Car seat belts do not increase foetal complications risk after accidents.Byline For the use of the term in football (soccer), see Byline (soccer). The byline on a newspaper or magazine article gives the name, and often the position, of the writer of the article. : ANI Washington Washington, town, England Washington, town (1991 pop. 48,856), Sunderland metropolitan district, NE England. Washington was designated one of the new towns in 1964 to alleviate overpopulation in the Tyneside-Wearside area. , May 17 (ANI): Seat belts in cars are meant to save lives. However, many pregnant women do not wear them thinking that the belt itself could injure To interfere with the legally protected interest of another or to inflict harm on someone, for which an action may be brought. To damage or impair. The term injure is comprehensive and can apply to an injury to a person or property. Cross-references Tort Law. the baby in a car crash. Now, a new study has shown that the seat belt does not put the baby at risk. For the study, a group of researchers led by Dr. Stacie Zelman from Wake Forest University examined a national database of over two million injured in·jure tr.v. in·jured, in·jur·ing, in·jures 1. To cause physical harm to; hurt. 2. To cause damage to; impair. 3. patients, and found over 2,400 pregnant women injured in car crashes. They found that women wearing a seat belt, having an air bag, or both were significantly less likely to have pregnancy-related complications than women with neither a seat belt nor an air bag. The combination of a seat belt and air bag resulted in the lowest rate of complications. The researchers suggest that pregnant women should use seat belts with confidence that they will help, not hurt, in a crash. The study has been published in Academic Emergency Medicine, the official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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