Murray withdraws from ATP Tour Finals

2011-11-22T09:00:28Z

LONDON (Reuters) - Andy Murray has withdrawn from the ATP World Tour Finals due to a groin injury, the Briton said on Tuesday.

The world number three required treatment on court during a straight-sets defeat by

Yaroslavl Lokomotiv crash survivor dies of burns

2011-09-12T05:30:24Z

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The sole member of the Yaroslavl Lokomotiv ice hockey team to survive last week's air crash in western Russia died of his injuries on Monday, the medical center that treated him said.

Alexander Galimov, along wi...

Passengers injured when bus flips on Pennsylvania Turnpike

2011-08-13T07:00:43Z

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - A Greyhound bus overturned on the Pennsylvania Turnpike early on Saturday, trapping one passenger inside the vehicle and injuring nearly two dozen others, Turnpike officials said...

Young athletes must take precautions in heat: doctors

2011-08-10T12:30:15Z

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - As the season of two-a-day football workouts gets underway, young athletes need to be extra careful to drink plenty of water and to rest in between back-to-back sessions, according to a report from the American Academy of Pediatrics.

An AAP committee notes in t...

Man trying to steal copper gets major shock, police say

2011-08-03T11:30:26Z

CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - A man allegedly trying to steal copper from a South Carolina power substation was shocked by 7,200 volts of electricity, burning him and cutting power to more than 3,000 homes, police said on Wednesday.

Phillip LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Four Los Angeles police officers were injured on Saturday, one of them critically, when a 64 year-old woman who may have been asleep at the wheel struck their cruisers, police said.

The 2:20 a.m. crash in the city...

Non-head injuries may impact thinking skills: study

2011-07-28T15:00:17Z

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A blow to the head isn't the only injury that can make a football player a little slow and confused.

A sprained ankle or strained knee might also affect how athletes perform on a computer-based test of attention, memory, and reaction time generally used to manage concussions, according to new research.

That means trainers and team doctors should rely on talk...

Bomb caused Oslo explosion, two confirmed dead: report

2011-07-22T08:30:21Z

OSLO (Reuters) - Norwegian police said that a bomb caused the explosion in central Oslo Friday, news agency NTB reported, quoting a police chief.

State broadcaster NRK radio said two people were now confirmed dead, raising the initial toll from one.

"So far I can confirm that we have received seven people at ABUJA (Reuters) - An explosion in Suleja, a satellite town on the outskirts of Nigeria's capital Abuja, seriously injured at least four people on Sunday, the National Emergency Management Agen...

Amish mother dies after treating burns with home remedy

2011-06-02T15:30:12Z

PITTSBURGH (Reuters) - A severely burned Amish woman, treated with home remedies for two days before her family called 911, died of the infected burns, a county coroner said on Thursday.

Ella Miller, 32, was heating water for laundry over a wood fire at her family's house in TORONTO (Reuters) - The sudden death of New York Rangers enforcer Derek Boogaard was ruled accidental and caused from a lethal combination of alcohol and painkillers, a U.S. medical examiner ...

Police inadvertently shoot dog attack victim

2011-04-27T08:30:30Z

BERLIN (Reuters) - A German woman who had escaped without serious injury from a dog attack was accidentally shot by police while she hid from the animal behind a door, police said on Wednesday.

Police in Berlin shot the dog dead, but a stray bullet went through the door behind which the woman was cowering, striking her in the ar...

German circus families in shootout over tent space

2011-04-19T08:00:24Z

BERLIN (Reuters) - A shootout between two German circus families competing over tent space has left six people injured, police said on Tuesday.

The disagreement came to a head on Monday evening as the families fired guns, used knives and attacked each other with batons, police in the Bavarian city of

Helicopter crashes in India killing 17 domestic tourists

2011-04-19T05:30:17Z

GUWAHATI, India (Reuters) - A helicopter packed with Indian tourists crashed Tuesday in mountains near the Chinese border and 17 people were killed, police said.

The helicopter was carrying 23 people and caught fire as it was preparing to land in the northeastern state of Arunanchal Pradesh. It crashed ...

Another "Spider-man" actress sidelined by injury

2011-03-22T18:00:09Z

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Yet another performer in the trouble-plagued Broadway musical "Spider-man Turn Off the Dark" has been sidelined by an injury suffered on stage, a spokesman for the show said on Tuesday.

Stretches before running have no impact on injury

2011-02-18T12:00:20Z

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - It makes no difference if you stretch or not before a run, because stretching won't affect your risk of injury, according to a study.

