Canadian ski cross racer Nick Zoricic died Saturday of head injuries he sustained in a crash during a World Cup event in Grindelwald, Switzerland, officials reported. As a press release from the International Ski Federation (FIS) said, Zoricic “crashed heavily,” and the Ski Cross World Cup this weekend “was overshadowed..
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Federal safety regulators have issued $11,675 in fines stemming from a horrific drill accident that killed a man on a construction site in Aspen Highlands, Colo., according to the Aspen Daily News. http://www.aspendailynews.com/section/home/151849 The fines were levied against Hayward Baker, a national construction company, for the Aug. 11 death..
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Working in the oil-drilling industry seems to be up there with being part of a bomb-detonation squad in terms of safety these days. In February and March so far, I’m aware of three deaths in accidents on oil fields or rigs in North Dakota alone. And last month,..
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An oil field worker was killed in an accident last month on a site near Parshall, N.D., according to KFYRTV.com. http://www.kfyrtv.com/News_Stories.asp?news=55237 The Mountrail County Sheriff’s Department didn’t have any additional information on fatal oil field accident. The sheriff’s department is also looking into the death of Charles..
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A worker was killed in an oil-field accident a week ago in North Dakota, according to the Deseret News. http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865551568/Utah-man-killed-in-North-Dakota-drilling-rig-mishap.html Jason McDonald, a 22-year-old from Vernal, Utah, fell some 80 feet off a derrick in Stanley, N.D., and died, the Mountrail County Sheriff’s Department said. McDonald hit the..
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Researchers appear to be making progress determining what is an accurate recovery time for athletes who suffer concussions, according to a recent story in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Editor’s Note: We remain skeptical about the motive for such research or the clinical value it will have. http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/health/s_783884.html# The story is about..
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Evidence is piling up that concussions aren’t just caused by a one blow to the head, by can be the result of many hits over a period of time. A two-year study conducted by Purdue University supports what traumatic brain injury experts such as myself have been seeing anecdotally, as in..
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Roughly a year ago ex-Chicago Bear Dave Duerson committed suicide by shooting’s himself in the chest. Now his survivors want justice from the National Football League. Duerson’s family last week filed suit against the NFL, alleging that the league has known for years that concussions sustained during the game cause permanent brain damage,..
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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) can be a extraordinarily difficult condition to rebound from. And now there’s a report that a lot more people may be suffering from TBI than the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates. Researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., are the one who have raised..
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Baseball Hall of Famer Gary Carter, a pivotal player when the New York Mets won the 1986 World Series, succumbed to brain cancer Thursday. He was 57. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/17/sports/baseball/gary-carter-exuberant-power-hitting-catcher-dies-at-57.html?_r=1 I recently blogged about Carter, who was a star player on the Montreal Expos and the Mets, when it was revealed that his condition..
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