Trampoline Injuries Soar
Injuries at trampoline parks have soared in recent years, according to a study published Monday in the journal Pediatrics. Trampoline injuries lead to nearly 100,000 emergency room visits a year, according to estimates from the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System….
The AMA Takes a Stand on LED Street Lights
The American Medical Association (AMA) has just adopted an official policy statement about street lighting: cool it and dim it. The statement, adopted unanimously at the AMA’s annual meeting in Chicago on June 14, comes in response to the rise…
Mom of Baby with Down Syndrome Sends Letter to Doctor Who Suggested Abortion
(CNN) Florida mom Courtney Baker expected no bumps on the road when she learned a third child was on her way. “My first two pregnancies were so easy. I was expecting this one to be easy too,” she told CNN. …
The End of Free Range Childhoods?
A few years ago, Tytia Habing moved back to the stretch of land where she grew up in rural Illinois, just a half-mile from her parents. “I’m right back where I started,” she said, among the same fields of beans…
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