To Drive Or Not To Drive? New Criteria For Those With Epilepsy
...nd their physicians can assess chances ofhaving an auto accident due to seizures. The study, in...researchers say, may be more effective in reducing auto deathsthan the policies state motor vehicle administrations now use which, the studyalso found, a si...Database technology threatens liberty
...access to medical records; Allow life insurers, auto insurers, and even insurers providing travel cancellation insurance to view records; Allow insurance companies to routinely access patients' entire medicalrecords without patient consent; Allow unlimited subsequent disclosures of medical records....New plastic heals damaged nerves
...chmidt. Peripheral nerve injuries - caused by auto accidents, gunshot wounds, lacerations, plastic surgery and nerve cancer - are even more common than spinal cord injuries, says Schmidt. Statistics don't reveal how prevalent they are, however, because doctors often report them as part of an accompan...Getting older and feeling weaker?
...n assembly-line injury and performance for a major auto manufacturer. With funding from the U.S. Army Research Laboratory, he is studying the relationship between the physical and mental demands of certain tasks. Another project focuses on the effects of work conditions on fatigue. One factor he is stu...Chiropractic correction of upper neck injury may help reverse multiple sclerosis
...g MS." Upper neck injuries frequently occur during auto or sports accidents causing whiplash or concussion. Injuries also can occur during minor accidents, especially sporting incidents and minor falls. "We need to correct the misconception that neck injuries can only occur in major accidents and traumas,...Gasoline additive interferes with alcohol breath analyzers
...analyzers. Workers like gas station attendants and auto mechanics may receive sufficient levels of MTBE to trigger a .10 reading on certain breath-alcohol analyzers, which is one legal standard for intoxication, but only in combination with drinking alcohol. MTBE exposure on its own is not enough to trigg...Children riding in extended cab pickup trucks are at greater risk of injury
...National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and auto manufacturers to help develop test procedures to optimize safety of the rear seats of compact extended cab pickup trucks. Additionally, children riding in any passenger seating position in compact extended cab pickup trucks were at three times increa...Pfizers 'tune-up for life' (TM) identifies heart disease risks among race fans
...Pfizer can leverage non-traditional venues such as auto racing to bring screenings to those who don't usually see their physician for regular health assessments and identify those individuals with health risks. In an analysis of those participants who said they did not have hypertension, investigators fo...UCI researchers leading the effort to understand the causes and effects of air pollution
...ter transportation project designed to cut back on auto emissions and is home to the Air Pollution Health Effects Laboratory, which continues to increase understanding of the risks air carcinogens present to children. Here are a few current research projects of note. Large Scale Forest Fires Also Raise O...Common drug, given promptly, reduces incidence of post-traumatic stress disorder, small study finds
...in France evaluated victims of physical assault or auto accidents for symptoms of prolonged panic reactions within two to twenty hours of the traumatic injury. Because one reliable indication of a sustained panic reaction is tachycardia, or elevated heart rate, the doctors chose patients for the study who...Forensic radiology makes virtual autopsy a reality
...n is used, 3-D surface scanning first used by the auto industry to develop and analyze auto parts documents the surface of the body. Using a computer-aided design program, investigators can t...Risk of death in car crashes reduced if all occupants wear seat belts
...ant could cause harm to another occupant during an auto crash, the risk of death is lowest when all occupants are restrained by seat belts, according to a study in the January 21 issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). "A car occupant could be killed if struck by another occupant...Sleep apnea treatment could save lives & money by reducing auto accidents, according to researchers
...80 to 2003 to investigate the relationship between auto collisions and obstructive sleep apnea in untreated individuals. Additional data from the National Safety Council were used to estimate collisions related to obstructive sleep apnea, plus costs and fatalities, and their reduction with treatment. A f......uded home values, cash savings, stocks, bonds, and auto values, among other assets. Outstanding debts were subtracted from that total. The participants in this study were between 33 and 40 years old in 1998, the last year of this study, Zagorsky said. By that time in their lives, they had not accumulated ...