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Army studies concussions' effects on bomb techs

2010-09-05T09:30:07Z

Army studies its highest-risk group _ bomb technicians _ for effects of repeated concussions

Soldiers at Fort Campbell who specialize in finding and clearing bombs are undergoing cognitive testing in a first-of-its kind study of mild traumatic brain injury. The soldiers of the 52nd Ordnance Group will be tracked during their upcoming Afgha...

Three Mozambique police injured in riots: officials

2010-09-04T02:20:09Z

Three Mozambican police were injured in clashes with demonstrators in Maputo over rising food prices on Friday evening, police said on Saturday. "Three police were injured when protesters threw stones at them. When we tried to stop them some people threw stones and other objects at police," said police spokesman Arnaldo Chefo. Ten people were killed and more than 440 ...

Clear kids with concussions before sports: report

2010-08-30T07:30:09Z

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Kids who suffer concussions should be cleared by a doctor before they start playing sports again, and parents and coaches should be aware that young athletes take longer to recover than college and professional athletes, according to a new report in Pediatrics. The recommendations come from the ER visits for concussions soar among young athletes; docs say never 'tough out' these injuries

Emergency room visits for school-age athletes with concussions has skyrocketed in recent years, suggesting the intensity of kids' sports has increased along with awareness of head injuries. The findings in a study of national data don't necessarily mean that concussions are on the rise. However, many children aren't taken for medical treatment, so the numbers are likely ...

69 cars involved in Phoenix interstate accidents

2010-08-28T20:00:09Z

Arizona authorities say 69 cars involved in 3 collisions on section of Phoenix interstate

Arizona authorities say 69 vehicles have been involved in at least three separate collisions on an interstate near Phoenix's downtown area. The state's Department of Public Safety says Saturday evening that the accidents caused at least one serious injury. Parts of ...

44 Germans injured when horses panic in night ride

2010-08-27T03:00:10Z

44 German riders, most of them young, injured when horses panic during torch-lit ride at night

Police say 44 riders, most of them young, were injured when their horses spooked and threw them off during a torch-lit night ride near a stable in northern Germany. Police in Lathen, near said the group of 100 riders, most of them aged eight to 17, had headed out late Thursday for the ride when several of the animals panicked...

AD who brought Knight to Texas Tech is retiring

2010-08-26T13:16:20Z

Texas Tech AD who brought in Hall of Famer Knight, oversaw contentious Leach spat, retiring

Texas Tech athletic director Gerald Myers is retiring after a 14-year tenure that included the firing of football coach Mike Leach and the final days of Reuters Health) - More than 100,000 U.S. children visit the emergency room for a concussion each year, with many discharged without instructions to get needed follow-up care, a new study suggests. The findings, published in the Journal of Pediatrics, appear to be the first estimate o...

Man who performed baptisms sues LDS church

2010-08-26T07:30:15Z

Man injured while performing North Carolina submersion baptisms sues LDS church

A Las Vegas man injured while performing submersion baptisms in the name of the dead has sued The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for medica...

Grenade attack at Mexico resort wounds 15: report

2010-08-26T07:00:09Z

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - At least 15 people were injured, some seriously, after a grenade was thrown into a crowded bar in the internationally-popular Mexican beach resort of Puerto Vallarta on Wednesday night, media reported. Four of the injured people lost limbs in the attack, which occurred around midnight,...

Survival differences after injuries 'alarming'

2010-08-24T14:30:10Z

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The chances of surviving a gunshot or a car crash may vary across North America, researchers have found, suggesting room for improvement in some healthcare systems. Based on data from six U.S. and three Canadian sites, the researchers estimate that there are more than 125,000 sever...

Hearing for Harlequins' doctor in 'blood cheat' row

2010-08-23T03:15:24Z

The doctor caught up in the Harlequins fake blood scandal is set to appear before a disciplinary hearing on Monday which could end her medical career. Dr Wendy Chapman, 46, is alleged to have deliberately cut the lip of Harlequins wing Tom Williams to cover up the use of a fake blood capsule in the European Cup quarter...

Stretching study says do what you do

2010-08-20T16:15:08Z

After study, debate stretches on about whether it's good to stretch before a run

Should runners limber up before they head out on their path? Well, it's no stretch to say that the latest study left scientists reaching for the real answer. In a clinical trial designed to shed light on a long-standing debate in the running world, USA Track and Field randomly split 3,000 runners into two groups — asking ...

