Injury Prevention

Chicago baby, shot with father during a diaper change, dies

2013-03-12 11:34:00

In Chicago, certain names have become synonymous with a specific type of tragedy for girls, which can be recalled with bleak and brief synopsis: Hadiya Pendleton, a 15-year-old majorette, shot in the back after coming home from President Obama's...

Tips for ski season injury prevention

2013-02-16 00:00:00

Nothing ruins a skiing or snowboarding weekend like having to hitchhike down the hill in a ski patroller's sled — or in an ambulance. Fortunately, the overall rate of skiing injuries has declined by 50% since the 1970s, according to the National Ski...

Gun lobby has squelched injury prevention research, doctors charge

2012-12-21 16:47:00

One week after 20-year-old Adam Lanza used guns to kill 20 first-graders and seven adults before shooting himself, two physicians published a Viewpoint article in the Journal of the American Medical Assn. asking what the medical and public health...

5 Questions: Ultra-runner Scott Jurek on training and diet

2012-07-07 00:00:00

Scott Jurek is a nice guy who exhibits none of the sanctimonious proselytizing that vegans sometimes do. He's also a guy who gave up a fast-food burger diet and runs what many consider to be obscenely long distances. How long? In 2010, he ran an...

Sports doctor answers: 'Would I let my son play football?'

2012-07-01 16:39:41

Distracted pedestrians? Accidents on rise for headphone-wearers

2012-01-19 16:37:25

Gang violence is less related to drugs than thought, CDC says

2012-01-26 16:38:07

Coalinga State Hospital fined more than $20,000 for safety lapses

2012-04-05 16:36:54

Doctors say teens go to hospitals after drinking hand sanitizer

2012-04-23 16:36:08

Handing out Laker Academy Awards

2011-02-28 16:35:02

Caught in the Web: Lakers prepare for Game 4 against New Orleans Hornets

2011-04-24 16:35:17

Exit interview: Kobe Bryant says Lakers' failed title run was a 'wasted year of my life'

2011-05-11 16:35:33

Debra Wagner left and Jeanette Rosensteel put the finishing touches Tuesday on a brain injury awareness booth that will be on display next week at Robinwod Medical Center and Meritus medical Center.

2013-03-05 00:00:00

Illinois licenses athletic trainers to work with athletes on injury prevention, emergency care or physical reconditioning.

2013-02-19 14:59:00

Two doctors who used to conduct research on preventing injuries and deaths due to firearms accuse the gun lobby of squelching such research in a new Viewpoint in JAMA.

2012-12-21 16:55:00