MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'dui'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:31:04 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3911676&cid=t_140964_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2F17-million-people-drove-drunk-last-year-um-thats-a-lot%2F photo: Thinkstock In a new report of the U.S. Department of Transportation, it’s estimated that there have been 17 million drunk drivers over the past year. That’s about 20% of the population ages 16 and over. And two-thirds of everyone who had driven drunk in the last year had done it in the past month. Holy crap, that’s a lot of drunk drivers! We hope that none of our dear readers are among the guilty, but how do you get a friend who’s had too much to drink surrender the car keys? via NPR Post from: BlissTree 17 Million People Drove Drunk Last Year: Um, That's a Lot. (Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3) Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3911676 Fri, 27 Aug 2010 13:00:22 +0100 3911676 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3891644&cid=t_140964_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2010%2F08%2Fnurse-susan-doherty-arrested-alleged-dui%2F Licencsed practical nurse Susan G. Doherty, a nurse at the Pinellas County jail, was arrested yesterday for suspicion of driving under the influence. (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3891644 Sun, 22 Aug 2010 18:54:20 +0100 3891644 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2078820&cid=t_140964_151_f&fid=35823&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FAddictionInbox%2F%7E3%2F502843236%2Fstates-unleash-new-ignition-lock-laws.html The brave new world of DUI enforcement.Starting this month, drivers convicted of driving while intoxicated in at least six new states will face a hi-tech hurdle to repeat offenses: ignition interlocks. After a high profile national campaign, Mothers Against Drunk Driving and other organizations convinced several state legislatures to pass laws mandating the dashboard installation of small ignition interlock device activated by a breathalyzer.“It’s amazingly inconvenient, “ David Malham of the Illinois MADD group told Associated Press. “But the flip side of the inconvenience is death.”Will high technology really help keep drunk drivers off the streets and highways? Malham, quoted in the Chicago Tribune, insisted that “it’s not about changing human nature, it’s about science ... Addiction Inbox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2078820 Sun, 04 Jan 2009 22:13:00 +0100 2078820 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1561376&cid=t_140964_117_f&fid=36026&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.healthtalk.com%2Fzimney%2Fcell-phones-and-driving-dont-go-together%2F Today new laws go into effect in Washington (where I live) and in California (the most populous state – a full 12 percent of Americans live there!) banning the use of hand-held cell phones while driving. Washington and California join Connecticut, D.C., New Jersey and New York in having such cell phone bans. While I welcome these new laws, I don’t think they go far enough because research has shown that it’s not the number of hands you have available for driving, but rather how much attention you’re paying to your driving that’s important in crash prevention. Yet no state bans all cell phone use while driving, and the ones noted above don’t prohibit hands-free phoning (a list of all the various state laws is provided by the Governors Highway Safety Association). Driver inattent... Dr. Z's Medical Report blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1561376 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:14:06 +0100 1561376 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=809592&cid=t_140964_87_f&fid=34867&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thediabetesblog.com%2F2007%2F08%2F20%2Fnot-all-hypos-lead-to-police-brutality%2F Filed under: Daily News, Opinion, ComplicationsWow. I'm floored. Not every diabetic experiencing hypoglycemia in a pubic place becomes a victim of police brutality. A Texas woman with diabetes was recently discovered in her car on the side of a road by a police deputy. She was incoherent, talking to herself. No, the deputy did not drag her in to the station for DUI. Constable's Deputy Russell Whitton, intelligent guy, realized something was up and used the lady's cell phone to call the most recently missed call. This put him in touch with a relative, and he was able to establish that the lady had been reported missing, is diabetic, and was about to go into shock. The deputy gave her LifeSavers to help raise her blood sugar and called for an ambulance. . In the course of blogging for TDB I'... The Diabetes Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=809592 Mon, 20 Aug 2007 04:00:00 +0100 809592