Seat belt use in the US by pregnant motor vehicle occupants - Espelien C, Jin R, Mostofizadeh S, VanRyzin R, Hartka T, Forman J, Chernyavskiy P.
Introduction Motor vehicle (MV) collisions are a leading cause of trauma for pregnant individuals in the US that often result in adverse maternal and fetal outcomes.1 MV collisions account for 82% of injury-induced fetal deaths and 55% to 78% of trauma...
Source: SafetyLit - September 20, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

What Psychedelics Can Teach Us About Play
We are in the midst of a new psychedelic renaissance. Drugs like MDMA and psilocybin are being ushered into mainstream medicine, promoted as miracle cures for a host of psychiatric woes. But as psychedelics come to be seen as treatments for various types of psychological suffering, we are overlooking one of their most precious offerings: the potential for play. “Neuroplasticity” is the word many mental health professionals are now using to describe the positive effect of psychedelics; a process in which the brain sort of loosens up, becoming flexible and open to learning (Children’s brains, for instanc...
Source: TIME: Health - September 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ross Ellenhorn Tags: Uncategorized freelance Source Type: news

The Man Who Thinks He Can Live Forever
In a neat little neighborhood in Venice, Calif., there’s a block of squat, similar homes, filled with mortals spending their finite days on the planet eating pizza with friends, blowing out candles on birthday cakes, and binging late-night television. Halfway down the street, there’s a cavernous black modern box. This is where Bryan Johnson is working on what he calls “the most significant revolution in the history of Homo sapiens.”  [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Johnson, 46, is a centimillionaire tech entrepreneur who has spent most of the last three years in pursuit of a si...
Source: TIME: Health - September 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Charlotte Alter Tags: Uncategorized feature Source Type: news

Single family residence in San Jose sells for $1.5 million
6094 Larchmont Drive – Google Street View A 1,321-square-foot house built in 1968 has changed hands. The property located in the 6000 block of Larchmont Drive in San Jose was sold on Aug. 16, 2023. The $1,525,000 purchase price works out to $1,154 per square foot. The layout of this single-story…#larchmontdrive #googlestreetview #sanjose #coffeeberrydrive
Source: Reuters: Health - September 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Corrections & Amplifications
The motor-vehicle-assembly data in a chart accompanying a Page One article Saturday about the United Auto Workers strike were seasonally adjusted at annual rates. The chart’s note didn’t say that the data were annualized.#unitedautoworkers
Source: Reuters: Health - September 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Risky driving behaviors and employer motor vehicle safety policies among U.S. oil and gas extraction workers - Wingate KC, Pratt S, Ramirez-Cardenas A, Hagan-Haynes K.
INTRODUCTION: Over half of fatal occupational injuries in the oil and gas extraction (OGE) industry are due to transportation incidents. While driving for work is common in this industry and risky driving behaviors have been identified as contributing fact...
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news

Rates and predictors of teen driver crash culpability - O'Neal EE, Wendt L, Hamann C, Reyes M, Yang J, Peek-Asa C.
BACKGROUND: Motor-vehicle crash risk is highest among teen drivers. Despite a wealth of research on the topic, there are still many contributors to these crashes that are not well understood. The current study sought to examine the contribution of graduate...
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Special report from the CDC: provider knowledge and practices around driving safety and fall prevention screening and recommendations for their older adult patients, DocStyles 2019 - Ortmann N, Haddad YK, Beck L.
INTRODUCTION: Falls and motor-vehicle crashes (MVCs) are leading causes of unintentional injury deaths among older adults (65+) in the United States. Injury prevention resources exist to help healthcare providers reduce fall and MVC risk among older adult ...
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news

Russian media features Tucker Carlson saying Democrats want war with Russia
Russia's First Channel featured a 10-minute block on Sunday focusing on the potential impeachment of U.S. President Joe Biden. The segment, which was representative of the type of coverage Kremlin-controlled channels deploy when informing their domestic audience about international events, was…#firstchannel #kremlin #kevinmccarthy #russian #democrats #georgyolisashvili #wagdog #hollywood #albania #channelone
Source: Reuters: Health - September 19, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

UAW strike: Why are US car workers walking out?
What is the UAW? It was a hugely powerful force in US politics after World War Two, at a time when those companies were the world's pre-eminent car giants and manufacturing jobs in the motor industry were seen as a path to the middle class. This is the first strike in the UAW's 88-year history to…#uaw #worldwartwo #detroit #nonunion #toyota #tesla
Source: Reuters: Health - September 19, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

How To Avoid China ’ s Medicine Monopoly
I want to share a shocking statistic with you… Around 80% of all the pharmaceuticals sold in America — both prescription and over-the-counter — are manufactured in China. I’m talking about drugs for Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s, blood pressure and blood thinners, diuretics, aspirin, antibiotics, and a big chunk of the world’s insulin and diabetes drugs — just to name a few.1 We don’t even make penicillin anymore. The last penicillin plant in the U.S. closed its doors in 2004. Americans who rely on medicine are now almost entirely at the mercy of a country whose relations with the U.S. have become more ...
Source: Al Sears, MD Natural Remedies - September 19, 2023 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Jacob Tags: Health Source Type: news

Trump to skip second GOP debate and head to Detroit to court autoworkers instead
Former President Donald Trump will skip the debate stage in California on Sept. 27. Instead, he will head to Motor City that day to join striking union autoworkers as they call for better contract terms from the Big…#trump #detroit #donaldtrump #motorcity #democrat #uaw #michigan #pennsylvania #wisconsin #shawnfain
Source: Reuters: Health - September 19, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Using motor vehicle crash records for injury surveillance and research in agriculture and forestry - Shipp EM, Trueblood AB, Kum HC, Perez M, Vasudeo S, Sinha N, Pant A, Wu L, Ko M.
PROBLEM: Fatal injuries in the agriculture, forestry, and fishing sector (AgFF) outweigh those across all sectors in the United States. Transportation-related injuries are among the top contributors to these fatal events. However, traditional occupational ...
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news

Computed tomography assessment of pelvic bone density: associations with age and pelvic fracture in motor vehicle crashes - Weaver AA, Ronning IN, Armstrong W, Miller AN, Kiani B, Shayn Martin R, Beavers KM, Stitzel JD.
This study aimed to develop and validate a method to measu...
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news

Jim Cramer Warns Ford Could Impose Lockout As UAW Strike Enters Day 4: ' Playing With Fire '
As the ongoing strike by United Auto Workers (UAW) enters its fourth day, Ford Motor Company F, with the most UAW members among Detroit’s Big Three automakers, may resort to a lockout, warns CNBC’s Jim Cramer, CNBC reported. Negotiations over a new labor agreement made little headway over the…#unitedautoworkers #uaw #fordmotorcompanyf #detroit #jimcramer #ford #stellantis #mexico #generalmotorsgm #stellantisstla
Source: Reuters: Health - September 19, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Pages: 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18  19  20