The padded room already has precipitation on the walls, and we’ve barely even started yet. “Butts up!” barks Rob Waltko, a former Pennsylvania state champion wrestler at North Allegheny High School, commanding preteen wrestlers on their mats to arch their backs. The North Allegheny Junior Tigers, mostly fifth and sixth graders, push and extend until […]
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Kids should not be allowed to play contact sports, warns concussion expert
A new study provides irrefutable proof that repeated head hits in contact sports like football lead to degenerative brain disease — a fact Dr. Bennet Omalu already discovered in 2002. CBC | Health News
Men’s 1st contact with porn dramatically impacts how they view women – study
Published time: 4 Aug, 2017 19:11 The age at which males are first exposed to porn significantly impacts their attitudes towards women in later life, a new study claims. Research presented at the 125th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association claims that the earlier boys are exposed to porn the more likely they are […]
South Asia's Crazy for This Intense Contact Sport — She's Its Trailblazing Star
Kabaddi, an ancient South Asian game that’s a bruising mix of red rover and wrestling, had been written off in India as a relic, a pastime for rural villagers to play on dusty fields. But thisnative Indian sport recently enjoyed a comeback as subcontinental fans developed an interest in sports other than colonial cricket. Then, […]
Contact lens warning: Leaving them in overnight could cause BLINDNESS
They are a thin, curved lens that is designed to sit on a film of tears covering the surface of the eye. In the UK there are approximately three million users. There are a number of options for wearers, including lenses worn for one day or a month, and hard or soft. However, using them […]
Contact lens warning: Leaving them in overnight could cause BLINDNESS
CONTACT lenses have vastly improved the options for those of poor sight. However, they can cause permanent vision loss if not worn properly. Daily Express :: Health Feed
British surgeons find mass of contact lenses in patient’s eye
Doctors at a hospital in England were surprised to find a mass of contact lenses in a 67-year-old patient’s eye, during what should have been routine cataract surgery. CBC | Health News
Woman goes in for cataract surgery, has 27 contact lenses removed from her eye
Enlarge (credit: Getty | UniversalImagesGroup) Sometimes, there’s more to old age than meets the eye—sometimes, it’s 27 contact lenses jammed in there, according to a case study published this month in the British Medical Journal. A 67-year-old British woman, complaining of eye discomfort and dryness, was scheduled last November to have routine surgery to remove […]
WARNING: Surgeons remove 27 contact lenses from woman’s eye during cataract surgery
CONTACT LENSES must be used with a degree of caution, as one woman from the West Midlands has discovered after 27 were removed from one eye during routine cataract surgery Daily Express :: Health Feed
Doctors Found 27 Contact Lenses In A Woman's Eye, And I Have So Many Questions
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