http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. The national Safe Routes to School (SRTS) program was funded by Congress in 2005 in an effort to create safe environments for American children to walk or bike to school. Has the program been effective? In New York City, most definitely, according to a new study conducted at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health that evaluated the program here. Researchers found that the annual rate of injury to school-age pedestrians ages 5-19 fell 44% during the peak times for walking to school, in neighborhoods where the program was implemented. Significantly, the injury rate did not drop in parts of the city where the SRTS safety program was not in place. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-federal-safe-routes-school-child.html Pediatrics Mon, 14 Jan 2013 00:20:01 EST news277298365 (Medical Xpress)—It appears that long, arduous hours in the hospital are causing more than stress and fatigue among doctors-in-training—they're crashing, or nearly crashing, their cars after work, according to new Mayo Clinic research. Nearly half of the roughly 300 Mayo Clinic residents polled during the course of their residencies reported nearly getting into a motor vehicle crash during their training, and about 11 percent were actually involved in a traffic accident. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-resident-fatigue-stress-trigger-motor.html Other Mon, 17 Dec 2012 11:03:58 EST news274964630 People whose minds wander whilst driving, especially when intense, are significantly more likely to be responsible for a crash and are threatening safety on the roads, warns a study in the Christmas issue published in the BMJ today. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-intense-mind-account-substantial-proportion.html Health Thu, 13 Dec 2012 18:30:05 EST news274642739 (HealthDay) -- The death rate from motor vehicle crashes in America's 50 largest cities is lower than the overall rate for the nation -- 8.2 deaths versus 11.1 deaths per 100,000 people, respectively, a new study finds. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-fatal-car-major-cities-cdc.html Health Thu, 19 Jul 2012 18:24:51 EST news261941082