February 17, 2016 In freak accident, teen basketball player impaled by giant splinter Thirty-four teams of middle school basketball players were gathered at a Wisconsin tournament Sunday when a freak accident took place on the court, WDJT reports.
February 5, 2016 NFL critic crashes news conference about concussions SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- An uninvited guest at the NFL's annual pre-Super Bowl news conference about health and safety, Chris Nowinski stood nearby and listened Thursday as one of the league's chief advisers about concussions declined to acknowledge a link between football and the brain disease called CTE. "I wanted to see the talking points in real time, and you can tell it affected me emotionally," said Nowinski, executive director of the Concussion Legacy Foundation and an outspoken critic of the NFL on the topic of head injuries.
February 1, 2016 AP survey: NFL players question teams' attitudes on health Denver Broncos defensive lineman Antonio Smith is a rarity in the NFL: He does not get injured.
January 19, 2016 Best way for teens to recover from overuse injuries Last August, Garrett Tarbet, a kicker and defensive back on the varsity football team at Lakeside High School in Hot Springs, Ark., began feeling pain in his shins and the left foot he uses as his planting foot for kicking.
January 15, 2016 Wearable devices move toward disease treatment In the world of wearables, some devices are moving beyond tracking your exercise and sleep, and instead claim to help treat certain diseases and conditions
January 11, 2016 Studies May Have Overestimated Cellphone Crash Risk Increased risk of having a car crash attributed to cellphone use may have been overestimated in some past studies, a new analysis suggests
December 1, 2015 Roethlisberger cites family in decision to come out of game After voluntarily removing himself from the game on Sunday, Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger was diagnosed with a traumatic ocular migraine, but said he is concussion-free.
December 1, 2015 Why this New York Giant sleeps in a hyperbaric chamber After running back Rashad Jennings was selected in the 2009 NFL draft, he — not unlike other rookies — dropped a chunk of cash on a fancy new toy.
November 30, 2015 Double amputee runner sets sights on Paralympics in Rio Hunter Woodhall, a 16-year-old sophomore at Syracuse High School in Utah, hasn’t let his two prosthetic legs stand in the way of achieving athletic greatness.
November 20, 2015 New approach offers minimally invasive repair for rotator cuff injuries An innovative technique to repair torn rotator cuffs is making its way to the United States from Japan, offering patients the option to undergo a minimally invasive procedure with less recovery time than standard treatment.
