car crashes

Alarming number die of overdoses

NYDailyNews.com - Health - NY Daily News  Sun, 02/12/2012 - 23:54

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says fatal overdoses now kill more Americans than car crashes.


 

Toll of excessive boozing: $2 per drink

NYDailyNews.com - Health - NY Daily News  Mon, 10/17/2011 - 14:58

CDC study examines lost work productivity, property damage from car crashes, expenditures for liver cirrhosis and other alcohol-associated medical problems.


 

Grandparent Driving Means Safer Road Trip (CME/CE)

MedPage Today Emergency Medicine  Sun, 07/17/2011 - 22:01

(MedPage Today) -- Grandma may be better behind the wheel than mom when it comes to injuries from car crashes involving children, an insurance database showed.


 

Study: Injured uninsured more likely to die in ER

Headlines from the Associated Press  Mon, 11/16/2009 - 15:00

CHICAGO (AP) -- Uninsured patients with traumatic injuries, such as car crashes, falls and gunshot wounds, were almost twice as likely to die in the hospital as similarly injured patients with health insurance, according to a troubling new study....


 

Car Crashes Resulting in Fewer Facial Injuries (CME/CE)

MedPage Today Surgery  Mon, 05/18/2009 - 14:00

LITTLE FALLS, N.J. (MedPage Today) -- Fewer drivers involved in car crashes are sustaining facial injuries as vehicle safety improves, researchers have found.