Facts about "Roadkill", how safe are our roads?

1. 43,000 people killed in motor vehicle accidents in 2005
2. 2.7 million people injured in car crashes in 2005
3. half of passenger vehicle occupants killed were unrestrained.
4. 6,964 fatal crashes involved young drivers
5. 472 children under age of 4 died in car crashes in 2005
6. 6.2 million crashes cost an estimated $230 billion in porperty, productivity and medical bills in 2005.

Point: Wear seatbelts, do not drink and drive, be cautious of other drivers, make sure car has airbags and safety features up to date standards.

New Passport Requirements

Effective January 2007, passports are now required for all travel to or from Canada, Mexico, Central and South America, the Caribbean and Bermuda.

To obtain a passport, visit a passport acceptance facility with 2 photographs of yourself, proof of US citizenship, and a valid drivers license.

Photographs and applications can also be found through any local AAA branch office.

4 facts about protecting your home

Four important facts:
1. 75% of all presidentially declared disasters in US are flood related
2. 1 of 4 flood insurance claims are filed by homeowners in low to moderate risk areas
3. flooding is most common widespread of all natural disasters
4. homeowners insurance does not pay for damage caused by rising water

Parenting Blog at Sunsentinel

A new blog has been created for sharing stories about raising children of all ages.

You may visit it at http://www.sun-sentinel.com/transparent

Grandparents: Are your grandchildren going to Summer Camp?

Summer camp season is approaching and as a parent and physician, we are getting our children ready to go away for a few weeks to sleep away camp. I have created a free service for parents with children going to summer camp with medical problems, conditions, medications and allergies. It is a free service and allows parents to easily set up a record of their child's medications, allergies or problems..so that if, while at camp, they were to get sick, this information would either be immediately accessible by camp nurses via the internet or the child can carry it with them in their wallet.In a true emergency this information would be invaluable, particulary with the number of increasing medical errors, medication cross reactions and inadvertent allergic medical reactions. Having information at your fingertips for your child and his camp nurses, is critically important. All parents in this situation should take advantage of this preventive free service at http://www.CampMedic.com