"There is a lot of controversy about this," Dr. Daniel Pereles, from George Washington University, told Reuter...

Stretches before running have no impact on injury: study

2011-02-17T17:30:29Z

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - It makes no difference if you stretch or not before a run, because stretching won't affect your risk of injury, according to a study.

"There is a lot of controversy about this," Daniel Pereles, from George Washington University, told Reuters Hea...

One dead, dozens hurt in Naples new year festivities

2011-01-01T01:30:08Z

NAPLES, Italy (Reuters) - One person was killed, more than 70 injured, and fireworks set on fire dozens of piles of rubbish as the city of Naples rang in the new year.

The southern city and its hinterland are traditionally the most explosive area in Italy on New Year's Eve, and Friday night ...

ER transfer-time "rules" may not be useful

2010-12-23T14:30:28Z

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Illinois hospitals often don't meet a state-mandated goal of transferring seriously injured patients to a more appropriate facility within two hours -- but patients don't appear to suffer as a result, a new study concludes. The findings suggest that similar "two-hour rules" for emergency rooms elsewhere may no...

At least 100 injured in Bangladesh factory fire

2010-12-14T01:33:37Z

DHAKA (Reuters) - At least 100 people were injured in a fire at a multi-storey garment factory near the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka Tuesday, fire service officials said.

"Firefighters are trying to douse the huge blaze and rescuers are retrieving the injured and evacuating trapped workers," said an official monitoring the fire at Ashulia, 25 km (16 mil...

Five dead, 50 hurt in Bangladesh train crash: police

2010-12-08T05:00:18Z

DHAKA (Reuters) - At least five people were killed and 50 others were injured in a head-on train collision in Bangladesh Wednesday, police said.

The Daily Star online edition and local television channel Desh reported the death tolls as 10 and 13 respectively. Both outlets said more than 100 people ...

Stanford too medicated to prepare for trial: lawyer

2010-12-07T11:00:54Z

HOUSTON (Reuters) - Allen Stanford, accused of leading a $7 billion Ponzi scheme, is on so much medication that he is unable to prepare for his upcoming trial, his lawyer said in a motion seeking his client's release from jail.

Stanford was attacked by a fellow inmate in September 2009. The fight left him with a concuss...

Concussion guide makes return to play tougher

2010-11-01T11:30:25Z

CHICAGO (Reuters) - New guidelines from the American Academy of Neurology say no U.S. athlete who has had a concussion should be allowed to resume play until all symptoms have passed, revising earlier guidelines that allowed some athletes back on the ...

New guidelines drop the "P" from CPR

2010-10-18T00:00:06Z

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - After 50 years of loyal service, traditional CPR is being replaced by a new, bare-bones version of the life-saving emergency procedure.

Forget about yucky mouth-to-mouth contact -- the P in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) -- and get right down to pumping hard and fast on the chest, the Reuters Health) - A massive Arizona campaign to get bystanders to do hands-only CPR if they see someone collapse appears to have paid off, state officials said on Tuesday.

Doctors have traditionally recommended mouth-to-mouth rescue breathing in addition to chest compressions during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), but ...

Grenade attack in Mexico injures 12 people

2010-10-03T07:00:08Z

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Twelve people were injured late Saturday by the explosion of a grenade in a packed public plaza in a town in the northern Mexican state of Monterrey, daily Reforma reported on its website.

(Reporting by Michael O'Boyle; Editing by Bill Trott)

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Injuries common in recreational soccer

2010-09-21T16:40:22Z

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Long sprints and hard kicks, coupled with intermittent obstacles such as an opponent's cleat careening toward your calf, pose real dangers on the soccer field -- even at the recreational level, suggests a new study.

In fact, New Zealand researchers found that about half of all community soccer play...

Artificial "skin" materials can sense pressure

2010-09-12T10:15:14Z

CHICAGO (Reuters) - New artificial "skin" fashioned out of flexible semiconductor materials can sense touch, making it possible to create robots with a grip delicate enough to hold an egg, yet strong enough to grasp the frying pan, U.S. researchers said on Sunday.

Scientists have long struggled with a way to make robotic devices capa...

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 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 esti...

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 mid...

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...

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 sta...

Over 20 killed in Iran mosque explosions: agency

2010-07-15T12:16:08Z

TEHRAN (Reuters) - More than 20 people were killed and over 100 were injured in two explosions in Iran's southeastern city of Zahedan Thursday night, a provincial emergency official was quoted as saying by IRNA news agency . "In the two explosions in Zahedan more than 20 people were killed and o...

