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(Medical Xpress)—Bunk beds and baby change tables are among the hidden dangers around the home causing serious injury and death to Queensland children. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-thump-hidden-dangers-home.html Health Tue, 26 Mar 2013 08:40:02 EST news283504435 One in five people ski having consumed alcohol, and 29 percent of these hurtle down the piste over the legal limit for driving, an Austrian survey showed Thursday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-study-sounds-warning-on-drinking.html Health Thu, 21 Mar 2013 11:10:01 EST news283082445 (AP)—The World Health Organization says only 7 percent of the world's population lives in nations where there are adequate road safety laws. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-world-lags-road-safety-laws.html Health Thu, 14 Mar 2013 11:23:27 EST news282479000 An independent panel of experts, including an academic from Queen Mary, University of London, which was tasked by the government to make recommendations regarding drugs and driving, has published its report. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-expert-panel-drugs.html Medications Fri, 08 Mar 2013 08:50:02 EST news281953132 (Medical Xpress)—Rapid growth of large cities throughout the world is having enormous impact on traffic safety in urban areas, say researchers at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-road-safety-megacities-bikers-pedestrians.html Health Thu, 07 Feb 2013 06:50:01 EST news279441598 Attitudes to speed and risk-taking on the road develop at the learner driver stage and predict those who will go on to be potentially dangerous drivers once fully licensed, indicates research published online in Injury Prevention. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-attitudes-learner-drivers-unsafe.html Health Wed, 23 Jan 2013 18:30:01 EST news278184093 Alcohol abuse is responsible for around a quarter of the 30,000 people who die in road accidents across the European Union every year, the bloc's drugs agency said in a report published on Friday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-alcohol-quarter-europe-road-deaths.html Health Sat, 15 Dec 2012 05:10:01 EST news274769150 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 At a time when childhood obesity rates are on the rise, Deakin University research has found that parents prefer to play chauffeur than let their children walk or ride to school or around the local neighbourhood. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-children-neighbourhoods-seat-car.html Overweight and Obesity Tue, 23 Oct 2012 08:00:01 EST news270197670 (Medical Xpress)—Nodding off at the wheel could be easier than you think. All participants in a QUT study showed extreme levels of sleepiness 40 minutes into a simulated driving test after waking early that day. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-sleepy-wheel-dangerous-microsleep.html Health Wed, 10 Oct 2012 09:06:01 EST news269078753 (Medical Xpress)—The combined effect of making helmets compulsory for riders and providing cycleways and other infrastructure has reduced by about half the serious head-injuries associated with cycling in NSW over the past two decades. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-combination-compulsory-helmets-cycleways-halve.html Health Wed, 03 Oct 2012 07:40:02 EST news268468125 (Medical Xpress) -- Road traffic crashes kill more than 1.2 million people each year, with 90 percent of those fatalities occurring in low- and middle-income countries. Yet despite a growing body of data to support effective and proven interventions, proportional funding for implementation in developing countries has not been forthcoming, leaving a gap between evidence and action. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-global-road-safety.html Health Wed, 06 Jun 2012 05:50:01 EST news258179838 Introducing graduated drivers' licenses for seniors in Canada might help improve road safety, states an editorial in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-drivers-seniors.html Health Mon, 02 Apr 2012 12:00:01 EST news252584951 (Medical Xpress) -- A Queensland University of Technology (QUT) evaluation of the recent changes to car child restraint laws has found almost a quarter of children up to seven years of age weren't wearing the right type of restraint for their age. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-parents-kids-booster-seats-early.html Health Thu, 03 Nov 2011 08:35:36 EST news239528114 Bicycle-related head injuries fell significantly in the months after mandatory helmet legislation came into effect in NSW, and recent calls for a repeal of the laws should be rejected, new research based on hospital admissions data shows. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-impact-compulsory-helmet-legislation-cyclist.html Health Wed, 22 Jun 2011 09:46:28 EST news227954772 Young adults who take risks when driving are more likely to experience psychological distress, including mental health problems such as anxiety and depression, reveals research published ahead of print in Injury Prevention. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-young-drivers-road-greater-mental.html Health Mon, 16 May 2011 19:02:53 EST news224791346