News tagged with car crashes


Passenger car drivers are more likely to die in crashes with SUVs, regardless of crash ratings

Most consumers who are shopping for a new car depend on good crash safety ratings as an indicator of how well the car will perform in a crash. But a new University at Buffalo study of crashes involving cars ...

Health created May 14, 2013 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Emergency departments not doing enough to educate parents about car seat safety

Each year, more than 130,000 children younger than 13 are treated in U.S. emergency departments after motor-vehicle crash-related injuries.

Pediatrics created Mar 05, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Man walks again after surgery to reverse muscle paralysis

After four years of confinement to a wheelchair, Rick Constantine, 58, is now walking again after undergoing an unconventional surgery at University of California, San Diego Heath System to restore the use of his leg. Neurosurgeon ...

Surgery created Feb 28, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

What heals traumatized kids? Answers are lacking

Shootings and other traumatic events involving children are not rare events, but there's a startling lack of scientific evidence on the best ways to help young survivors and witnesses heal, a government-funded ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Feb 11, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Shifting the safety balance for overnight workers

An international team of sleep researchers has developed the world's first screening tool to help reduce workplace accidents and illnesses, including cardiovascular disease and cancer, caused by shift work.

Health created Dec 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Judge orders tobacco companies to say they lied

(AP)—A federal judge on Tuesday ordered tobacco companies to publish corrective statements that say they lied about the dangers of smoking and that disclose smoking's health effects, including the death on average of 1,200 ...

Health created Nov 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 3

New research suggests standardized booster seat laws could save lives of children

A new study by researchers in Boston Children's Hospital's Division of Emergency Medicine indicates that a nationwide standard on booster seat laws for children 4 feet 9 inches and shorter, or up to 8 years old, would save ...

Pediatrics created Nov 05, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Every third child incorrectly restrained in cars, says European study

Car accidents are the main cause of serious injury and death among children in Norway. A new study from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health shows that 37 per cent of all children under 16 years are ...

Health created Oct 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Medical screening for older drivers is misguided, argues senior doctor

Medical screening of older drivers is misguided and typifies a "worrying lack of due diligence" by the medical profession, warns a senior doctor in BMJ today.

Health created Sep 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Suicide now kills more Americans than car crashes: study

(HealthDay)—More Americans now commit suicide than die in car crashes, making suicide the leading cause of injury deaths, according to a new study.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Sep 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Few kids use recommended safety restraints in cars

Despite the fact that car crashes are the leading cause of death for children older than three years in the U.S. and send more than 140,000 children to the emergency room each year, new research has found that low proportions ...

Health created Aug 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

LINDSAY: The future of medical education

Researchers at the University of Calgary have created a new, interactive tool that will change the way medical education is taught.

Other created Jul 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Young women at growing risk of drunk-driving crashes

Underage female drinkers have been at a growing risk of fatal car crashes in recent years -- so much that they've caught up with their male counterparts, according to a study in the May issue of the Journal of Studies on ...

Addiction created Apr 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

What to consider when teens with autism want to drive?

In the first study to investigate driving as it relates to teens with a high-functioning autism disorder (HFASD), child development and teen driving experts at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia's Center for Child Injury ...

Autism spectrum disorders created Jan 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Arizona coma patient now speaking, walking

(AP) -- It will be a special Christmas for the family of a 21-year-old University of Arizona student who was nearly taken off life support but is now recovering after waking up from a coma.

Other created Dec 23, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1