News tagged with head trauma

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Children's well-being another casualty of recession

The incidence of abusive head trauma among children has skyrocketed since the beginning of the recession in late 2007, according to research that will be presented Saturday, May 1 at the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) ...

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created May 01, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Women commit shaken baby violence as often as men

Women are just as likely as men to violently shake a small child in their care, though men cause more severe injuries and death, according to a new University of Florida study.

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created Mar 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Pediatricians adopt new term for shaken baby abuse

(AP) -- The American Academy of Pediatrics wants doctors to stop using the term "shaken baby syndrome" in favor of something more scientific.

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created Apr 27, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 0