OVERVIEW Heart diseases and cancer have occupied the first and second places as the main causes of mortality in the United States for more than a decade. Together, the two factors account for 46% of deaths in the United States. The three diseases, when combined with the third most prevalent cause of mortality, chronic lower respiratory diseases, account for half of all deaths in the United States. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been collecting and analyzing death cau...

When an accident occurs, liability shifts not just to the wrongdoer but on many other parties. There are also some moral compulsions which require you to intervene in case of an accident if you are not a doctor or health care specialist. At the accident site, there is a lot that happens. Some people will make panic, bystanders who will make photos and videos, police which mostly delays the transport of victim, and doctors who might not get themselves involved in unnecessary litigation. All of th...