Tag: injuries
Dear Dr. Roach: I recently read that a large percentage of orthopedic injury to the elderly is directly related to their falling while walking large animals, specifically dogs over 20 pounds. Can you shed light…
Before the start of the 2018 season, major-league baseball instructed its 30 teams to have protective netting installed that would at a minimum extend from the backstop to the end of each dugout. All teams…
Cubs hitter Albert Almora Jr. was in anguish Wednesday night in Houston after his line-drive foul ball struck a young girl. He knew immediately after making contact that hed sent a dangerous projectile into the…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) A vicious storm tore through the Kansas City area, spawning tornadoes that downed trees and power lines, damaged homes and injured at least a dozen people in the latest barrage…
Machinery represents an ever-present danger on the farm. While machines save valuable time and are essential to productivity, use of farm machinery is hazardous, making them the source of most injuries and deaths on American…
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) A suburban Kansas City teenager who was struck by an out-of-control car as she was walking home from school has died from her injuries. The Kansas City Star reports that…
EMPORIA, Kan. (AP) Authorities say two people were hurt in a crash on a smoke-obscured highway in the Flint Hills of Kansas. The Kansas Highway Patrol reports that the wreck happened Tuesday on the…
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) At least 49 people were killed in mass shootings at two mosques full of worshippers attending Friday prayers in an attack broadcast in horrifying, live video by an immigrant-hating white…
The NCAA football rules committee has proposed giving replay officials more leeway to overturn targeting penalties and recommended that games reaching a fifth overtime be decided by alternating 2-point conversion tries. The rules committee met…
Lindsey Vonn says she will retire from ski racing after this months world championships in Sweden. The womens all-time leader in World Cup wins had been planning to retire in December but changed her plans…
