In November, we posted a blog about “Toy Shopping with Safety in Mind,” which gave tips on how to choose toys for children that are safe and age-appropriate. In honor of Safe Toy & Gifts Month, we have more safety advice to share, courtesy of Healthfinder.gov and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). Selecting Safe […]
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We know that getting hard hits to the head can cause concussion and brain injury. That’s why we worry so much about football players, boxers, and soldiers, who regularly get their heads smacked around. But a new study reveals that soccer players may also be at risk. The study, which was discussed at the annual
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You may recall a blog we posted last month called “Hip Replacements Fail, Sometimes Without Symptoms,” which we wrote in response to an article in The New York Times about people who have been injured by DePuy hip replacement devices. In a nutshell, this is the story to date: In 2010, Johnson & Johnson recalled
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Among people over age 65, just four types of medications are responsible for 2/3 of all emergency hospitalizations. That’s right: 4 drugs = 67% of hospitalizations due to accidental overdoses or because the medication had a more powerful effect than intended. Wow. According to an article in The New York Times, the drug classes are:
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The Governor’s Highway Safety Program’s “Click It or Ticket” campaign is in force throughout North Carolina, from now through Sunday, November 27, 2011. The Thanksgiving “Click It or Ticket” campaign is designed to crack down on motorists who are not wearing their seat belts. “It is the law to wear your seat belt, no matter
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Pain is pain, right? Not according to a new study by researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The study, published in the Annals of Emergency Medicine and reported in The New York Times, examined pain-related visits to Emergency Departments (ED) in the United States for 7 years. The goal was to
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A wreck involving a car and two tractor-trailers in Rowland, North Carolina, has left one person dead.
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At the risk of sounding like a nagging parent, toys are fun…until someone gets hurt. More toys will be sold between now and December 25 than during the entire rest of the year. In 2009, there were more than 250,000 toy-related injuries treated in hospital emergency rooms…and 12 children died. Motorized scooters were the most
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From Thanksgiving through New Year’s Day, ’tis the season for eating. Although the primary focus is always entertaining friends and family, you also want everyone to walk away happy and healthy. No one wants guests to take home a case of food poisoning along with their joyful memories. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
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Winter is the season for holiday celebrations and family get-togethers. It is also the season for sinus infections, ear infections, colds, and influenza. If you have children, chances are your household will get hit with at least one of these illnesses before the tulips bloom again. One winter illness topic that frustrates physicians most revolves
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