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Technology aims to end heat strokes in American football
Mar 06, 2009 |
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American football players may be able to avoid heat strokes by wearing helmets with specially made technology, an Austrian company that worked on the project said Friday.
Fatality rates increase with repeal of helmet laws, study finds
Mar 31, 2008 |
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Since 1975, more than 100,000 motorcycle riders in America have died in crashes. The majority of states required motorcycle helmets in 1975, but today, only 20 states have universal helmet laws that require all riders to ...
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.
Head injuries increase after motorcycle helmet law repeal
Jun 12, 2008 |
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Pennsylvania motorcyclists suffered large increases in head injury deaths and hospitalizations in the two years following the repeal of its motorcycle helmet law, according to a University of Pittsburgh study to be published ...
Researchers Invent Helmet that Significantly Reduces Direct Impact to Neck During Head-first Impact
Jun 25, 2008 |
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University of British Columbia researchers have invented a sports helmet that reduces direct impact to the neck by up to 56 per cent, according to preliminary tests.
How blast waves cause human brain injury even without direct head impacts?
Aug 26, 2009 |
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New research on the effects of blast waves could lead to an enhanced understanding of head injuries and improved military helmet design.
National study -- kids' bike injuries are major public health concern
Oct 16, 2007 |
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A new study conducted by researchers at the Center for Injury Research and Policy at Nationwide Children’s Hospital concludes that bicycle-related injuries among children and adolescents in the U.S. may be a more significant ...
US Army Invests in 'Thought Helmet' Technology for Voiceless Communication
Sep 22, 2008 |
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In the future, soldiers may be communicating silently with sophisticated "thought helmets." The devices would harness a person´s brain waves and transmit them as radio waves, where they would be translated ...
The Physics of Explosives and Blast Helmets
Nov 25, 2008 |
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Of all the threats facing U.S. soldiers in combat, among the most dangerous are roadside bombs and other improvised explosive devices (IED's). At the 61st Meeting of the American Physical Society's Division of Fluid Dynamics ...
Probing question: What is 'Talk and Die' Syndrome?
Jun 25, 2009 |
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Ah, summer! Season of baseball, bike rides, barbecues -- and head injuries. There’s nothing like warm weather to get people outside and active, and nothing like activity to fill up an emergency room.
Virginia Tech Tackles Head Injuries Using Wireless
Apr 12, 2007 |
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The Virginia Tech football team has joined with Simbex to measure head injuries and develop a wireless telemetry system that fits inside a football helmet.
High-tech helmets reveal new information about the impact of hard hits to the head
Dec 07, 2007 |
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In a game that spawned the term "slobber knocker," is there a limit to the amount of impact a football player's head can handle before the player suffers a concussion?
You're not Superman: Despite major medical advances, recovery times for regular folks take time
May 01, 2009 |
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You fall off your bike and break your collarbone, and your doctor tells you to stay off the bike for six to eight weeks. Lance Armstrong falls and breaks his collarbone in multiple places, and he's back in the saddle in ...
Motorcycle helmet laws found effective
Aug 30, 2006 |
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A U.S. study suggests states not requiring motorcycle riders to wear helmets may be contributing to unnecessary deaths, hospitalizations and disabilities.
National study finds youth baseball-related injuries down 25 percent
May 26, 2009 |
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Spring marks baseball season for more than 19 million children and adolescents who play each year as part of a team or in backyards throughout the United States. The good news for these players is that the number of injuries ...
