News tagged with 'Injury'

Headlines from around the Internet concerning safety, health, and injury avoidance for Thursday, June 24.

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a common brain change seen in about one in five veterans returning from Iraq and Afganistan. Now researchers are scanning the brain and are able to see subtle traumatic brain injuries - the first step to effective treatment for all kinds of neurological disorders that come from trauma.

Insurance scams target female drivers, usually in a newer-type car, or distracted drivers, and create an accident that appears to be her fault. The scammers then claim they are the "victims" of injury and are costing insurance companies, and ultimately us all, billions in fraudulent claims.

A second study now finds that alcohol consumption prior to an injury reduced the risk of death, in this study by 65 percent. No one is advocating drinking and driving but there may be a therapeutic use for alcohol to speed healing.

A New York State Health Department regulation issued in August, mandates health care workers get the flu shot, both for swine flu and seasonal flu, by November 30th or be fired. New York is the first state with a mandate.

Documents in a wrongful termination case against Toyota will stay unsealed as a former insider accuses the automaker of hiding and destroying evidence in hundreds of injury and death rollover cases. This was the second time Toyota tried to have the documents sealed. 15 cases have already been reopened.

Fans assume a risk of injury when they attend a baseball game,according to a judge who dismissed a case filed by a fan who suffered a broken nose from a flying bat.

InjuryBoard launches a nationwide Wii donation program of 70 systems to be used for rehabilitation at hospitals, veterans centers, and nursing homes. Increasingly, the Nintendo entertainment system is receiving much praise for inspiring the injured to move and enjoy it.

Researchers from the University of Rochester believe there may be a way to reduce damage in a spinal cord injury, if a form of blue dye is injected almost immediately. The downside is that you may turn blue temporarily.

The number of Hispanic workers who have died on the job has risen by 76 percent, while the overall total of workplace deaths has declined, according to the latest available data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Bombastic pitchman, Billy Mays, suffered a blow to the head on a flight shortly before complaining he didn't feel well. He was found dead in his bed Sunday morning.  USAirways says no passengers complained of injuries when the plane blew two tires upon landing.

The Institute of Medicine (IOM) has issued new pregnancy weight guidelines for the first time since 1990. In that time, more research has been conducted to analyze the effects of weight gain in pregnancy - on both mother and baby.

Wal-Mart Stores has agreed to better control crowds, something it didn’t do in its post-Thanksgiving Day stampede that left one man dead in a Long Island store last year.  It's part of a settlement to avoid a repeat at all 92 New York stores and it also avoids criminal prosecution for the giant retailer.

Connie Culp, the woman who underwent the first near-total face transplant in the U.S., appeared in public for the first time Tuesday at a press conference at the Cleveland Clinic.

A Dallas Cowboys staff member was left paralyzed and two other team staffers remain hospitalized following the facility collapse on Saturday, which is now the subject of a federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration investigation, authorities said.