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Reports outline life sciences in children study results from Children's Hospital

Published in Medicine and Law Weekly, September 28th, 2007

Fresh data on life sciences are presented in the report "Heely injuries: a new epidemic warranting a government health warning. Heelys, the new craze gripping the nation, were first introduced to Ireland in 2005 having been available in the United States since 2000. ed as "the only shoe with a removable wheel in the sole" and initially marketed among rollerbladers and skateboarders they have been adopted by children as contemporary footwear. From April to June 2006, all patients presenting to trauma orthopaedic services at our institutions with injuries sustained while wearing Heelys were included in this study," scientists in Crumlin, Ireland report.

"Thirty-nine...

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