Ski in Medical News

Second Annual Courage Cup Race Raises More Than $5,000 for Courage Center's Ski and Snowboard Program

MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- With the goal of advancing the lives of children and adults experiencing barriers to health and independence, the Courage Center's Ski and Snowboard Program hit the slopes last weekend. Nearly 200 community members, volunteers and Courage Center clients gat...

Shaklee Partners With U.S. Ski Team and U.S. Snowboarding in Preparation for the 2010 Games in Vancouver

PLEASANTON, Calif., Jan. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Shaklee Corporation , the leading natural nutrition company in the United States, is the official nutrition supplier for the U.S. Ski Team and U.S. Snowboarding throughout their training for the 2010 Games in Vancouver, continuing a relationship that be...

American Airlines and Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children Host Annual Amputee Ski Trip

American Airlines to Fly 14 Teenage Amputees for a Week-Long Colorado Ski Trip FORT WORTH, Texas, Jan. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- American Airlines and Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children have teamed up again to send 14 teenage amputee patients on an all-expense-paid ski trip to Winte...

Courage Center Ski and Snowboard Program Seeks Volunteers and Students for Buena Vista Ski Program

BEMIDJI, Minn., Jan. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Courage Center's Ski and Snowboard Program (CCSS) seeks volunteers and students for their Buena Vista Adaptive Ski Program in Bemidji, Minn. Volunteers assist skiers with disabilities who are participating in a six-week adaptive ski program, Jan. ...

Kelly Brush Foundation Awards Ski Racing Safety Grants

BURLINGTON, Vt., Nov. 24 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Just as ski resorts are opening for the season, the Kelly Brush Foundation kicked off its 2008/2009 Ski Racing Safety is No Accident Campaign with the announcement of over $20,000 in grants to ski racing clubs and programs across the country. The...

Ski Safety and Medical Experts, Victims of Snow Sport Tragedies and Consumers Shed Light on Questionable Safety Practices of California Ski Resorts

Powerful Assembly Judiciary Committee to Hear their Concerns Today at Capitol Hearing SACRAMENTO, Calif., Nov. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- WHAT: As the 2008-2009 California ski season opens, safety practices at California ski resorts are being called into question by...

World's Largest Disabled Ski Clinic at Snowmass, Colo.

Peake: This Clinic Gives Disabled Veterans a Sense of Purpose WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- More than 450 disabled veterans, including nearly 120 recently injured during Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom (OIF/OEF), will ski the Rocky Mountains at the 2...

Why you remember names and ski slopes

CHICAGO --- When you meet your boss's husband, Harvey, at the office holiday party, then bump into him an hour later over the onion dip, will you remember his name? Yes, thanks to a nifty protein in your brain called kalirin-7. Researchers at Northwestern University's Feinberg School o...

Defibrillators Should Be Available in Ski Resorts

As the ski season gets underway, doctors in this week’s BMJ say that more defibrillators should be placed in ski resorts to help prevent sudden cardiac deaths//. Automated external defibrillators (AEDs) are electrical devices used to restore a normal heartbeat. They are often placed in busy pu...

Celebrity Paralympians Sign on to Kelly Brush Century Ride

...r four Games. He was a member of the U.S. Adaptive ski Team for 11 years. This fall he will attempt to be...athletes, Kelly's foundation is working to improve ski racing safety -- two goals I wholeheartedly endors...., is the most decorated female mono skier in U.S. ski Team history. She won a total of 12 Paralympic gol...

ACL Repair Creator William G. Clancy, Jr., MD Inducted into AOSSM Hall of Fame

...winning U.S.A. Hockey Team at the 1980 Olympics at Lake Placid and the U.S. ski Team Nordic at the Olympic Games in 1984 in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia; head team...he 1994 Olympic Games in Lillehammer, Norway; medical director for the U.S. ski Nordic Jumping Team from 1976-1989; chief medical officer for U.S.A. Hockey...

Artificial Ankle Takes Giant Step Forward

...its their activities." But now, Mann said, "they can walk and hike and play golf, play doubles tennis (as long as they don't get into it too much), ski and do all activities of daily living. You're not being restricted very much." Dr. Judith Baumhauer, associate chairwoman of academic affairs in t...

Mormon Tabernacle Choir Benefit Concert Helps Colorado Disabled Iraqi War Veteran and National Sports Center for the Disabled Athletes

...dicated to disabled veterans. The Salute to Troops ski program offered by the NSCD is just one of the man...ishments. "If my story inspires one person to ski then that makes me happy, but that's not my goal,"... children and adults with disabilities take to the ski slopes, mountain trails and golf courses to learn ...

