.../ Los Angeles Times / September 10, 2009) November 20, 2009 Torii Hunter will undergo surgery on Monday in Dallas to repair a sports hernia , an injury the Angels center fielder expects to fully recover from by the start of spring training...

In this article: Torii Hunter, Surgery, Hernia, Angels, Gold Glove Award, American League, Los Angeles Times, and Mariners

...accident left Erin and their grandmother with minor injuries and Margaret , who was 5 at the time, with life threatening injuries. Spinal cord injuries have left her wheelchair bound. Though she has come a long way since her initial...

In this article: Spinal cord injury, Surgery, Colds, Pinocchio, and Christopher Reeve

...family, and we meet Bailey 's daddy ( Bill Bailey , no really, that's his name). He is not exactly pleased that Miranda is operating on hernias on fat dudes during Christmas , and Callie 's ( Sara Ramirez ) brave attempt to inject a little...

In this article: Hernia, Mark Sloan, and Grey's Anatomy

...which had to be lifted by a tow truck to free the boy, who has since been taken to the Hospital for Sick Children with life-threatening head injuries. The second boy was uninjured and sent back to Amesbury Middle School , located on...

In this article: Amesbury Middle School, Head injury, Hospital for Sick Children, and Toronto

Manning 's appearance on the list is a week-to-week deal; sometimes he's on, sometimes he 's off. He said Monday that he considers the plantar fasciitis issue with his right foot a thing of the past. Bradshaw , dealing with a cracked fifth...

In this article: Aaron Ross, Eli Manning, Tom Coughlin, Ahmad Bradshaw, Plantar fasciitis, Sprain, Panthers, and Chargers

...of Nerves ScienceDaily (Nov. 19, 2009) Researchers have shown how an experimental drug might restore the function of nerves damaged in spinal cord injuries by preventing short circuits caused when tiny " potassium channels" in the fibers...

In this article: Spinal cord injury, Potassium, Multiple sclerosis, 4-aminopyridine, Hydroxide, Paralysis, Guinea pig, and Purdue University

...second half with another concussion. The NFL says its data shows an average of one reported concussion every other game - about 120 to 130 concussions per regular season. Of the 160 players interviewed by the AP, half said they've had...

In this article: Concussion, NFL, Roger Goodell, Vonnie Holliday, Nflpa, Tennessee Titans, Jon Kitna, Rock Cartwright, Brain Injuries, and David Vobora

...for suffering physical and emotional damage as well as incurring medical expenses. He claims to have permanent scarring to his face and post-concussion syndrome that has affected his ability to complete his education. Jenkins is not suing...

In this article: Auburn football, Auburn, Post-concussion syndrome, Nausea, Headache, and Gene Chizik

...student, has "suffered and continues to suffer grievous and permanent injury," according to the suit, including classic Post-Concussion Syndrome , which, along with the injuries, has "significantly impaired his ability to execute his...

In this article: Auburn University, Auburn football, Gene Chizik, Punitive damages, Post-concussion syndrome, and Birmingham

THIS STORY HAS BEEN FORMATTED FOR EASY PRINTING There were three of us in the car: Alex , Wesley , and me. A colleague had just announced he was leaving journalism. This became the chief topic of conversation. Being journalists, which means...

In this article: Peter Frampton, Mitt Romney, Mick Jagger, Roger Daltrey, Ted Kennedy, Hairline fracture, and Monty Python

...at the last minute when Kwan pulled out, got such a call again this week when Sasha Cohen announced her withdrawal Monday because of tendinitis in her right calf. Hughes , 20, stood 11th of 12 skaters in the field with a score of 45.32. . ....

In this article: Kim Yu-Na, Stanislav Morozov, Evan Lysacek, Brian Orser, Shen Xue, Emily Hughes, Michelle Kwan, James Bond, and 007

CHARLOTTE , N.C. (AP) -- Portland forward Travis Outlaw sustained a stress fracture in his left foot during the first quarter of the Trail Blazers' game against Charlotte on Saturday night. Outlaw entered the game third on the team in...

In this article: Travis Outlaw, Stress fracture, Josh Smith, Hawks, Charlotte, Portland, T.J. Ford, Joe Johnson, and Jamal Crawford

...use of GRNOPC1, Geron's hESC-derived oligodendrocyte progenitor product, in patients with cervical spinal cord injuries. Over half of the 11,000 human spinal cord injuries that are sustained in the U.S. annually are in the cervical region.

In this article: Geron Corporation, Spinal cord injury, Medical advice, Inflammation, Paralysis, Meningitis, University of California at Irvine, and FDA

...those fighting in Afghanistan , where nearly four times as many troops were injured in October as a year ago. Amputations , burns, brain injuries and shrapnel wounds proliferate in Afghanistan , due mostly to increasingly potent improvised...

In this article: Afghanistan, Washington, U.S., and Spinal cord injury

...time is that these small collisions may be just as damaging. The growing body of research on former football players suggests that brain damage isn't necessarily the result of any one trauma, but the accumulation of thousands of seemingly...

In this article: NFL, Cal, Head Trauma, and Pac-10

Spinal, Traumatic Brain Injuries Among US Troops Rise With Violence In Afghanistan AP) WASHINGTON (AP) - Far from winding down, the numbers of wounded U.S. soldiers coming home have continued to swell. The problem is especially acute among...

In this article: Afghanistan, Washington, U.S., Traumatic brain injury, and Spinal cord injury

...brain changes in survivors of extreme violence. That work looked at Holocaust survivors, and now we are the first to connect similar brain damage with mental health issues in survivors of political torture. We believe, although it has not...

In this article: Depression, Head injury, Detainee, Anxiety, Archives of General Psychiatry, Brain damage, and Massachusetts General Hospital

...then will break." In addition to spinal injuries , physical damage often includes shattered bones in the feet and ankles, and a concussion from the servicemember's head hitting the MRAP ceiling, say Dwan and Zierold. In some cases,...

In this article: Afghanistan, U.S., Spinal injuries, Iraq War, Concussion, Paralysis, and USA Today