Boxing injuries, headguards and the fights that add up
Boxing injuries: cuts, hand fractures and concussion, how brain effects rise with each fight, what headguards do and do not prevent, and non-contact boxing.
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Horse riding injuries, helmets and the kick on the ground
Horse riding injuries: falls in the saddle, kicks on the ground, the motorcycling myth, helmets and air vests, and why riding is still worth doing.
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Ice hockey injuries, body checking and the rule that halved them
Ice hockey injuries: concussion, faces and necks, and how removing body checking for 11- and 12-year-olds halved injuries in Canadian youth hockey.
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Volleyball injuries, ankles at the net and the second sprain
Volleyball injuries: why ankle sprains happen at the net, the 9.8-fold risk of a second sprain, what the prevention trials found, and how the sport compares.
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Pickleball injuries, older beginners and the fall that breaks a wrist
Pickleball injuries by the numbers: falls, wrist fractures and Achilles tears in older beginners, what the evidence supports, and why quitting has costs too.
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Rock climbing injuries, fingers, falls and the rope
Rock climbing injuries: a gym rate of 0.02 per 1,000 hours, finger pulleys, bouldering ankles, and the short ropes behind serious outdoor falls.
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Hiking and mountaineering deaths, and why Everest got safer
Hiking deaths: falls, first-day cardiac arrests, national park causes, and why Everest’s death rate halved to 0.7% even as crowds grew.
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Golf injuries, golf carts and the lightning myth
Golf injuries to backs and elbows, child club accidents, golf cart risks, and why only 3% of US lightning deaths happen on golf courses.
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Tennis injuries, tennis elbow and the injection that backfired
Tennis injuries by body part, the tennis elbow injection trial where 54% saw pain return, and how to play carefully when training time rises.
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Dietary fat food sources and the limit that stayed at 10%
Dietary fat by the spoonful: butter and tallow against the 10% saturated fat limit kept in 2026, why most Americans exceed it, and what trials found.