Custom-Made Running Shoes May Not Prevent Injury

2010-09-10T13:37:34Z

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Uruguay captain Lugano doubtful for semi-final

2010-07-04T09:00:16Z

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Uruguay's captain and inspirational defender Diego Lugano may not be able to shake off a knee injury in time for the South Americans' World Cup semi-final against Reuters Health) - You shouldn't worry too much if your kid hits his or her head and the doctor says it's just a minor injury, Canadian researchers said Monday.

While some grownups may experience delayed, and potentially fatal, bleeding in the brain after even minor accidents, this phenomenon is exceedingly rare in children, the researchers found.

"One of the things we worry about when we see children ...

Safina ruled out of Wimbledon with back injury

2010-09-08T12:51:24Z

LONDON (Reuters) - Russia's former world number one Dinara Safina has withdrawn from Wimbledon because of injury, tournament organizers said on Saturday.

Safina, who was seeded 20th for the grand-slam event which starts on Monday, has a lower back injury. Her position...

Six injured at Cape Town World Cup fan zone

2010-06-10T11:30:27Z

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - Six people were injured in a crowd crush at Cape Town's main World Cup fan zone on Thursday when thousands of fans attempted to get into the venue, a city spokesman said. "People were anxious to get in and just surged ahead. Fortunately it was a contained incident and calm was restored quickly...

On the ice, checking may triple preteen injuries

2010-06-11T21:32:27Z

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Preteen hockey players are more than three times as likely to get hurt if body checking is allowed, researchers from Canada said Tuesday, and the smallest kids take the hardest hits.

While the findings might not come as a huge surprise, Canada is split on whether or not to permit 11- and 12-year-olds, the so-called Pee Wees, to use the technique,...

England captain to miss World Cup

2010-06-04T10:15:20Z

RUSTENBURG, South Africa (Reuters) - England captain Rio Ferdinand has been ruled out of the World Cup after suffering a knee injury in training on Friday, the South Africa (Reuters) - England captain Rio Ferdinand was taken to hospital after suffering a left knee injury in the final minutes of their first training session on Thursday.

The injury-prone 31-year-old central defender went into ...

Body-checking safe in preteen hockey players: study

2010-03-22T07:15:41Z

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - You may not need to worry as much about young kids body-checking each other on the ice, according to a new study.

Allowing kids as young as 9 years old to use body-checking during ice hockey may be safe if rules are strictly enforced, Canadian researchers said Monday in a report that adds to a long-standing controversy.

The researchers looked at injury rates before and after a rule c...

Safina to miss Miami with back injury

2010-03-16T09:45:39Z

MOSCOW (Reuters) - World number two Dinara Safina has pulled out of next week's Sony Ericsson Open tournament because of persistent back injury, the Russian said Tuesday.

"Unfortunately, I will not be able to play in RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Six Palestinian family members were killed in a car collision with an Israeli military vehicle in the occupied West Bank Friday, Palestinian police and the Israeli army said.

The circumstances of the accident were ...

Turbulence injures over 20 on U.S.-Japan flight

2010-10-27T15:08:31Z

TOKYO (Reuters) - More than 20 people were injured when a United Airlines flight from Washington to Tokyo hit turbulence on Saturday, an airport police official said.

No one on United Flight 897 was seriously injured, he added. The

Safina pulls out of Dubai with back injury

2010-04-16T07:10:32Z

MOSCOW (Reuters) - World number two Dinara Safina has pulled out of next week's Dubai tennis championships because of continuing problems with a back injury, the Russian said on Monday.

"Unfortunately, I will not be able to play this year because of the back injury that's bee...

French scientists create skin fast from stem cells

2010-04-16T08:46:35Z

PARIS (Reuters) - French scientists have found a way to create human skin rapidly from stem cells, a discovery that could save the lives of many burns victims who are vulnerable to infection and now wait weeks for a skin graft.

The scientists made the breakthrough by creating a patch of human skin on a mouse's back using stem cells -- cells which have the ability to develop into any human cell.

Skin grafts have...

Hot tub injuries on the rise

2010-04-16T09:15:31Z

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - As more and more Americans have turned to hot tubs for some rest and relaxation, the number of hot tub-related injuries has grown as well, a national study shows.

Between 1990 and 2007, researchers found, emergency-room visits for injuries sustained in a hot tub, whirlpool or spa climbed 160 percent nationwide -- from just over 2,500 per year to more than 6,600 in the last study year.

