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Stairway Falls Up for Children
Monday, March 12, 2012    
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A little good news though; a decrease in the use of rolling baby walkers has helped the number of injuries inch downward.

A new study on child home safety, shows that injuries caused by falls from stairways are all-too-common, and among children younger than one year, one in four was injured while being carried by an adult.

Dr. Gary Smith of Nationwide Children's Hospital says a bigger even problem may lie in current building codes and how stairs are being constructed. Two out of three homes can't accommodate a wall-mounted gate at the top of the stairs.