Pedestrians are more likely to be killed by heavier cars – and even more so if the vehicle is taller, Australian-first research has found.

Back injuries have been the ‘Achilles heel’ of fast bowlers in cricket for the last 150 years, although it has been the last 40 years when it has been recognised that the signatu...

WASHINGTON—Calling the discovery the “clearest proof yet” of how the U.S. government was originally designed to function, archaeologists published new evidence Thursday that suggests the Capitol build...

A great resource for athletes, coaches, and sports medicine enthusiasts. Hosted by experienced sports medicine professionals, this podcast is dedicated to exploring the latest research, innovations, a...

Elite athlete cohorts in most sports outlive the general population. We aimed to assess the standardised mortality ratios (SMR) of male professional footballers in England from the 20th Century com...

Elite athletes are screened for conditions associated with sudden cardiac arrest or death. The complexities of the real-world implementation of cardia…

Elite athlete cohorts in most sports outlive the general population. We aimed to assess the standardised mortality ratios (SMR) of male professional footballers in England from the 20th Century com...

Although consideration was given to creating a new, standalone category for breast injuries, due to the formalised alignment between OSIICS and Sports Medicine Diagnostic Coding System it was decided ...

Aim A study describing the distribution and rate of surgical operations performed in professional Australian cricketers, both male and female, over a decade. Methods Cricket Australia Athlete Management System was searched for consultations including terms that might reference whether surgery had been performed. Surgeries were any procedure performed in a hospital or day care facility, including non-orthopaedic surgeries. Results There were 3419 player years studied between 2015 and 2024, yielding 447 surgeries, a rate of 13.1 surgeries per 100 player years, the majority of which were musculoskeletal (orthopaedic) procedures. The most common procedures were: knee arthroscopy (1.61/100 player years), wrist hand/finger fracture fixations (1.52), shoulder reconstruction (0.91), ankle posterior impingement procedures (0.44) and knee ACL reconstructions (0.41). The rates of surgery in male (12.7) and female (13.5) players were similar. The rate of surgery in male players was lower than a previous audit a decade ago (19.6 which excluded non-musculoskeletal procedures, P < 0.001) with the surgeries being performed less often including knee arthroscopy, ankle posterior impingement procedures and shoulder arthroscopy (all P < 0.001). Discussion/conclusions There is a general consistency in the rate of surgical procedures in professional Australian cricketers, although rates for the recent decade have dropped compared to the one prior in male players. Rates of surgery between male and female cricketers are very similar, and rates are lower than in the football codes in Australia but higher than the general population.

This is not a war of our making, but we did create our own crisis. And yet Australia has all it needs to kick its dangerous oil dependency.

Many vaccines confer surprising knock-on, or indirect, health benefits when they have been put into widespread use.

Thomas Wentworth Wills is the most important figure in the origin and early evolution of Australian Rules football. His life was shaped by intersecting forces: the sporting journey of the gifted at...

This is a reflection and historical editorial opinion piece by John Orchard. Keywords: Cricket, Anniversary, Public Health The England and Australia men’s cricket teams play Test matches to contest th...

Previous study analyzing the 2021 Tokyo Olympics found that countries with high levels of government stringency measures were disadvantaged in the medal counts. This study aimed to analyze the effe...

Background Skin cancer rates are high in Australians, outdoor workers and physically active people. Australia is currently preparing a roadmap to better assess high risk groups for consideration of .....

This study aimed to assess rates of death of elite and professional young adult athletes in different US sports, comparing to the general population. Male and f...

There are many excuses for failing to tax the ultra-wealthy. The truth is that governments don’t tackle the problem because they don’t want to, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Phenomenal drummer and percussionist was an equally accomplished songwriter who embodied the band’s bloody-minded spirit * Rob Hirst, Midnight Oil drummer and founding member, dies aged 70 Ask Midnight Oil fans what drummer Rob Hirst will be remembered for, and the most likely answer will be his drum solo on Power and the Passion, one of the band’s big early hits. It’s an explosive minute of almost literal madness – Hirst was on the verge of a breakdown when the track was recorded in 1982, for their breakthrough album 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Drum solos had, by that time, become a symbol of rock excess. But this wasn’t just another vulgar display of virtuosity. It was more musical than most guitar solos, enhancing a song already full of moving parts. Live, much of it was played on a corrugated iron water tank Hirst retrieved from the desert on the Oils’ Blackfella/Whitefella tour in 1986. Continue reading...

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As we prepare for the festive season, it’s easy to let COVID boosters fall off our to-do lists. But COVID is still circulating and new shots are available.

This report describes COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness among children ages 9 months to 17 years.

This cohort study uses the data from all adults aged 18 to 59 years living in France on November 1, 2021, to evaluate whether there is an association of receipt of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine with long-t...

Preclinical and observational studies suggest that exercise may improve cancer outcomes. However, definitive level 1 evidence is lacking. In this phase 3, randomized trial conducted at 55 centers, ...