Falls safety improved after death
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An inquest hears the operators of a water falls have improved safety after a boy of nine drowned.
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A resourceful 78-year-old retiree saved herself and others from possible serious injuries Monday after her taxi driver suddenly died of a heart attack on the highway, police said.
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Doctors are reinventing how they treat sudden cardiac arrest, which is fatal 95 percent of the time. A report from the border between life and death.
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When Christopher Reeve suffered a near-fatal spinal injury after falling from a horse in 1995, things looked bleak. He wasn&#39;t expected to live, and even if he did, doctors agreed that the life he would have
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NEW YORK  - After having a stroke, people  with lower incomes and blue-collar jobs seem to be more likely  to die in the next year or two than those with higher incomes  and white-collar jobs -- regardless of the severity of the  stroke -- according to a new study.
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(HealthDay News) -- When an elderly person falls, it could cause life-threatening injury.
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NEW YORK  - With a special training program, elderly people can learn better balance control, which may lessen their risk of falling, according to a new report.
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NEW YORK  - Getting plenty of vitamin D can help prevent falls among people living in nursing homes, a new study confirms.
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New road safety measures are expected to be approved by a council following Britain's worst cycling accident.
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An 83-year-old daredevil died after he fell attempting a death-slide jump, an inquest hears.
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For many dancers life after retirement can be traumatic. But the options are improving.
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Move follows series of suspicious deaths.
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WHAT THEY FOUND: Obese patients with blunt trauma injuries caused by car accidents, motorcycle falls and assault were five times more likely to die than other patients with similar injuries.
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Isotopes of lead and polonium could help scientists to form more accurate estimates of when people have died.
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NEW YORK  - Many women, and seniors, do not  enter a rehab program after having a heart attack. Yet,  participation in cardiac rehabilitation markedly lowers the  risk of dying or having a second heart attack during the next  three years, results of a recent study show
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If you&#39;re bent on hanging mistletoe, take heed: US safety experts warn that serious injuries linked to falls rise during the holiday season.
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Regular exercise can reduce the incidence of a deadly combination of risk factors for heart disease and diabetes in middle-aged and older people.