News tagged with accidents
Codeine use and accident risk
The risk of being involved in a traffic accident with personal injury is significantly higher among codeine users than non-users. However, sporadic or moderate use of codeine alone does not carry an increased risk, according ...
Mar 24, 2009 |
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Obesity linked to dangerous sleep apnea in truck drivers
Truck crashes are a significant public health hazard causing thousands of deaths and injuries each year, with driver fatigue and sleepiness being major causes. A new study has confirmed previous findings that obesity-driven ...
Mar 11, 2009 |
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Less costly, more accessible and as effective: Simplified treatment for sleep apnea
Diagnosing and treating obstructive sleep apnea may soon become much less expensive and arduous, thanks to new research showing that a simplified program using experienced nurses, home ambulatory diagnosis and auto-titrating ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 06, 2009 |
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Cell phone studies: While walking or driving, cell phones increase traffic, pedestrian fatalities
Cell phones are a danger on the road in more ways than one. Two new studies show that talking on the phone while traveling, whether you're driving or on foot, is increasing both pedestrian deaths and those of drivers and ...
Mar 04, 2009 |
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Accidental wireless: Wireless-based sensor system could SAVE lives
Following a rollover automobile accident, driver and passengers are usually unable to call for help. So, unless the accident occurs on a busy road, rescue is unlikely to arrive in time to save them. Writing in the International Jo ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Feb 09, 2009 |
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Driving under the influence (of stress): Regional effects of 9/11 attacks on driving
The September 11 terrorist attacks had a profound impact on this country's psyche. Eight years after the attacks, we are still learning how those terrible events affected us. A number of studies have shown that people who ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 02, 2009 |
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The when, where, why of road accidents
(PhysOrg.com) -- Who knows what 'aetiology' means? It's a branch of science dedicated to finding the causes of something. European researchers have been busy updating the aetiology of road accidents and studying ...
Jan 14, 2009 |
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