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| Injuries caused by bouncy houses on the rise, study says Posted: 27 Nov 2012 07:52 AM PST  A new US study finds that injuries from inflatable slides and bouncers are on the rise. — shutterstock.com pic In a study published Monday, scientists at the Centre for Injury Research and Policy of The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital in the US examined paediatric injuries associated with inflatable bouncers. Dr. Gary A. Smith and his colleagues found that from 1995 to 2010 there was a 15-fold increase in the number of injuries that were treated in US emergency centres among children younger than 18 years old. In 2010 alone, more than 30 children per day, or about one child every 45 minutes, were treated in hospital emergency rooms for injuries linked to inflatable bouncers. The study, which appears online in the journal Paediatrics, found that the most common injuries were fractures, sprains and strains, but 19 per cent of injuries were to the head and neck. "It is time for us to take action to prevent these injuries, says Smith. "Ensuring that parents are aware of the potential risks, improving surveillance of the injuries, developing national safety guidelines and improving bouncer design are the first steps." The study follows a warning published in the same journal in September from the American Academy of Paediatrics that states that backyard trampolines aren't worth the risks. "One-third to one-half of all trampoline-related injuries happened with an adult supervising trampoline use," said Susannah Briskin, MD, a co-author of the policy statement. "If injuries are still occurring, adults are likely not appropriately monitoring behaviour on the mat." Access the new study: http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2012/11/21/peds.2012-0473.abstract — AFP-Relaxnews |
| Gimme shelter and light therapy at Swedish bus stops Posted: 27 Nov 2012 07:51 AM PST STOCKHOLM, Nov 27 — Commuters in the northern Swedish town of Umea are being treated to ultra-violet light therapy as the long, dark winter for which the Nordic state is renowned draws in. Energy company Umea Energi has decided to install ultra-violet lights at about 30 bus stops for people, which will be in place for the next three weeks. "This is so people can get a little energy kick as they are waiting," said Umea Energi marketing chief Anna Norrgard. Umea is about 600 km north of capital city Stockholm. The company also wanted to highlight the fact that its energy comes from environmentally sound sources, she said. Any harmful rays from the light have been filtered out of it, the company said. Much of Sweden is plunged into long, dark winters, often with lots of snow. The sun in Umea currently rises at about 8 a.m. local time (0700 GMT) and sets at 3 p.m. The daylight hours are shortest in December, when the sun comes up at about 10 a.m. and disappears again at about 2:30 pm. Some towns north of the Arctic circle have no daylight for several weeks in the winter. — Reuters |
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