Psychology & Psychiatry
Climate change will harm children's mental health: report
Raging wildfires, droughts, floods and record-breaking heat brought on by climate change are taking a toll on kids' already fragile mental health.
Oct 11, 2023
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News tagged with bike lanes
Health
Is cycling safe? In many cases, the answer is no
Is cycling safe? If we are talking about cycling in general, which would apply to all populations—fit/less-fit men and women, children, seniors and parents with children on their bicycles—then no, cycling is not safe.
Jan 31, 2023
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Addiction
Hospitals treat thousands of drug-related bike injuries each year
From 2019 to 2020, more than 11,000 people who had been using drugs were treated in U.S. emergency departments for injuries that occurred while riding a bicycle, according to a new report in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol ...
Sep 26, 2022
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Health
Ask the pediatrician: How can children stay safe on the way to school?
Q: How old should kids be before biking or walking to school, and what are some tips to help keep them safe?
Sep 2, 2022
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Health
'Safe System' approach could dramatically reduce road deaths while improving equity
A new approach to road safety that relies on design and engineering principles—the "Safe System" approach—could lead to dramatic reductions in vehicle-related deaths and injuries if implemented in the U.S., according ...
May 11, 2021
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Cardiology
Increasing active transportation and improving health starts with bettering built environments
Transforming the way communities are designed makes it more likely that people across the U.S. will engage in activities such as walking, biking, rolling and using public transportation, according to two new reports published ...
Aug 14, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Cycle power: Bikes emerge as a post-lockdown commuter option
Halfway through his 30-minute bike ride to work, police ordered Juan Pasamar to dismount, accusing him of breaking Spain's coronavirus lockdown rules by exercising in public. The officers were not buying his explanation he ...
May 3, 2020
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Health
Cycling lanes, not cyclists, reduce fatalities for all road users
In the most comprehensive look at bicycle and road safety to date, researchers at the University of Colorado Denver and the University of New Mexico discovered that it's not the cyclists, but the infrastructure built for ...
May 29, 2019
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Pediatrics
Nearly one in five parents say their child never wears a helmet while riding a bike
Despite evidence that helmets are critical to preventing head injuries, not all children wear them while biking, skateboarding and riding scooters, a new national poll finds.
May 20, 2019
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Overweight & Obesity
The fat city that declared war on obesity
When Velveth Monterroso arrived in the USA from her hometown in Guatemala, she weighed exactly 10 stone. But after a decade of living in Oklahoma, she was more than five stone heavier and fighting diabetes at the age of 34. ...
Oct 13, 2015
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