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Trampolines Not Safe for Kids, Pediatricians Say
The American Academy of Pediatrics has updated a 1999 recommendation concerning trampolines, now warning children to stay away from them at home and at playgrounds. Nearly 100,000 emergency room...
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Bouncy House Injuries on the Rise
The number of injuries that have happened on bouncy houses and other inflatable play structures is on the increase, growing 15-fold between 1995 and and 2010. A new study detailing the rise in injuries...
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Too Much Sports Practice Can Hurt Kids
Practicing regularly is a key component of team sports, but there can be too much of a good thing, a new study conducted by researchers at Loyola University Medical Center in suburban Chicago has...
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Amusement Rides Hurt More than 4,000 Kids a Year
Amusement park rides including roller coasters injure some 4,400 kids each year, some badly enough to require hospitalization, according to a large study conducted by the National Electronic Injury...
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Falling TVs Increasingly Injure Kids
Falling television sets–usually older models that are moved to other rooms when the family upgrades its main TV–are injuring a growing number of kids when the TVs fall. Every 45 minutes, according to...
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Shopping Carts Injure Dozens of Kids Daily, Study Finds
Store shopping carts are the culprits in an average of 66 child injuries each day in the U.S., a new study by researchers at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. The injuries amount to...
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Kids Face PTSD Risk When Parents Are Injured
Children whose parents are seriously injured face an elevated risk of developing post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) even if they themselves were not injured, according to new research conducted in...
View ArticleInjured Toddler Asked to Leave KFC, Told Injuries Upset Customers
The KFC restaurant chain is apparently making amends after a 3-year-old girl and her family were asked to leave a Mississippi KFC because of the girl’s appearance as she recovers from a serious attack...
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