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• U.S. States With Most, Least Deaths From Injuries

  

  Posted 1:05 PM 5/22/2012

  May 22, 2012 -- Thousands of injuries could be prevented and billions of dollars in medical costs could be saved each year if states implemented more research-based prevention policies, concludes a new report released today.

  Injuries are the No. 1 cause of death for Americans aged 1 to 44, and the third leading cause of death nationwide. More than two-thirds of all injury deaths occur in men.

  The report, The Facts Hurt: A State-by-State Injury (More)
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• Study: Trash Old, Unused Drugs

  

  Posted 9:41 PM 5/18/2012

  May 18, 2012 -- Prescription medication "take-back" programs are increasingly promoted as a way to safely dispose of unused drugs, but they are no better for the environment than simply throwing old drugs in the trash, a new study suggests.

  When researchers used a complicated methodology called "comparative life cycle assessment" to estimate the environmental impact of (More)
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• Americans Living Longer but Obesity Rising

  

  Posted 3:01 AM 5/16/2012

  March 16, 2012 -- The CDC today released its annual state of the union's health, and there's good news and bad. We're living longer. But we're also gaining more weight. Teen pregnancies are at a record low. But fewer people can afford necessary prescription (More)
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• Concussions: Girls Have Longer Recovery Time

  

  Posted 8:17 PM 5/11/2012

  May 11, 2012 -- Girls take longer to recover from sports-related concussions than boys do, according to new research.

  High school athletes, both boys and girls, also have longer recovery times than do college athletes, says researcher Tracey Covassin, PhD, associate professor of kinesiology and a certified athletic trainer at (More)
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• No Safe Way to Text and Drive for Teens

  

  Posted 3:02 AM 4/29/2012

  April 29, 2012 -- Texting or even the thought of texting on a cell phone while driving may be distracting enough to cause a car crash for teens.

  Two new studies suggest that teen drivers who text with their cell phone in any position or even think about texting are more likely to be involved in an (More)
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