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injury stories: 73 news summaries

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USC Star Recovering After Surgery on Crushed Throat

Tailback suffered mishap in weight room

Sep 29, 09 4:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - USC tailback Stafon Johnson is in critical but stable condition and communicating nonverbally after surgery to repair a horrific weightlifting injury. Teammates say Johnson was bench-pressing yesterday and accidentally dropped the bar on his throat. After 7-plus hours of surgery, during which doctors realigned Johnson’s larynx, the athlete is... More »

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Trojans • injury • USC • USC Trojans • Stafon Johnson • weight lifting • college football • larynx

(Newser) - A Washington-area woman is in good condition tonight after accepting a marriage proposal—then tumbling off a cliff, the Post reports. The yet-unidentified couple was hiking along a popular but treacherous trail near the Potomac River when the man popped the question; soon thereafter the woman tumbled about 10 feet,... More »

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hiking • injury • helicopter • marriage proposal • Potomac River


 Tyler Just Glad He 
 Didn't Break His Neck 

He's grateful injuries aren't worse

Aug 14, 09 8:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Steven Tyler’s fall from the stage last week brings an early end to Aerosmith's summer tour, Entertainment Tonight reports. “Words can't express the sadness I feel for having to cancel this tour,” Joe Perry wrote on the band’s website. Tyler also spoke out for the... More »

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entertainment • celebrity • injury • accident • concert • Aerosmith • concert tour • Steven Tyler

(Newser) - Tom Brady has a busy life even if you don’t include answering questions about his ex-girlfriend, kid, wife, and his return to football after a devastating injury. But a perfectly literal statement about his sport sums up his approach to everything else. “The game goes on,” he... More »

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NFL • fatherhood • New England Patriots • football • injury • Tom Brady • Bridget Moynahan • celebrity marriage

In US, Gym-Class Injuries
Up 150% in Past Decade

Large class sizes, fewer school nurses may be to blame

Aug 3, 09 4:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - American kids are suffering 150% more injuries in gym class than a decade ago, the AP reports. Over that period, a study found, there has been a renewed emphasis on physical-education class as a way to inculcate students with healthy habits and prevent obesity. But the increase in injuries may... More »

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sports • childhood obesity • school • injury • elementary school • school budget • budget deficit • gym • physical education

Blue Food Dye May Help Treat Spinal Injury

M&M coloring, if taken in time, could reduce paralysis, study finds

Jul 28, 09 11:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - A dye used to color blue M&Ms and Gatorade may have a higher calling: Scientists say it could help treat spinal-cord injury, ScienceBlog reports. After a spinal injury, a chemical called ATP, usually key to cells’ health, rushes to the site and kills cells, worsening paralysis. With more research,... More »

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injury • ATP • Gatorade • paralysis • spinal cord • M&Ms • color • dye

(Newser) - Humans may be built for day-long hunts that could take a pack 100 miles, all without shoes, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. “We didn’t evolve as weight lifters, yoga gurus, or swimmers,” says barefoot runner Christopher McDougall, whose book Born to Run explores the hypothesis. “We evolved... More »

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evolution • marathon • injury • hunting • running • barefoot • long distance • pack • Christopher McDougall

 Second Person Dead in 
 Madonna Stage Collapse 

Madonna 'devastated' by news

Jul 17, 09 8:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - The collapse of a stage where Madonna was to perform this weekend has claimed a second victim. A 32-year-old British citizen has died, CNN reports. The first casualty was a 53-year-old Frenchman who died yesterday; three more are in the hospital in Marseille, and seven were treated and released, says... More »

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entertainment • music • France • celebrity • death • injury • concert • Madonna • Marseille • concert tour

updated

Pope Slips
on Vacation, Breaks Wrist

Injury is 'nothing serious,' says pontiff spokesman

Jul 17, 09 3:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pope Benedict XVI broke his wrist today after slipping and falling in his room during a vacation in the Italian Alps,  reports the New York Times. "It's nothing serious," said a Vatican spokesman. Benedict, who even celebrated Mass before going to the hospital by car, is expected... More »

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Pope Benedict XVI • Italy • injury • accident

1 Dead After Stage for Madonna Show Collapses

Marseille show canceled after construction calamity

Jul 16, 09 1:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - One person was killed and six injured today when a stage being built for a French stop of Madonna’s tour collapsed, the BBC reports. Construction workers were assembling the stage at a Marseille stadium when it “started shaking and collapsing,” allowing most of the workers to get... More »

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music • France • death • injury • concert • Madonna • Marseille • concert tour

