NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - More than 100,000 U.S. children visit the emergency room for a concussion each year, with many discharged without instructions to get needed follow-up care, a new study suggests. The findings, published in the Journal of Pediatrics, appear to be the first estimate of how many children are treated for concussions in U.S. ERs ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The chances of surviving a gunshot or a car crash may vary across North America, researchers have found, suggesting room for improvement in some healthcare systems. Based on data from six U.S. and three Canadian sites, the researchers estimate that there are more than 125,000 severe traumatic injuries in North America every year. They ...

Should runners limber up before they head out on their path? Well, it's no stretch to say that the latest study left scientists reaching for the real answer. In a clinical trial designed to shed light on a long-standing debate in the running world ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A nationwide study from Japan shows chest compressions did little to help people who'd collapsed but didn't have underlying heart disease, such as those who had drowned or suffocated. Only 1.5 percent survived a month or more without crippling brain damage, even though bystanders had pumped on their chests to keep blood flowing ...

Authorities say two people have been killed and another seriously injured when a car plowed into a group gathered on the side of the road after a church service in northern Maryland. Cpl. Jennifer Bailey of the Frederick County Sheriff's Office says they were ...

Authorities say two young men have died and another is in serious condition after becoming trapped inside a grain bin in northwestern Illinois. The Carroll County sheriff's department says 19-year-old Alejandro Pacas and 14-year-old Wyatt Whitebread were pulled from the grain bin after ...

BOSTON (Reuters) - When someone collapses suddenly, mouth-to-mouth rescue breathing may not be necessary and could lower the chances of survival, researchers said in two studies on Wednesday that found chest compression alone is enough. The findings add to evidence that the simpler approach works best during cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or CPR. "Chest compression alone is at least as good, at least ...

Family and friends spent the past week standing vigil outside a Phoenix hospital room, praying Marlena Cantu would recover from severe injuries suffered in an Arizona traffic crash. But their world was turned upside down when they learned authorities had made a mistake &#8212 ...

Authorities were investigating the cause of a deadly crash Thursday in California's Central Valley that killed six people and seriously injured nine others when a Greyhound bus slammed into an overturned SUV. The bus, carrying 31 passengers on a route from Los Angeles to Sacramento, struck the SUV in front of it, skidded into a concrete center divider and ...