Harness driver from Jersey City critically injured in racetrack accident

Harness race drivers are subject to workers' compensation coverage in NJ. Today's post is shared from philly.com Members of the harness racing industry across the country are rallying to support a harness driver from Jersey City, who was critically injured at a Philadelphia racetrack  on Nov. 17. Anthony Coletta, 31, was critically injured after he was trampled by a horse during a  four-horse accident at Harrah’s Philadelphia racetrack in Chester, Penn., according to Harnesslink.com. Philly.com reported the accident occurred during the night's 11th race just short of two minutes into it. The accident was recorded on video, and, according to Philly.com,  it shows one horse appearing to stumble to the ground as a second horse rams it from behind, causing Coletta to flip several feet into the air and onto the track, as a horse comes up behind him. Other horses collided. Coletta was taken to a local medical facility and then flow by Medivac helicopter to the Hospital at the University of Pennsylvania where he underwent surgery for brain trauma and multiple fractures, reported Harnesslink.com. It was reported as of the next morning Coletta was breathing on his own, the website reported. Horsemen throughout the country have been organizing fundraising events and others are donating portions of their winnings to help pay for Coletta’s hospital expenses, it was reported. The efforts are all being coordinated by one of Coletta’s best...

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What Does Cancer Smell Like?

Nanotechnology is giving rise to concern for the safety of workers. The lack of regulation, statutes, Iand safety precautions result in deciduous and latent exposures. Today's post was shared by The New York Times and comes from www.nytimes.com

On a lab bench in Philadelphia sits a tiny box lined with nearly invisible nanotubes and gold. A clear plastic pipe runs through it, and a thicket of pins, each sprouting a red or blue wire, protrudes from its end. As air from the pipe wafts over the nanotubes, electrical signals surge out of the box along the wire threads. The whole apparatus is situated near a vial of blood, “sniffing” the air above it through the pipe. The box, an electronic nose, is a key part of a theory being explored by George Preti, an organic chemist at the Monell Chemical Senses Center, and an interdisciplinary team that includes physicists and veterinarians at the University of Pennsylvania. Preti is an expert on human odors, having studied them for more than 40 years. He has sniffed — both with machines and with his nose — breath, sweat and other secretions in search of answers about why we smell the way we do. This latest project seeks to answer a question others might have never thought to ask: Does ovarian cancer have a smell? In modern cancer medicine, doctors tend to rely on advanced imaging techniques and the detection of lumps. The widely acknowledged problem with these methods, though, is that by the time doctors have reason to order a scan or feel something, it’s often too late. Ovarian cancer has usually spread to other organs by the time it’s detected. If it is caught early — which happens only 15 percent of the time, often by accident when...

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Short Sleepers Most Likely to Be Drowsy Drivers

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Federal data suggests that 15 to 33 percent of fatal automobile crashes are caused by drowsy drivers, but very little research has addressed what factors play a role in operating a vehicle in this impaired state. New research from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania is revealing that short sleepers, those who sleep less than six hours per night on average, are the most likely to experience drowsy driving, even when they feel completely rested. The study is published in the October issue of the journal Accident Analysis and Prevention. “Falling asleep at the wheel is a major cause of road accidents. It might even be more of a problem than drunk driving, since it is responsible for more serious crashes per year,” said corresponding study author Michael Grandner, PhD, instructor in Psychiatry and member of the Center for Sleep and Circadian Neurobiology. “We already know that people who are sleep deprived in the laboratory have impaired driving performance, but we haven’t been able to better define what sleep profiles and patterns put drivers in the general population at the highest risk.” Previous research on drowsy driving has utilized results from laboratory experiments, but the new study, utilizing data from the CDC’s 2009 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), evaluated individuals in the general population. BRFSS is an annual, state-based, random digit-dialed telephone interview survey of...

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