Seat belt injuries could signal more serious trauma in children
... injury to children involved in car accidents. And seat belt injuries should alert physicians to look for ...gnose in children. In the event of a car accident, seat belt injuries such as bruising and tenderness should warrant a search for other injuries, including ...Annals of Internal Medicine tip sheet for Aug. 7, 2007, issue
...visits about the proper use of child safety seats, seat belts and the dangers of drunk driving might reduc...ies were done before the enactment of child safety seat legislation....Where is the most dangerous place to travel over the holiday?
...instance, CERS advocates state adoption of primary seat belt laws, which allow law enforcement officers to pull people over for not using their seat belts. States that enact primary seat belt laws have increased their seat belt usage rates dramatica...Employee health program improves blood pressure, diabetes control
...e use of alcohol and tobacco, safe habits (such as seat belt usage), stress and depression, use of available medical screening tests and gender-related health questions. The survey ends by asking questions that measure how willing an employee is to make lifestyle changes related to health and safety, and ...Fixed versus growth intelligence mindsets: Its all in your head, Dweck says
...st and not being at the top anymore." Asked what seat number Dweck occupied during that memorable year, the professor paused, and silently raised her right index finger. "But it was an uncomfortable thing because you were only as good as your last test score," she said. "I think it had just as negative ...Better designed roadway intersections can boost older drivers' performance
.... In addition, evaluators who sat in the passenger seat recorded data on the participants driving behaviors such as yielding, signaling, visual scanning, adjustment to stimuli/traffic signals and gauging the distance between oncoming traffic. The study results showed that the younger and older drivers ...HIV medical providers unite to advocate for patient care
...ion, the Title III Coalition will give providers a seat at the table when the Health Resources and Service...ke care possible. It also will give providers a seat at the table in implementing the newly reauthorized Act....Unbelted backseat passengers produce deadly results
... caused by an unbelted passenger slamming into the seat of a belted driver. The risk of severe injury wa...volving driver and passenger dummies restrained by seat belts, according to theresearchers. A driver's side airbag was used in all tests. "The tests sho...Balance training better than tai chi at improving mobility among older adults
...r, walked three meters, turned and returned to the seat (timed up and go). After initial testing, the participants were assigned to one of the two fall-prevention training options. The CBST classes included activities in which participants moved their upper bodies while bouncing and catching a ball; in...Young infants should not be left unattended to sleep in car safety seats
... had been left to sleep restrained in a car safety seat appropriate for their age. One infant was preterm;...vehicles, but points out that child restraints and seat belts are secondary safety measures and do not prevent car crashes. Prevention should continue to be...RAND study finds adolescent Asian immigrants improve their good health habits over time
...ng in physical activity and using bicycle helmets, seat belts and sunscreen -- increased among the first t...h habits, including use of bicycle helmets and car seat belts, along with physical activity levels, television viewing, nutrition habits and other items. ...Secondhand smoke in cars may lead to dangerous levels of contaminants for children
...vices were positioned in an empty child restrainer seat at simulated head level. Measurements were obtaine... health and that the use of safety devices such as seat belts and infant car seats are already widely legislated. "We know from previous research that smo...Robot wheelchair may give patients more independence
...t supporting their entire body weight. Retractable seat and foot rest, padded torso lifts for under arms (that, when raised, act like crutches) and an open frame at the bottom of the chair facilitate leg exercises. The patient, once lifted and supported by the torso lifts, can walk as the HLPR Chair moves...Scientist-astronaut sends T-cells into space
...ch was made to fit precisely under the cosmonaut's seat in the Soyuz spacecraft. Kubik contains a compartment for weightless experiments as well as a centrifuge that can accelerate cells in a range from 0.2 to 2 earth gravities. On board the space station, European Space Agency astronaut-scientist Thoma...A car's middle back seat may be least desirable, but it's the safest
...ddle-seat. They found that occupants of the back seat are 59 percent to 86 percent safer than passengers in the front seat and that, in the back seat, the person in the middle is 25 percent safer than other back-seat passen...4x4 drivers more likely to flout mobile phone and seat belt laws
...e likely to flout laws regarding mobile phones and seat belts than drivers of other cars, finds a study pu...lmost one in six drivers (15.3%) was not wearing a seat belt and one in 40 (2.5%) was using a hand held mobile phone while he or she passed the observer. D...Promoting seat belt use among black motorists
... motorists can be stopped solely for not wearing a seat belt, the disparity disappears. Although 49 states...t New Hampshire) and the District of Columbia have seat belt laws, only 25 have primary laws. Therefore, Briggs et al. believe that, if the 24 states with s...Child safety seats reduce risk of death in crashes more than seat belts alone
...ured in a child restraint system, such as a safety seat than if buckled only in a seat belt, according to an article in the June issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, one...Infants can organise visual information at just four months
...rouping experiments, each baby was placed in a car seat facing a screen onto which images were projected. Overhead cameras recorded how long each infant looked at images on the screen. The infants were shown an array where the stimuli were arranged by similarity in either horizontal lines or vertical colu......r the UK-US difference, including SUV's, trends in seat belt use, emergency care, and in vehicle-miles traveled. . In 1995, the US abolished the national maximum speed limit on interstate highways, and soon after 32 states increased their speed limits. The result was that road deaths increased by 15% on...