Injury Prevention

One week after 20-year-old Adam Lanza used guns to kill 20 first-graders and seven adults before shooting himself, two physicians published a Viewpoint article in the Journal of the American Medical Assn. asking what the medical and public health...

DUNBLANE, Scotland (AP) — If there's anywhere that understands the pain of Newtown, it's Dunblane, the town whose grief became a catalyst for changes to Britain's gun laws. In March 1996, a 43-year-old man named Thomas Hamilton walked into a...

Local fire officials typically respond to more emergency calls during the Christmas holiday than any other time of the year and have issued some tips to help keep residents safe during their celebrations. Many households engage in holiday activities...

Dr. Mark Cucuzzella conducts monthly Running Clinics at The Wellness Center at City Hospital. Cucuzzella, nationally ranked distance runner, local physician and founder and organizer of Freedom's Run and the new Two Rivers Heritage Half Marathon, will be...

Gayle Anderson was live in Pomona for a new CHILD CAR SEAT SAFETY AND RECYCLING program. When should you RECYCLE rather than REUSE? When your child's safety is concerned. Thanks to the Child Safety Seat Recycling Project, organized by SafetyBeltSafe U.S....

As Halloween approaches, you might be more concerned about your child's costume than safety, but the season does bring up some important issues to keep in mind. Here are some Halloween fire safety tips from the Maryland State Fire Marshal: •   ...

Dr. Mark Cucuzzella will conduct monthly running clinics at The Wellness Center at City Hospital. The next clinic is Friday, Oct. 5.   Cucuzzella will teach proper form, injury prevention and improve performance. The clinics are geared to runners of...

The Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland has formed a partnership with Towson Orthopaedic Associates and Towson Sports Medicine to provide injury prevention services and education to the girls who play sports in the IAAM. “We try to...

The new Wegmans in Columbia has joined forces with Saint Agnes Hospital to present a free monthly health-related speaker series in the Wegmans Market Cafe. "Wellness at Wegmans," featuring physicians and other health care experts from the hospital,...

Distracted driving such as texting can results in thousands of lost lives each year. To prove that point the Shock Trauma Center for Injury Prevention and Policy at the University of Maryland in partnership with the Maryland Motor Vehicle...

The mouthguard company Brain-Pad Inc. never claimed that its products prevent concussions. Instead, advertisements have long promised that the devices can "reduce the risk" of a head injury and create "brain safety space." But even these nuanced...

Crashes of military vehicles account for nearly one-third of annual soldier fatalities  and are among the top five causes of hospitalization, according to new Hopkins research. Researchers with the Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy...