The Regional Burn Center and Emergency Departments at UC San Diego Health System - along with the California Poison Control System - San Diego Division located at UC San Diego Medical Center - offer the following safety precautions to help parents and guardians make Halloween safe this year.
Decorative tinted contact lenses will be popular accessories this Halloween, but a Loyola University Medical Center optometrist is warning that improper use without a prescription could cause severe eye damage.
While Halloween is a time for fun and treats, certain dangers abound. The key to keeping kids safe this year, and every year, is close parental supervision and a few trick-or-treat precautions.
From black cats bringing good fortune to super-sweet pumpkin crops and the history of horrifying words and imagery, several Cornell University experts are available to help you find new ways to explore this ancient holiday.
Tips to avoid going bump in the night from a level 1 trauma physician at Chicago's Loyola University Health System, Dr. Mark Cichon.
Keep "trick-or-treaters" safe this Halloween! Parents may be surprised to learn, twice as many children are fatally injured while walking on Halloween as compared to any other day of the year. It is up to parents and drivers to ensure that children stay safe and away from emergency rooms on Halloween. It is important for parents to emphasize safe pedestrian behaviors before trick-or-treating and to remember to make certain that costumes are both creative and safe.
SLU pediatrician says it’s OK for kids to indulge in candy once a year.
Halloween is approaching, and many parents may wonder if trick-or-treating is safe. Dr. Luz Adriana Matiz, pediatrician at NewYork-Presbyterian/Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital, suggests that with a few precautions, Halloween can be a happy and safe occasion for all. Dr. Matiz suggests that children limit trick-or-treating to familiar neighborhoods and neighbors. "It's important not to create too much fear in your children when you speak to them about Halloween safety," says Dr. Matiz. "But it's also essential that they understand that precautions must be taken." The following are 10 tips that every parent should remember.
Wake Forest University professor and author, Eric Wilson, explores the reasons adults have made Halloween an $8 billion dollar holiday.
With fall allergy season in full swing, the 2012 Fall Allergy Capitals have been announced. Louisville, KY ranks No. 1 as pollen counts continue to soar across the nation. Expert James Sublett, MD, Louisville allergist and chair of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Indoor Environment Committee is available to discuss this sneezing season and how sufferers can cope.
The NHTSA says about 1 million deer-car accidents occur on each year, killing 200 people and causing about $1 billion in vehicle damage. Cornell experts in both animal-human interactions and highway safety are available to discuss this dangerous annual peak, and how drivers can increase their odds of arriving safe and sound this fall.
Errant gunshots are an obvious health risk during fall hunting season, but a range of other dangers also can send hunters to the hospital or worse: heart attacks, injured backs and broken bones are among the most common medical emergencies.
An unwanted cavity from Halloween treats isn't the only health concern that haunts this season. Hidden health hazards can be lurking in costumes, haunted houses and jack-o-lanterns when little ghosts and goblins have allergies and asthma. Learn how to prevent these seasonal triggers so they don't ruin your spooktacular fun!
Bats are an important weapon in the battle against insect pests, but a deadly fungal disease is killing more and more of them. They flock to mines and caves in the fall, where scientists study them while they hibernate. New research helps track their origins, which could lead to better prevention and control of White Nose Syndrome.
Karl Niklas, Cornell University professor of plant biology whose research focuses on the relationship between plants and the physical environment, predicts a weak year for leaf watchers, and for those who depend on that seasonal tourism.
Summer heat and humidity plus the cooler and wet weather of Fall nets an air quality alert for mold by Gottlieb Allergy Count allergist, Dr. Joseph Leija of Loyola University Health System.
It can fly through the air or hitch a ride on a handshake, hug or kiss. "It" is seasonal flu. There are many reasons to get an annual flu vaccine, but a UMDNJ physician offers a tongue-in-cheek "Top 10 Reasons Not to get a Flu Shot."
The summer’s dry weather, combined with recent cool nights, could combine for a colorful fall foliage season in the Northeast, says a dendrologist at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry.
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