Most cars in whiplash study fail to protect necks: report
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WASHINGTON - The seats and head restraints in many cars fail to offer good protection against neck injuries in rear-end accidents, recent crash test results suggest.
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About 120 people are killed and more than 6,000 injured each year by vehicles that back over them, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
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Many cars do not provide adequate protection from whiplash in rear-end shunts, according to new research.
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NEW YORK  - Leaving young infants sleeping unattended in car seats, even when they're brought indoors, can have life-threatening consequences, according to a brief report in the British Medical Journal.
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Anti-inflammatory drugs that have been used for 30 years to treat serious head injuries are harming rather than helping patients, researchers said on Friday.
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WASHINGTON -- The difference in bumper height between cars and sport utility vehicles leads to costly accident repairs even after low-speed crashes, an insurance group said yesterday.
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Automakers are failing to equip most car models sold in the United States with seats and head restraints that provide good protection against neck injuries in rear-end crashes, according to a new insurance industry study.
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Safety belts accounted for 160,000  or more than half of all lives saved in the United States by  auto safety features adopted since 1960, a government analysis  showed on Tuesday.
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Eleven auto safety groups asked the government Thursday to revise a new rule that requires safer power windows in vehicles, saying it does not adequately protect children.
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Most cars do a poor or marginal job protecting passengers from whiplash injuries in a rear-end crash, according to crash tests of several models.
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NEW YORK  - Lap belt injuries and the "seatbelt syndrome" are often associated with spinal cord injuries in children who have been improperly restrained when involved in a car accident, according to a study in the Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine.
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The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety rated the Kia Spectra poor in its latest series of frontal crash tests. In the 40-mile-an-hour frontal test crash, a test dummy&#39;s head, chest and legs were injured.
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(CBS/AP) More than half of car seats as currently constructed do not do a good job of preventing whiplash injuries, tests by the insurance industry show.
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The more bent the steering wheel after a car crash, the more likely the patient is to have a thoracic injury, a new study reports.
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Seat belts, air bags and other vehicle safety features have saved 329,000 lives since 1960, according to a report released Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Transportation.
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No one has done the right studies to  prove whether gun ownership laws increase or decrease crime, or  whether the tens of thousands of gun deaths in the United  States each year could be prevented by gun control, a committee  of experts said on Thursday.
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A new study by the insurance industry says that the stability systems available in some cars and trucks can greatly reduce the likelihood of an accident.