Stricter laws on blood alcohol concentration (BAC) limits while driving might have an unintended consequence on hit-and-run fatalities, according to a study from researchers at Florida Atlantic University and the University ...
Mar 8, 2024
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Most of America "springs forward" Sunday for daylight saving time and losing that hour of sleep can do more than leave you tired and cranky the next day. It also could harm your health.
Mar 8, 2024
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Multiple system atrophy is a rare and fatal neurodegenerative disease, where insoluble inclusions of the protein alpha-synuclein appear in oligodendrocyte cells of the brain. The resulting pathogenesis features neuroinflammation, ...
Feb 12, 2024
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The proportion of child passengers who died in crashes involving an alcohol-impaired driver has remained unchanged in the last decade, according to research published online Feb. 6 in Pediatrics.
Feb 7, 2024
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Doctors Without Borders announced Wednesday that it had begun a mass vaccination campaign against hepatitis E in South Sudan, where an outbreak of the deadly disease is threatening pregnant women in particular.
Jan 31, 2024
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New research shows there is a stark contrast between fatality rates in younger and older cyclists in Australia.
Jan 15, 2024
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Zambia stepped up a campaign to halt a surge in cholera cases Thursday as the number of deaths this year crept toward 100.
Dec 28, 2023
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Drawing on data on motor vehicle crashes in Japan between 2016 and 2020, researchers at the University of Tsukuba examined the risk of at-fault motor vehicle crashes among older adult drivers. They found that the risk of ...
Oct 17, 2023
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America's kids are safer now than a decade ago when it comes to many types of injury, with two glaring exceptions: drugs and guns.
Oct 7, 2023
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Pediatric case fatality rates have increased over the past decade, driven by a reduction in nonfatal injuries and increasing fatal injuries, according to a research brief published online Oct. 5 in Pediatrics.
Oct 5, 2023
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