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As people in the U.S. prepare to set their clocks ahead one hour on Sunday, March 10, 2024, I find myself bracing for the annual ritual of media stories about the disruptions to daily routines caused by switching from standard time to daylight saving time. About one-third of Americans say they don’t look forward to …
The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has been operating an injury surveillance and follow-back system called the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS) for over 45 years to collect data on consumer product-related injuries across the United States, and it uses this data to create nationwide estimates of product-related injuries. For this report, all tech …
Researchers from North Carolina State University and Texas Tech University have developed a straightforward questionnaire that older adults can use to assess their “attentional performance” during driving. In proof-of-concept testing, the researchers have demonstrated the tool can predict which drivers are at increased risk of having accidents. “We developed the tool, called the Attentional Failure …
March marks the return of the annual ritual of switching the clock to “spring forward” by one hour to accommodate Daylight Savings Time, this is based on the idea that this will provide one more hour of light in which to be active, particularly the extra hour after work has ended. The flaw to this …