Injury Prevention

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An international peer-reviewed journal for health professionals and others in injury prevention.

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Mar 1, 2024	Health \| Horse sedative use among humans spreads in deadly mixture of ‘tranq’ and fentanyl	Sam Ogozalek, Tampa Bay Times \| KFF Health News (TNS) TREASURE ISLAND, Fla. — Andrew McClave Jr. loved to lift weights. The 6-foot-4-inch bartender resembled a bodybuilder and once posed for a photo flexing his muscles with former pro wrest...
May 12, 2023	Researchers Develop App to Combat Pedestrian Deaths Caused by Smartphone Distractions	John Lopez, Tech Times 12 May 2023, 02:05 pm Are you concerned about the dangers of distracted walking? Well, you will be happy to hear that researchers at the University of Alabama Birmingham have developed an innovative solution to combat...
Apr 21, 2023	A former fentanyl user describes the first time she took the illicit drug laced with xylazine as 'the scariest experience of my life'	Elissa Tierney (right) and her daughter (middle) met President Joe Biden (left) at an event in Philadelphia. Elissa Tierney Redeem now Xylazine is an animal tranquilizer that's been turning up in street drugs for nearly a decade. Elissa Tie...
Nov 9, 2022	Stochastic terrorism appears to be on the rise globally. Extremism experts explain how this form of violence has gone mainstream.	Police tape is seen in front of the home of U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) on October 28, 2022 in San Francisco, California. Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Redeem now Acts of stochastic terrorism appear to be on the ri...
Oct 25, 2022	International concussion guidelines must protect all athletes’ brains, not just professionals’	Imagine that you are the parent of an 11-year-old soccer player who dreams of competing in the Women’s World Cup one day. You want to support her love for the sport while keeping her safe from harm. You are particularly concerned about brai...
Dec 1, 2021	The pistol police said the Oxford high school shooting suspect used was one of nearly 700,000 firearms that Americans bought or tried to buy during Black Friday sales	Gun sales on Black Friday 2021 soared, ranking among the top ten highest days for gun-related background checks. Keith Srakocic/AP The FBI conducted 687,788 background checks related to firearm purchases during the week leading up to Black ...
Nov 27, 2021	Paris Announced That Scooters Should Only Run 10KM Per Hour Following Several Pedestrian Injuries	Sophie Webster, Tech Times 27 November 2021, 11:11 am (Photo : Unsplash/ Okai Vehicles) E-scooter paris Paris has a new speed limit for the scooters roaming around the city. The city announced that all scooter sharing services should restri...
Feb 2, 2021	An Animal Tranquilizer Is Now Linked To One In Three Overdoses In Philadelphia	PHILADELPHIA, PA - JULY 27: Micheal Rouwhorst, 28, prepares a shot of heroin and cocaine near the ... [+] train tracks along E Tusculum St on Thursday, July 27, 2017, in Philadelphia, PA. (Photo by Salwan Georges/The Washington Post via Get...
Dec 27, 2019	Go Back to Bikes or E-Scooters as E-Bikes are More Dangerous	Jamie P., Tech Times 27 December 2019, 04:12 am (Photo : Photo by Mika Baumeister on Unsplash) Go Back to Bikes or E-Scooters-- E-Bikes are Dangerous for You Says Study Electronic bicycles seemed to be continuously going on the top trend of...
Jul 25, 2016	Are blacks more likely to be injured by police?	Amid growing scrutiny on the use of force by police, less information exists about the number of cases of people injured but not killed in those encounters — cases like the shooting last week of unarmed behavioral therapist Charles Kinsey. ...
Jul 13, 2016	This Incredibly Simple Plan Could Curb Alcohol-Related Violence in the UK	Between 2005 and 2012, more than 300,000 visits were made to British emergency rooms because of injuries caused by violence. And while patients were getting stitched up and sent home, a team of scientists from Cardiff University were lookin...
Dec 24, 2015	How Scared Should I Be of Drunk Drivers During the Holidays?	Photo via Wikimedia Commons user Diliff In the column "How Scared Should I Be?" VICE staff writer and generalized anxiety disorder sufferer Mike Pearl seeks to quantify the scariness of the world he lives in. We hope it helps you ...
Nov 30, 2015	Cycling Gear Startup Pitches Pricey Wearables With Fear	From the Lumenus Kickstarter campaign. (GIF: Kickstarter) Lumenus is the latest Kickstarter project targeted at cyclists that bases its pitch on the dangers of riding a bike. When and if it goes into production, the company’s jackets and ba...
Feb 26, 2015	What's the Safest Way to Get Home When You're Sloshed?	Last month, Spain's Directorate General of Traffic proposed a plan to breathalyze pedestrians and issue fines for walking while drunk. The idea was to reclassify the unvehicled as "users of the road," putting them in the same cate...
Dec 13, 2012	Friends Don’t Let Friends Text And Walk: Distracted Walking Is On The Rise	In this season of mall-going and power-shopping, it behooves us to remember that texting and walking don’t mix. In fact, according to a study in Injury Prevention, one in three walkers will wander into crosswalks, down sidewalks, and in cro...
	Gun control really works. Science has shown time and again that it can prevent mass shootings and save lives.	Mourners take part in a vigil at El Paso High School after a mass shooting at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas, August 3, 2019. Jose Luis Gonzalez/Reuters On Monday, seven people were killed in a mass shooting at a Fourth of July parade in...
	The pistol police said the Oxford high school shooting suspect used was one of nearly 700,000 firearms that Americans bought or tried to buy during Black Friday sales	Gun sales on Black Friday 2021 soared, ranking among the top ten highest days for gun-related background checks. Keith Srakocic/AP The FBI conducted 687,788 background checks related to firearm purchases during the week leading up to Black ...
	Vehicle size inflation is bringing US-style “monster trucks” onto Australian roads	Source: Wikipedia Australians have gone mad for expensive US-style “pick-up trucks”, and your kids will never again be able to ride their bikes safely. Sales of RAM trucks and Chevrolet Silverados have exploded in Australia, as the next cha...

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Parsers VC has collected 19 articles mentioning Injury Prevention, among them “Health | Horse sedative use among humans spreads in deadly mixture of ‘tranq’ and fentanyl” (Mar 1, 2024) and “Researchers Develop App to Combat Pedestrian Deaths Caused by Smartphone Distractions” (May 12, 2023).

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