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Easy Way to Reduce Tornado Injuries: Helmets

Dustin Lushing — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:50:32 CST

A cheap, practical, and easy way exists to reduce injuries during a tornado, say researchers at the University of Alabama: Wear a helmet. Strapping on a motorcycle, bicycle, or football helmet in a pinch could provide crucial protection, especially considering that head injuries are such a common cause of tornado...

Yoga Can Hurt You, Too

Dustin Lushing — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 11:29:09 CST

Yoga is acclaimed as a healing, relaxing, and generally safe pursuit, but the exploding number of practitioners in the US should know that injuries are fairly common and that the problem is growing, reports the New York Times Magazine . Sprains, dislocations, broken backbones, and even strokes are suffered by yoga...

Former Players Sue NFL Over Brain Injuries

Dustin Lushing — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 16:04:02 CST

Three retired football players are suing the NFL because they say they got banged up so much in their playing days it left them with brain injuries. They want the league to set up a program to monitor the problem among all former players, reports Bloomberg . The three former athletes—...

Maggots Clean Wounds Faster Than Doctors

Matt Cantor — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 14:40:05 CST

Maggots may work faster than any surgeon when it comes to cleaning large wounds that are slow to heal. Typically, doctors use scalpels and special enzymes to lift dead tissue from such wounds; researchers in France wanted to see if maggots could speed the process. They compared the two therapies...

Dehydrated Tyler Knocked Teeth Out in Fall

Dustin Lushing — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 20:13:19 CDT

Dehydrated from food poisoning, rock star Steve Tyler whacked his face hard in a shower in Paraguay today and knocked out several teeth, reports TMZ . After Tyler's release from a hospital, his manager described the injuries as "minor" and said tonight's canceled Aerosmith concert was rescheduled for tomorrow. Tyler would...

Rutgers Player Paralyzed After Collision

Matt Cantor — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 07:42:20 CDT

A Rutgers defensive tackle was paralyzed below the neck following a collision with an Army player last night. Eric LeGrand, a junior from New Jersey, underwent emergency surgery and was in intensive care after the top of his helmet slammed into the other player’s left shoulder on Saturday, the New...

Man Gets $650K After Stripper Kick

Nick McMaster — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 15:13:20 CDT

A Florida man has won a $650,000 settlement for getting kicked in the face by a stripper, NBC Miami reports. The lawsuit charged that Michael Ireland suffers from permanent double vision after taking a high-heeled boot to the head while in a club. Ireland says the blow punctured his...

Broken Bat Impales Cubs' Outfielder

Kevin Spak — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 09:02:24 CDT

Cubs outfielder Tyler Colvin is in the hospital, after a flying chunk of a teammate’s bat stabbed him in the chest during yesterday’s game. Colvin was on third when Wellington Castillo broke his bat on an RBI double. The ball sailed down the line into left field, and the big,...

Man Gets Stuck at Water Park

Emily Rauhala — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 09:12:22 CDT

It would be funny if it didn't sound so utterly painful: A British man in his thirties had to be cut from a fiberglass water slide after he flew into a concrete step at the end of the tube. "There was a small gap about an inch wide between the...