News on Injuries and Traumas

Redskins invite local coaches to concussion forum

2010-03-17T17:45:07Z

<div id="subtitle">GM says Redskins invited 500 area high school football coaches to minicamp, concussion forum</div><div><p>The Washington Redskins are inviting 500 area high school football coaches to a concussion forum during a minicamp next month.</p><p>Speaking Wednesday at a panel discussion as part of Brain Injury Awareness Day on Ca...

Britain Beckham Injured

2010-03-16T06:32:24Z

Victoria Beckham arrives at Heathrow Airport London from Los Angeles, on route to Finland to visit husband soccer star David Beckham Tuesday March 16, 2010 . Beckham tore his achilles ...

BKC CONCUSSIONS

2010-03-06T08:00:29Z

ADVANCE FOR MARCH 7; graphic looks at the concussion injury rates, per 1,000 athletes in college basketball

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Concussions on the rise in college hoops

2010-03-06T07:30:16Z

<div id="subtitle">A growing headache: Bigger, faster players leading to more concussions in college basketball</div><div><p>Diving for a loose ball during a summer pickup game, North Carolina center Tyler Zeller knocked heads with another player. It left him with a headache, nothing he was too worried about.<...

Haitian Earthquake Victims Receive Physical Therapy In Hospital

2010-03-01T16:32:37Z

PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI - MARCH 01: Haitians work on the inside of the new Doctors Without Borders hospital March 1, 2010 in Sarthe, Haiti. Housed in a former Coca-Cola bottling plant, the new hospital is under construction and will have beds for more than 300 people once it is finished. Th...

Afghanistan

2010-03-01T12:36:01Z

During a helicopter medevac mission by the U.S. Army's 82nd Airborne, or Task Force Pegasus, an Afghan man with a life-threatening head injury receives medical treatment while en route to a field hospital, airborne over Helmand province, Afghanistan, Monday March 1, 2010. The man's head trauma was apparen...

Head injuries highlight at second Safety Summit

2010-02-26T16:15:14Z

<div id="subtitle">With head injuries in spotlight, Safety Summit gives players chance to ask questions, get info</div><div><p>Information came at the players like an all-out blitz as manufacturers explained why their product was the best and safest.</p><p>Though the topics were wide ranging, preventing head injuries topped the list Friday at the NFL takes deeper look into concussions of possible draft picks at combine</div><div><p>For the next class of players drafted, the NFL plans to begin preventing concussions right from the start.</p><p>For the first time, all 329 invited players at this week's NFL scouting combine will be given a baseline brain activity exam and will likely face more gri...

College football concussions plateau from 2004-08

2010-02-24T15:01:07Z

<div id="subtitle">NCAA injury surveillance report shows football concussions leveled off from 2004-2008</div><div><p>A new study used by the NCAA has found that the rate of reported concussions in college football has leveled off.</p><p>The Sweden's Patrik Jaerbyn as he crashes during the Men's super-G, at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Whistler, British Columbia, Friday, Feb. 19, 2010. Jaerbyn was brought down the course by toboggan and tak...

Skier Patrik Jaerbyn has concussion after crash

2010-02-22T08:09:29Z

&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;40-year-old Swedish skier Patrik Jaerbyn sustains concussion after super-G crash&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Patrik Jaerbyn turned in the air in a perilous crash during the Olympic super-G Friday, leaving the 40-year-old Swede with a concussion and bloody face.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Jaerbyn was taken to a Whistler Sliding Centre claimed two more injury victims.</p><p>Swiss brakeman Juerg Egger will miss the two-man bob after he suffered a spinal injury in Friday's official training, team doctor Port-au-Prince Thursday Feb. 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

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Woman, 60, in serious condition after shark bite

2010-02-22T09:43:30Z

<div id="subtitle">60-year-old woman bitten by shark off Australia in serious condition from blood loss</div><div><p>A 60-year-old woman is in serious condition after being bitten by a shark off northeastern Australia and losing several pints (liters) of blood.</p><p>A spokeswoman for the Department of Community Services says the woman has severe lacerations to he...

yasmin aga khan

2010-02-11T19:03:39Z

Yasmin Aga Khan, the daughter of Rita Hayworth showing her knee injury on her arrival at Madeo restaurant West Hollywood, USA - 10.02.10

Independent Contractors

2010-02-11T12:46:24Z

In this photo taken, Dec. 2, 2009, Celso Mena, who was injured while working on a construction job, talks about the accident, at his home in Nashua, N.H. (AP Photo/Cheryl Senter)

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Mo. mulls bill restricting youths with concussions

2010-02-22T10:30:57Z

<div id="subtitle">Mo. considers requiring medical clearance for young athletes to return after concussions</div><div><p>Young athletes who suffer concussions would not be allowed to return to practice or games without written medical clearance under legislation proposed in Missouri.</p><p>Growing attention to the long-term risks of concussions for professional athletes has PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI - FEBRUARY 09: Haitian earthquake survivor Valerie Valsaint, 10, suffering from a severely broken leg, awaits take-off in a U.S. Air Force C-130 cargo plane bound for Tampa, ...

Conn. power plant blast kills several, injures 14

2010-02-22T10:55:40Z

<div><p>An explosion blew apart a power plant under construction as workers purged natural gas lines Sunday, killing multiple people and injuring at least 14 in a blast that shook homes for miles, officials said.</p><p>Betsy Hard, deputy commissioner of the state Department of Emergency Management and H...

Goodell: NFL would consider ban on 3-point stance

2010-02-22T11:22:58Z

<div id="subtitle">NFL commissioner Goodell says ban on 3-point stance to prevent concussions 'possible'</div><div><p>A ban on the three-point stance? NFL commissioner Roger Goodell says it's possible.</p><p>Concerned about concussions, Goodell said the league will keep looking...