Brazilian born soccer super star, Eduardo de Silva (or, Eduardo da Silva), suffered one of the more horrific leg breaks in sports history. Only time will tell if he will be able to return to the game after his leg heals. Fans around the world are in a state of shock, anger and mourning over the crippling tackle landed by his opponent.
In Britain, boxers are skilled fighters, trained in the art of punishing their opponent, carefully delivering a well executed punch to floor their adversary. However, they do things differently in America. There they are just trained to harm, indiscriminately.
The truly ergonomic HandShoe Mouse has been designed to stop pinching and gripping like you do with a standard computer mouse. Gripping and Pinching is a major cause for Repetitive Strain Injury RSI) and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.
This ergonomic mouse (the HandShoe mouse) also prevents that your fingers are hovering above the mouse buttons, another cause for RSI and capral tunnel syndrome. The HandShoe mouse has been developed by a medical university and has been tested in large organizations for almost two years.
Fotage. Two rockets fired from Gaza landed in central Ashkelon Monday. One of the rockets landed inside the city's soccer stadium. Several people nearby suffered shock.
Another rocket landed in an open field in the Sdot Negev Regional Council. There were no reports of injury. (Shmulik Hadad)
High school freshman Nina McDonald recalls simply running for the ball during middle school soccer practice when she felt a pop in her knee, followed by excruciating pain. As she fell to the ground, she remembers thinking she would never be able to play her favorite sport again.
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Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) in partnership with The PlowShare Group has launched a series of new public service advertisements aimed at raising awareness and enlisting support of the needs of injured service members of the nation’s armed military. Over 40,000 of our nation’s armed forces have been physically wounded during the current military conflicts. Hundreds of thousands more are estimated to be recovering from invisible wounds of war, including post-traumatic stress disorder, major depression, and traumatic brain injury (TBI). WWP assists wounded warriors and their families through a holistic approach to their recovery. Whether through caregiver retreats, combat stress programs, career and education services, or adaptive sporting opportunities, WWP empowers warriors with the tools essential to not just survive their injuries but to thrive and achieve personal and professional success.
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The Department of Veterans Affairs will recognize 2012 National VA Research Week April 23 – 27. This year’s theme, “Caring for Veterans Through Discovery & Collaboration,” will mark a week that celebrates the contributions of Veterans who make research possible by participating in VA research studies as well as VA investigators and collaborators.
John P. Holdren, PhD, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and Assistant to the President, will be a featured speaker at VA’s Research Week Forum April 26. The Forum, to be held at VA Central Office in Washington D.C., is part of the Department’s annual Research Week celebration. Dr. Joel Kupersmith, Chief Research and Development Officer, will provide opening remarks and serve as Forum moderator.
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the last 23 years, a range of road safety strategies have focused on
changing community attitudes to drink driving in order to curb the road
toll. Victoria has witnessed significant success in changing consumer
attitudes and behaviour, with a majority of the community now believing
that drink driving is socially unacceptable.
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) has begun enrollment for the first Phase I safety study approved by the Food and Drug Administration to investigate the use of a child’s own umbilical cord blood stem cells for traumatic brain injury in children. The study is being performed in conjunction with Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital, UTHealth’s primary children’s teaching hospital.
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