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Conventional wisdom holds that the pounding from years of running leads to excessive wear and tear on the body as we age, resulting in joint injuries, knee replacements or arthritis.
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During the past five years in the UK there have been 139 tombstoning incidents needing an emergency response, with 12 resulting in fatalities and many more resulting in spinal and limb injuries, according to the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA).
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Thus, the adoption of gloves to make bare-knuckled boxing safer made it possible for fighters to throw head punches without breaking their hands--resulting in more brain injuries and death.
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If that number seems reassuringly low in a population of 313 million, consider that about 6 million other crack-ups occur each year without a death, resulting in some 3 million injuries.
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It has become a ritual for fans to pour onto a playing field following a dramatic victory, occasionally resulting in serious or even fatal injuries.
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This doesn't even account for injuries not resulting in death.
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In 2008 demonstrations marking the anniversary of the 1959 uprising led to more violence in Lhasa, resulting in at least 19 deaths and hundreds of injuries.
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In the cited studies, the number of resulting deaths and injuries also reflected the assumption that no protective actions were taken for the first 24 hours.
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The Security Council deeply regrets the loss of life and injuries resulting from the use of force during the Israeli military operation in international waters against the convoy sailing to Gaza.
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"In our clinic here, almost 80 percent of the patients have injuries resulting either from an air strike, or a landmine or cluster bomb, " he says.
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