In Japan, bystander CPR often not so helpful

2010-08-19T15:00:22Z

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A nationwide study from Japan shows chest compressions did little to help people who'd collapsed but didn't have underlying heart disease, such as those who had drowned or suffocated. Only 1.5 percent survived a month or more without crippling brain damage, even though bystanders had pumped on their chests to keep blood flowing. That number was statistic...

Passenger 'stable' after rail crash

2010-08-18T06:15:43Z

One passenger remains in a "serious but stable" condition in hospital after a train collided with a sewage tanker at a railway crossing in Suffolk, emergency services said. Twenty-one people were injured when the front carriage of the two-car train came off the tracks late Tuesday after smashing into the lorry in the village of Little Cornard, near Sudbury. Witnesses said they heard a sound like a bomb exploding when the train and truck colli...

Two die after Rwanda grenade blast

2010-08-18T03:15:19Z

Two people died of injuries sustained in a grenade blast that rocked the Rwandan capital last week after incumbent Paul Kagame was declared winner of presidential elections, police said Wednesday. Seven people were seriously injured when an attacker threw a grenade in Kigali's main bus station on the evening of August 11. "The incident... seriously...

One dead, three injured in Dutch bus accident: officials

2010-08-13T17:15:21Z

A Eurolines bus from the Netherlands ran off a motorway in northern France Friday, leaving at least one person dead and three others seriously injured, rescue officials said. The bus was carrying 37 passengers of a dozen nationalities including Dutch, British and Chilean, and had just entered France on the A2 motorway from Belgium. Fourteen passe...

UConn guard Doty injures left knee, out for season

2010-08-12T10:15:16Z

Connecticut guard Caroline Doty suffers season-ending knee injury again

University of Connecticut guard Caroline Doty has suffered another knee injury and will miss the entire season. School officials said Thursday that Doty tore the anterior cruciate ligament in her left knee in late July. The junior will un...

2 killed by car after church service in Maryland

2010-08-08T18:00:05Z

2 killed in Maryland when car plows into group gathered on roadside after church service

Authorities say two family members have been killed and third seriously injured when a car plowed into a group gathered on the side of the road after a church service in northern Maryland. Cpl. Jennifer Bailey of the Russian finalist dies in searing heat at Sauna Championships in Finland, champion hospitalized

A Russian man trying to win the Sauna World Championships died after collapsing with severe burns in the final stage of an event that required contestants to sit in a 230-degree (110 Celsius) room as water was tossed onto a searing stove, officials and witnesses said. Vladimir Ladyzhenskiy was pronounced dead late Saturday af...

Muscle Massive wins the Hambletonian

2010-08-07T13:45:06Z

Muscle Massive edges Lucky Chucky in the Hambletonian

Muscle Massive edged Lucky Chucky by a half length in the $1.5 million Hambletonian for 3-year-old trotters on Saturday at the Meadowlands Racetrack. Driver Ron Pierce got his third Hambletonian win; trainer Jimmy Takter won the tro...

Wallaby winger McLean dies aged 63

2010-08-05T23:15:21Z

Former Wallaby winger Jeff McLean has died at the age of 63 after a prolonged battle with cancer, the Queensland Rugby Union said on Friday. McLean was a member of one of Australia?s most distinguished rugby families, with a Wallaby pedigree stretching back to 1880, the QRU said. He pl...

Safina ends slump by downing Bondarenko in San Diego

2010-08-03T16:17:08Z

SAN DIEGO, California (Reuters) - Former world number one Dinara Safina ended a six match losing streak by beating Alona Bondarenko 6-1 7-6 in the first round of the San Diego Open on Monday. Safina was...

Seahawks LB Curry remains out with concussion

2010-08-02T19:45:04Z

Seahawks starting LB Aaron Curry remains out with concussion after jarring start to camp

Seahawks starting linebacker Aaron Curry will likely remain out until at least Thursday because of a concussion he sustained on the opening day of training camp last weekend. Seattle's fourth overall pick in the 2009 missed his third consecutive practice Monday...

Iraqi minister hurt, two Britons killed in Jordan accident

2010-07-30T02:15:45Z

Iraqi Minister of Science and Technology Raed Fahmi was injured on Friday in a road accident in Jordan which killed six people including two British women, police said. Police spokesman Mohammed Khatib said 28 other people were injured in the accident on the Minister of Science and Technology Raed Fahmi was injured on Friday in a road accident in Jordan which killed six people including two Britons, police said. Police spokesman Mohammed Khatib said 28 other people were injured in the accident on the

2 die after getting trapped inside Ill. grain bin

2010-07-29T09:45:17Z

2 men die after getting trapped inside grain bin in NW Illinois; 3rd in serious condition

Authorities say two young men have died and another is in serious condition after becoming trapped inside a grain bin in northwestern Illinois. The Carroll County sheriff's department says 19-year-old Alejandro P...

