Tag Archives: Health

Oh, that Pinky Finger

It’s great when the Cowboys lose. Especially when it’s their quarterback.

A couple weeks ago, Tony Romo broke his finger on the first play of overtime versus the Arizona Cardinals.

The Doc told him to sit out 4 weeks. And, of course, he followed the advice. 

But that’s the easy way out:

Early this Fall, Trevor Wikre, the 6-3, 280-pound starting right guard for Division II Mesa State College, was pulling off the line of scrimmage on a sweep play when his pinky got jammed in a teammate’s face mask. When the play ended, he looked at it–and saw a bone sticking out.

The doctor said his season was over. Done. Fini. And only a few weeks in. 

But no, no, no…

Here’s what Wikre told the Doctor, according to ESPN.com:

“No way,” Trevor said. “This is my senior year. We’ve got to make this work.”

“We can’t,” the doctor said.

“We can,” insisted Trevor. “We can cut it off.”

And that was that. A week later, he was back at practice, running sweeps and high fouring his pals.

Which begs the question: What is it about sissy men that Jessica Simpson finds so attractive?

More on Video Games: the Wii and Doctorhood

Hey, what do you know? Surgeons play video games too.

“We can always tell the surgeons who are gamers, because they’re naturally better,” admits Dr. Mark Smith of the Banner Good Samaritan Hospital in Phoenix. “But what we’re finding with the Wii is that the surgeons that use it regularly are achieving results that far outstrip those who have just gamed before.”

Read more at: http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_26117.aspx

Mind-Controlled Video Game System

From the files of “wow, that’s super cool” comes this: a video game system controlled entirely by the user’s thoughts. 

It’s being marketed more as a therapeutic tool at this point–like as a training tool for kids with ADD who have difficulty focusing their minds–but the future of Game is coming…

http://www.macleans.ca/science/health/article.jsp?content=20070903_109068_109068