Child safety seats and lap-and-shoulder belts effective in preventing serious injury 12 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
For young children, all states currently require the use of child safety seats, and the minimum age and weight requirements to graduate to seat belts has been increasing over time. A new study in the journal Economic Inquiry ... | |
Bisphenol A linked to metabolic syndrome in human tissue 13 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
New research from the University of Cincinnati (UC) implicates the primary chemical used to produce hard plastics—bisphenol A (BPA)—as a risk factor for metabolic syndrome and its consequences. | |
 Low-birth-weight children should have their blood pressure checked, researchers find 16 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Blood pressure in low-birth-weight children younger than 3 years of age not only can be measured but should be, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found. The findings appear in the September ... | |
Intellectual work induces excessive calorie intake 17 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
A Université Laval research team has demonstrated that intellectual work induces a substantial increase in calorie intake. The details of this discovery, which could go some way to explaining the current obesity epidemic, ... | |
Study: Workers to pay more for health care 23 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- Get ready for another hike in copays and deductibles. A survey being released Thursday by the Mercer consulting firm found 59 percent of companies intend to keep down rising health care costs in 2009 by raising workers' ... | |
More off-premise alcohol outlets can lead to more injuries among neighborhood children 11 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Childhood injuries constitute a serious issue in the United States. In 2001, there were 12,249 deaths among children ages one to 14: injuries were the leading cause, accounting for 33.2 percent of all deaths for children ... | |
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