Victim settles with NYC utility in steampipe blast

2010-07-29T06:00:21Z

Burn victim settles with NYC utility in steampipe blast that hurt several, led to 1 death

A man injured in a steampipe blast in New York City three years ago has settled his lawsuit against the utility company that maintained the pipe. Gregory McCullough and Consoli...

Australia awards compensation for prison van death

2010-07-28T23:45:04Z

Australian state awards $2.9 million to family of Aborigine who died of heat in prison van

The family of an Aboriginal elder who died of heat stroke in a prison van with no air conditioning on a brutally hot day in Australia's Outback will be given 3.2 million Australian dollars ($2.9 million) in compensation, a state attorney general said Thursday. West...

Bystander CPR -- no breaths necessary, studies say

2010-07-28T14:30:59Z

BOSTON (Reuters) - When someone collapses suddenly, mouth-to-mouth rescue breathing may not be necessary and could lower the chances of survival, researchers said in two studies on Wednesday that found chest compression alone is enough. The findings add to evidence that the simpler approach works best during cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or CPR. "Chest compression alone is at least as good, at least as beneficial,"

Hands-only CPR, pushy dispatchers are lifesavers

2010-07-28T14:30:48Z

Save your breath: 2 studies show hands-only CPR is enough to save lives

More bystanders are willing to attempt CPR if an emergency dispatcher gives them firm and direct instructions — especially if they can just press on the chest and skip the mouth-to-mouth, according to new research. The two new studies conclude that "hands-only" chest compression is enough to save a life. They are the largest and most rigorous yet to suggest that breathing into a victim's...

Japan tanker docks in UAE after incident in Gulf strait

2010-07-28T13:45:22Z

A Japanese tanker first thought to have been hit by an blast in the Strait of Hormuz Wednesday then said to have been struck by a huge wave arrived in the United Arab Emirates, a port official said. The M.Star of the Mitsui OSK Lines arrived in Iran in the vital Strait of Hormuz early on Wednesday, spotlighting a potential threat in a chokepoint for global oil supplies. There were differing theories about the cause of the blast -- which did not cause any serious injuries or an oil spill -- ranging from a terrorist attack to an explosion of gases. Port officials in the neig...

Six dead, over 300 hurt in China pipeline blast

2010-07-28T01:15:49Z

At least six people died and more than 300 others were injured in an explosion when a chemical pipeline ignited in eastern China on Wednesday, state media reported. The blast occurred in the city of Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu province, at about 10:00 am (0200 GMT), China National Radio said on its website. It said a pipeline carrying eth...

Two dead, up to 200 hurt in China pipeline blast

2010-07-27T23:15:55Z

At least two people died and up to 200 others were injured in an explosion when a chemical pipeline ignited in eastern China on Wednesday, state media reported. The blast occurred in the city of Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu province, at about 10 a.m. (0200 GMT), China National Radio said on its website. It said a pipeline carrying ethylene...

Report: Explosion at China factory injures 100

2010-07-27T21:45:08Z

State media says explosion at factory in eastern China injures about 100 people

State media says an explosion at a factory in eastern China has injured about 100 people. The official Xinhua News Agency says the Wednesday morning blast occurred at a plastics factory in downtown Nanjing city in eastern 1st Lt. Timothy Dwyer has a sensor strapped to his head which will measure his head movement during cognitive testing at the Fort Campbell Army base in Fort Campbell, Ky. Soldiers from the Army's 52nd Ordnance Group based at Fort Campbell have undergone hours of exhaustive cognitive testing in the military's first-of-its-kind study of mild traumatic bra...

APTOPIX Nationals Strasburg

2010-08-27T20:45:32Z

Washington Nationals pitcher Stephen Strasburg talks to the media about his injury during a press conference before a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals, Friday, Aug. 27, 2010, in Washington. Strasburg has a torn elbow ligament and will likely have Tommy John surgery, bringing the...

Detroit Building Collapse

2010-08-13T09:00:16Z

Detroit firefighters stand by as aerial units battle a burning two-story partially collapsed building in Detroit Friday, Aug. 13, 2010 . Several firefighters were injured. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

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HANDS ONLY CPR

2010-07-28T14:17:05Z

Graphic shows how to administer hands-only CPR

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Browns Bentley Football

2010-07-22T14:00:24Z

FILE - In this Aug. 2, 2006 file photo, Cleveland Browns center LeCharles Bentley arrives for a news conference at the NFL football team's football training camp in Berea, Ohio. Bentley suffrered a season-end...