Largest Organ and Tissue Donation Event in U.S.: Seventh Annual Donate Life Run/Walk & Family Festival, Sat., April 25 at Cal State Fullerton

...d family of 23-year old Mike McKay of Wrightwood, a tissue donor who was a victim of an avalanche near Mountain High ski Resort in January 2008; -- "Charlie's Angels" - friends and family of former Rams offensive lineman Ch...

New Zealand Beach Front Property Offers Global Currency Rate Bargains

...nd is home to rugby's Canterbury Crusaders. Christchurch also provides access to an array of winter alpine sports including up to six club and public ski fields within a two hour drive. The city also boasts two prominent universities along with a full medical college. From an employment and technology p...

Economy Got You Down? Use The Principles Of Positive Psychology

... pleasure. Share the moment. Inviting someone else to share an activity can enhance the pleasure. Together you can relish the sunset, symphony, or ski run. This report also discusses: Using your personal strengths Developing gratitude Becoming more engaged through "flow" Pos...

Bone Up On Calcium and Vitamin D for a Chance to Win a Family Vacation to Yellowstone National Park

...and arrange the vacation package through AllTrips, a Jackson, Wyoming-based travel company specializing in National Park excursions and Rocky Mountain ski and summer vacations. Depending on the season, the winning family can select from an endless variety of activities for every age and interest. These i...

Natasha Richardson Died From Head Trauma: Autopsy

...aid Thursday, after falling Monday on a beginner's ski slope in Canada. The cause of death, which was ...ury after an apparently minor fall on a beginner's ski slope. "If you take the name Natasha Richardson...ing a beginner skiing lesson at the Mont Tremblant ski resort north of Montreal. She was not wearing a he...

NYC Medical Examiner Performing Autopsy on Natasha Richardson

...amage after a seemingly minor fall on a beginner's ski slope in Canada. The New York City medical exam...ing lesson Tuesday afternoon at the Mont Tremblant ski resort north of Montreal. She was not wearing a he...'s two sons were reportedly with Richardson on the ski holiday. Richardson was born into one of the mo...

NYC Medical Examiner Peforming Autopsy on Natasha Richardson

...amage after a seemingly minor fall on a beginner's ski slope in Canada. The New York City medical exam...ing lesson Tuesday afternoon at the Mont Tremblant ski resort north of Montreal. She was not wearing a he...'s two sons were reportedly with Richardson on the ski holiday. Richardson was born into one of the mo...

Abaxis, Inc. to Attend Lazard Capital Markets Medical Technologies Conference

...Conference on Thursday, March 26, 2009. The conference is a series of one-on-one and small group meetings and will be held at the Cliff Lodge Snowbird ski Resort in Snowbird, UT. About Abaxis Abaxis develops, manufactures and markets portable blood analysis systems for use in any veterinary or ...

Brain Hemorrhage Might Explain Natasha Richardson's Death

... damage after a seemingly minor fall on a Canadian ski slope on Tuesday have many people wondering how th...ing lesson Tuesday afternoon at the Mont Tremblant ski resort north of Montreal. She was not wearing a he...'s two sons were reportedly with Richardson on the ski holiday. Richardson's mother, Vanessa Redgrave,...

Brain Hemorrhage May Explain Natasha Richardson's Condition

... damage after a seemingly minor fall on a Canadian ski slope on Tuesday have many people wondering how th...ing lesson Tuesday afternoon at the Mont Tremblant ski resort north of Montreal. She was not wearing a he...'s two sons were reportedly with Richardson on the ski holiday. Neeson reportedly flew from filming a...

Media Alert: Tips on Skiing Safely From the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

...e safety while on the slopes. Be aware of the cold temperatures and slippery surfaces those frigid temperatures can produce on the ski slopes Always wear proper clothing and protective gear such as: helmets, goggles and padding, and make sure equipment is in good working order...

Highmark Employee Volunteers Receive $7,000 in Grants to Support Local Nonprofits

... and outdated equipment. ski Roundtrip Sandra Stefanic, vice president of D...embership chairperson of the ski Roundtrip Race Club helping ...inistration duties for youth ski races across the state. The ...

'X-Tremely' Dangerous Sports

... during those long winter months. Recently televised events such as the X Games have led to increased participation in such sports, including downhill ski racing and jumping, snowboarding, snowmobiling, snow biking, and ice climbing. As part of its commitment to injury prevention, the American Academy o...

Ski Resorts Celebrate National Safety Awareness Week While Keeping Patrons in the Dark About Safety Plans

... ski Resorts Emphasize Personal Responsibility Rather T...ety Awareness Week (Jan. 17 - Jan. 23) by the U.S. ski industry, skiers and snowboarders may notice more safety monitors than usual on California ski slopes. These "safety-conscious" employees will b...

