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Abused Women Seek More Infant Health Care, Study Finds
December 16, 2008 — Pregnant women who experience intimate partner violence before, during or after pregnancy often suffer adverse health effects, including depression, post traumatic stress disorder, anxiety and ... > full story -
Engineers To Create Virtual Crash Test Dummy
December 11, 2008 — Engineers are working on a new "virtual" crash test dummy, one that will live entirely within computers, but will be more realistic than any physical dummy ever subjected to a crash ... > full story -
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More Than 2,000 Children Die Every Day From Unintentional Injury; At Least Half Could Be Saved
December 10, 2008 — More than 2,000 children die every day as a result of an unintentional, or accidental injury, and every year tens of millions more worldwide are taken to hospitals with injuries that often leave them ... > full story -
Overweight Children At Increased Risk Of Arm And Leg Injuries Following Motor Vehicle Crash
December 10, 2008 — Children who are overweight or obese are over two and a half times more likely to suffer injuries to their upper and lower extremities following a motor vehicle crash compared with normal weight ... > full story -
Sexual Abuse: Faith Can Silence Victims Or Provide Solace
December 8, 2008 — A child's God can be kidnapped and exploited by an adult, often by the very adult who taught the child about God in the first ... > full story -
Predicting Visual Recovery: New System Helps Soldiers, Families Cope
December 2, 2008 — When soldiers sustain eye injuries on the battlefields of Iraq or Afghanistan, one of the first questions families ask military doctors is whether their loved ones will recover good vision. But until ... > full story -
Portable CT Increases Chance Of Stroke Survival And Recovery
December 2, 2008 — New research has found that the availability of a portable eight-slice computed tomography scanner in an emergency room can significantly increase the number of stroke victims who receive a ... > full story -
Easing The Stress Of Trauma
December 1, 2008 — Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) affects as many as one in five of all Americans who survive a harrowing experience like rape, assault, war or terrorism. It has emotionally paralyzed survivors ... > full story -
Young Gymnasts Suffering New Types of Injuries, MRI Shows
December 1, 2008 — Adolescent gymnasts are developing a wide variety of arm, wrist and hand injuries that are beyond the scope of previously described gymnastic-related trauma. Researchers noted that some gymnasts had ... > full story -
Better Protection Against Improvised Explosive Devices
November 25, 2008 — Of all the threats facing U.S. soldiers in combat, among the most dangerous are roadside bombs and other improvised explosive devices. Scientists are aiming to predict the risk of traumatic brain ... > full story
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