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Injured Youzhny and Andreev out of St Petersburg

2010-10-13T14:18:02Z

ST PETERSBURG (Reuters) - Top seed Mikhail Youzhny retired with a back injury midway through his second-round match against Denis Istomin at the St Petersburg Open on Thursday.

Youzhny, fr...

Bicycle injuries in U.S. becoming more severe

2010-07-28T11:46:33Z

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Bicycle injuries in the US have become more severe and there has been a marked increase in chest and stomach injuries.

Moreover, despite greater public awareness, helmet use has not increased and head injury rates have not fallen.

"There is a paucity of studies looking specifically at bicycle injuries," lead researcher

Burns down in kids, still 120,000 per year in U.S.

2010-04-16T09:58:54Z

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The good news: According to a new report, the number of US kids burned by scalding water, chemicals and electrical appliances decreased significantly between 1990 and 2006.

The bad news: Hundreds of youngsters are still getting burned every day.

More than 2 million children, adolescents and young adults were treated in US emer...

A relief? Lower back pain unlikely to mean cancer

2010-09-01T12:17:02Z

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Your lower back pain may be killing you, but there's some good news: Such pain is very unlikely to mean serious problems such as broken vertebrae or cancer, according to a study by Australian researchers.

Dr. Christopher G. Maher, from The Reuters Health) - Don't discount a bump to the noggin that knocks you out during a soccer game: Researchers report poorer than average thinking skills and reaction times in young soccer players, and particularly female players, who had just one concussion.

Concussions - usually marked by a loss of consciousness -- may result in memory loss, slower reaction times, poorer thinking skills, and symptoms such as...

Beer for brain injury? Maybe

2010-04-16T10:11:49Z

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who suffer a traumatic brain injury from a car crash or other mishap are more apt to survive if they had been drinking at the time of the injury, according to a study published Monday.

The finding "raises the intriguing possibility" that giving alcohol to brain injured patients may improve outcome, the study team suggests in the Archives of Surgery.

Alcohol and driving "is and...

During CPR, more chest compressions save more lives

2010-04-16T10:18:54Z

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - If you're uncomfortable giving mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, you may actually do a better job of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) if you do less mouth-to-mouth, according to a new study: The odds that someone whose heart has stopped beating goes up markedly when rescuers doing spend more time giving chest compressions, research released this week indicates.

CPR consists of chest compres...

Scientists find virtual reality helps relieve pain

2010-04-16T10:19:30Z

SEATTLE, Washington (Reuters) - Teenager Jordan Robinson has faced excruciating pain since a backyard prank went wrong but treatment with virtual reality has given him some relief.

Robinson, 18, and his friends thought it would be fun to shoot flaming arrows at bags full of gasoline in his backyard but it turned out to be a very bad idea, landing him in hospital with seve...

Protesters kick up stink at Chinese sewage works

2010-04-16T10:33:28Z

BEIJING (Reuters) - Residents living near a faulty sewage works in southeastern China have gone on the rampage, smashing equipment, beating police and kidnapping local officials, a newspaper reported on Tuesday.

Up to 200 people were involved in the unrest in Quanzhou in the coastal ...

Cameroon train crash kills 7, hundreds hurt

2010-04-16T10:35:37Z

YAOUNDE (Reuters) - Seven people died and hundreds more were injured in a passenger train crash near Cameroon's capital Saturday, state radio said, a day after a train carrying gas derailed and burst into flames, killing two.

"These two days have been very unfortunate for our national railway carrier," Cameroonian government...

School kids can learn and do CPR and use AEDs

2010-04-16T10:44:18Z

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Children as young as 9 years of age can learn emergency resuscitation procedures, and retain this knowledge when it is taught regularly, suggest findings from an Austrian study.

Of the school children who received a total of 6 hours of emergency basic life support skills, 86 percent accurately performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) when tested 4 months later, report

2010-04-16T11:44:12Z

NEW YORK (Reuters) - "Twilight" star Robert Pattinson was hit by a taxi in New York as he tried to run away from a crowd of hysterical teenage fans, but he was not seriously injured, U.S. media reported.

Pattinson, 23, who stars in the hit teenage va...

Mild trauma linked to headaches in soldiers

2010-04-16T12:21:56Z

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Nearly half of U.S. soldiers returning from combat who receive specialized care for headaches have a history of mild head trauma, according to a study by two researchers from Madigan Army Medical Center, Beverly Dove holds a sign as she speaks during a city council meeting in Berkeley, Calif., Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010. The council in this famously liberal city is considering a resolution Tuesday night bestowing hero status on Pfc. Bradley Manning, the soldier at the center of the

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