Nothing Has Stopped This Woman--MS, Divorce, Abuse, Trauma--How to Live Adventurously and Fearlessly No Matter What Happens

...logical excavation team in Israel where new friends literally lifted and carried her places she could never have experienced otherwise. She learned to ski using outriggers--shortened skis on crutches. Though Jo could no longer bicycle alone she could ride the back of a tandem. She became a certified peer...

Forward Expeditions to Promote CaringBridge(R) on Historic Victorinox North Pole '09 Expedition

...orting CaringBridge. The Victorinox North Pole '09 expedition team of John Huston and Tyler Fish will attempt to become the first Americans to ski unsupported to the North Pole. Huston, age 32 of Chicago, Ill., and Fish, age 34 of Ely, Minn., will depart from the northern tip of Canada's Ellesmer...

Video: BrainLine.org Confronts Traumatic Brain Injury Crisis

...ildren, late teens and older adults. Lesley LeMasurier was 19 years old when she suffered a concussion that ended her chances for a spot on the U.S. ski team -- it was her fifth traumatic brain injury. "I didn't know anything about the brain or brain injuries. I didn't know how serious a risk I was run...

I'll Be Home (Alone) for Christmas: How to Make the Best Out of Being Alone for the Holidays

...x your favorite dinner, start the fire, and watch a movie. -- Go on vacation -- Treat yourself to the getaway you've always wanted, like a cruise or ski trip. -- Tackle a postponed project -- Start that scrapbook, finish the bathroom, or try playing guitar. -- Call or write loved ones -- Rekindle a...

Sport Chalet Opens Store in West Los Angeles

...s for the serious sports enthusiast, including backpacking, canyoneering, and kayaking instruction, custom golf club fitting and repair, snowboard and ski rental and repair, SCUBA training and certification, SCUBA boat charters, team sales, racquet stringing, and bicycle tune-up and repair throughout its...

Women Risk Bone Loss After Knee Surgery

...r: "Make sure you're ready to do that sport," Ireland cautioned. "I see a lot of women in their 30s and 40s, who haven't been that active, go out and ski and tear their ACL." More information The AAOS has more on the ACL and preventing injuries . SOURCES: Diane L. Dahm,...

SAGE launching new sports medicine journal in 2009: Sports Health: A Multidisciplinary Approach

...linic where he currently works with patients incurring a variety of sports-related injuries. He also serves as one of the team physicians for the U.S. ski and Snowboard teams. Dr. Riann Palmieri-Smith of NATA is an Assistant Professor in Athletic Training, Movement Science and Orthopaedics at the Univers...

Fifth Third Asset Management Supports Disabled Veterans Through National Winter Sports Event

..., March 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Thanks in part to the support of Fifth Third Asset Management, Inc. (FTAM), more than 400 disabled veterans are expected to ski the Rocky Mountains at the 22nd National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic in Snowmass Village, Colo., near Aspen, from March 30- April 4. Recent...

ACL Tears Worth Fixing in Seniors

...t, older patients are going under the knife so they can stay active. Gotlin said he's performed surgeries on patients in their 80s who returned to the ski slopes, although rehabilitation can take months. In the new study, researchers looked at the records of 34 patients who underwent ACL reconstructio...

Thought Leaders in Morbid Obesity Treatment Convene at Upcoming Surgical Conference

...n to its internationally-renowned faculty and cutting-edge content, MISS owes its growing allure to its uniquely intimate atmosphere. Held annually in ski country, the conference provides an exhilarating environment that stimulates peer-to-peer learning and fosters long-term relationships. Not surprising...

Helmets Save Lives in Winter Sports

...check the ice for cracks and debris. Use only sleds that can be steered. Never go down a slope head first. Obey all posted signs and warnings on ski slopes, sledding hills and skating rinks. More information The U.S. National Library of Medicine has more about head injuries . ...

Multiple skin cancer risk behaviors are common among US adults

... Whether youre basking on the beach during vacation, coasting down glittering white snow on a weekend ski trip, or simply walking the dog or running errands, sunlights ultraviolet rays can damage your skin year-round. Yet a new study by behavioral researc...

DaVita and Phoenix-Based Southwest Kidney Institute Form Broad Partnership

....com/cgi-bin/prnh/20020729/DAVITALOGO ) Dr. Ronald Hyde, President of the ski executive committee, commented, "Southwest Kidney Institute is proud to emb...ional practice will provide an excellent long-term growth platform for both ski and DaVita in the very competitive, fast growing Phoenix area." DaVita In...