Commonsense safety is easily overlooked as an integral part of a
personal wellness program. A person may exercise extreme caution
about diet, yet be quite lax in attending to accident
prevention. Most accidents — both in the home and on the road —
are easily preventable. No training is needed to put on a seat
belt in the car or to buckle up young children in a car seat,
but these simple gestures can save lives and dramatically
decrease the chances of severe injury. It only takes a minute to
ask your doctor or pharmacist to check your prescription and
over-the-counter medications for possible adverse drug
interactions. Over half of all prescriptions dispensed annually
are taken incorrectly, and drug errors account for increasing
numbers of deaths in hospitals and nursing homes. You already
know many ways to prevent accidents, since most of it is basic
good sense. Yet the complications and pressures of modern life
may cause you to put these safety precautions low on your list
of priorities. The memory jogger be