let’s face it, drones are fun. That is why more than a million Americans are expected to receive or buy a drone this holiday season. They were not built in Santa’s workshop so it is important to remember that drones are not toys but aircraft.

E-cigs have seen an increase in popularity in recent years, and are often marketed as a “safer” alternative to cigarettes. However, in public health circles, scientists and physicians have already questioned the safety of e-cigarettes.

Whenever ruthless acts of terrorism occur like those that rocked the world last week in Paris and Beirut, as civilized persons, we mourn for those injured and murdered and for all those who lost loved ones.

Get ready – the busiest travel day of the year is coming and there are new FAA rules and recommendations which airlines are expected to implement (and it’s about time).

Owners are understandably demanding answers as to what is next and what their options are against VW for this massive fraud at the consumers’ expense.