OPINION

 Woodruff: I'm Going Back to Iraq 


Jul 13, 09 12:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - Bob Woodruff returned to Iraq today, 3 years after he and his cameraman were seriously injured in a bombing there, he blogs for ABC. Still rehabbing from a serious brain injury, he says returning was a tough decision. “None of us could ever have imagined then that I would... More »

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Iraq • journalism • injury • Bob Woodruff • ABC News • traumatic brain injury

(Newser) - Runners may be safer going barefoot than stuffing their feet into pricey sneakers with thick, synthetic heels, Wired reports. Research shows that the modern jogging shoe, first sold by Nike in the 1970s, hasn't prevented injuries and may even be causing them. Barefoot running—or running with geeky, minimalist footwear... More »

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shoes • injury • Nike • running • jogging

 How to Beat 
 Bad Ankles 

Ankle injuries can impair one's balance long after they heal

Jul 8, 09 1:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - People who’ve sprained an ankle are likely to sprain it again, writes Gretchen Reynolds for the New York Times, but there may be a "supremely low-tech" fix: balance training. An ankle sprain interferes with the neural receptors in the ligaments that transmit balance information to the brain.... More »

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health • injury • physical therapy • sports injuries • balance • physical education

 Clinton Falls, Fractures Elbow 

Secretary of state will undergo surgery next week.

Jun 18, 09 5:17 AM CDT
(AP) - Hillary Clinton fractured her right elbow during a fall yesterday, and will undergo surgery to repair it in the coming week. The accident happened while the secretary of state was on her way to the White House, and she was taken to a university hospital for treatment before being released.... More »

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Hillary Clinton • secretary of State • injury • broken bone • Obama Cabinet

(Newser) - An escaped gorilla injured a South Carolina zoo employee before voluntarily returning to his enclosure after 5 minutes on the loose, the State reports. Riverbanks Zoo in COlumbia was on lockdown for about 45 minutes after Mike escaped, with visitors escorted into buildings or outside the park. The zoo did... More »

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South Carolina • zoo • injury • gorilla • animal attack • employee • Riverbanks Zoo • Columbia, SC

 Sotomayor 
 Breaks Ankle 
 in New York 

Has been 'treated and released': White House

Jun 8, 09 12:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sonia Sotomayor broke her ankle this morning hurrying through New York’s LaGuardia airport, the Washington Post reports. The Supreme Court nominee was X-rayed at a Washington hospital after her flight and found to have a small fracture; she’s now on crutches. “She has been treated and released,... More »

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 Cowboys Staffer 
 Paralyzed by 
 Tent Collapse 

Two others require surgery after winds knocked over practice facility

May 4, 09 1:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - A scouting assistant for the Dallas Cowboys is permanently paralyzed from the waist down after a practice canopy collapsed on him in strong winds over the weekend, reports the Dallas Morning News. His spine was severed in the accident, doctors said. The special teams coach and assistant athletic trainer also... More »

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sports • Dallas Cowboys • tornado • injury • paralyze • Rich Behm

 Tiger Returns to 
 Win at Bay Hill 

'God, it felt good,' he says

Mar 30, 09 3:16 AM CDT
(AP) - The clutch shots, the late charge, an electric birdie putt on the 18th hole at Bay Hill. Tiger Woods is back. With a final putt everyone knew he was going to make, Woods nailed a 15-footer to win the Arnold Palmer Invitational for his first victory since returning from knee... More »

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golf • Tiger Woods • athlete • injury • Arnold Palmer Invitational

opinion

 Armstrong Embraces His Pain 


Mar 25, 09 4:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - Lance Armstrong underwent surgery today to repair his shattered collarbone, and Sally Jenkins, in the Washington Post, says he seems almost happy to be “reunited with his old friend”—pain. “Most people’s natural reaction is to avoid pain, to anesthetize it, dull it, or kill it.... More »

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injury • Tour de France • Lance Armstrong • bicycling • Howard Stern Grid

 Sharapova 'Excited' 
 to Return to Tennis 

Grand Slam champion will join Elena Vesnina for doubles

Mar 9, 09 12:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - Maria Sharapova has recovered from an acute shoulder injury that sidelined her for six months and is returning to tennis this week, CNN reports. Sharapova will play doubles with Elena Vesnina at the ATP-WTA tournament this week in Indian Wells. "I am excited to be playing competitive tennis again,... More »

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tennis • Maria Sharapova • athlete • injury • women's tennis • Pro tennis • shoulder

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