Study Suggests Injuries From Electric Scooter Have Increased Significantly
The AP (1/8, Tanner) reports a new study found that electric scooter injuries “have surged along with their popularity in the United States, nearly tripling over four years.” Nearly 40,000 broken bones, head injuries, cuts and bruises “resulting from scooter accidents were treated in U.S. emergency rooms from 2014 through 2018, the research showed.” The scooter “injury rate among the general U.S. population climbed from 6 per 100,000 to 19 per 100,000.”
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Evidence Mounts That Health Coaching May Spur General Lifestyle Changes, Improve Health Outcomes
The New York Times (1/7, Kalaichandran) reports the research indicating “that health coaching may spur general lifestyle changes is mounting.” For example, a 2018 study “found that over 80 percent” of clinical trials “for coaching for nutrition and weight management” showed improvement.