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Two-thirds of severe sports injuries to female students due to cheerleading
Aug 11, 2008 |
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A new report on severe sporting injuries among high school and college athletes shows cheerleading appears to account for a larger proportion of all such injuries than previously thought.
1st US study -- gymnastics lands thousands in ER
Apr 04, 2008 |
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More than 600,000 children participate in school-sponsored and club-level gymnastics competitions annually in the United States. Yet gymnastics continues to be overlooked in terms of potential for injury, while having one ...
Prevent Injuries by Preparing Kids to Get Back in the Game
Sep 11, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- With the beginning of school comes the beginning of school sports seasons. This fall, make sure children and teenagers are prepared to get back in the game with an awareness of the risks and ...
Heat-related deaths in high school football players dip, but all are preventable
Jul 30, 2008 |
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You could say two is a small number. But that's still two too many for Frederick O. Mueller, Ph.D., professor of exercise and sports science in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of North Carolina at Chapel ...
'Catastrophic' e-waste fuels global toxic dump
Nov 13, 2009 |
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A "catastrophic accumulation" of dozens of millions of tonnes of "e-waste" from computers, cellphones and television sets is fuelling a global pile of hazardous waste, an international body warned Friday.
The plant cell's corset
Sep 02, 2009 |
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We still have a lot to discover about the mechanism in plants that ensures cell growth in a specific direction. However it is clear that a structure of parallel protein tubes plays an important role. Simon Tindemans investigated ...
Motorcycle helmets keep riders alive, review confirms
Jan 23, 2008 |
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Fewer than half of U.S. states require every motorcycle rider — drivers and passengers — to wear a helmet; and four states have no helmet requirements whatsoever. Around the world, the same patchwork legal pattern exists.
Catastrophic Darkness: How Life Survives an Asteroid Impact
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 10, 2009 |
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A dinosaur-killing asteroid may have wiped out much of life on Earth 65 million years ago, but now scientists have discovered how smaller organisms might have survived in the darkness following such a catastrophic ...
Medical study shows epidurals and spinal anesthetics are safer than previously reported
Jan 12, 2009 |
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The largest ever prospective study into the major complications of epidurals and spinal anaesthetics published in the British Journal of Anaesthesia today concludes that previous studies have over-estimated the risks of sev ...
Huge undersea mountain found off Indonesia: scientists
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 29, 2009 |
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A massive underwater mountain discovered off the Indonesian island of Sumatra could be a volcano with potentially catastrophic power, a scientist said Friday.
Scientists discover promising new path for treating traumas
Oct 25, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A discovery by scientists at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation could help save lives threatened by traumatic injuries like those sustained in car crashes or on the battlefield. The ...
Australia issues 'catastrophic' alerts as fires rage
Nov 21, 2009 |
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Australia has issued "catastrophic" alerts after record-breaking temperatures and wild lightning storms sparked more than 100 fires across the country, officials said Saturday.
New Mexican health-care program successful at reducing crippling health care costs
Apr 08, 2009 |
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Seguro Popular, a Mexican health care program instituted in 2003, has already reduced crippling health care costs among poorer households, according to an evaluation conducted by researchers at Harvard University in collaboration ...
Single gene mutation responsible for 'catastrophic epilepsy'
Jul 07, 2009 |
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Catastrophic epilepsy - characterized by severe muscle spasms, persistent seizures, mental retardation and sometimes autism - results from a mutation in a single gene, said Baylor College of Medicine researchers in a report ...
Clinical trial shows quadriplegics can operate powered wheelchair with tongue drive system
Jul 06, 2009 |
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An assistive technology that enables individuals to maneuver a powered wheelchair or control a mouse cursor using simple tongue movements can be operated by individuals with high-level spinal cord injuries, ...
