Professional male English footballers of the 20th century had lower death rates than the general population 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...

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Orchard Sports Injury and Illness Classification System (OSIICS) version 16: Updated female athlete codes and Italian and Spanish translations - PubMed 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 ...

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JSAMS Plus papers now indexed on PubMed

OMFG. This is now on the FAA online job application form - for all positions including air traffic controllers!

Surgeries Performed in Professional Australian Cricketers 2015–2024 - Indian Journal of Orthopaedics 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.

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Open Access article, surgeries performed in Australian cricketers

I was a BP boss and Thatcher’s energy adviser: It’s time to switch off petrol 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.

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

The indirect — and sometimes surprising — benefits of vaccines www.statnews.com/2026/03/19/v... via @statnews.com

How Tom Wills Shaped the Origins and Early Evolution of Australian Rules Football 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...

Full article: How Tom Wills Shaped the Origins and Early Evolution of Australian Rules Football

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Re: Why covid-19 is “a vascular disease masquerading as a respiratory one”

🎯🎯🎯 short response article from Dr Nicola Boyd (formerly on Twitter as @DrNick4126)

Rapid response to: Why covid-19 is a vascular disease masquerading as a respiratory one
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If masks, specifically respirators, didn’t work… I would never have applied to do medicine. 😂🤣

I want to help people, but I don’t think I would be brave enough to get infected constantly with everything from drug resistant TB to SARS-1.

Of course they work, if you put them on!

The Upcoming 150 Year Anniversary of Test Cricket - BJSM blog - social media's leading SEM voice 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...

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Possible impact of national responses to the COVID pandemic on medal tallies at the Paris 2024 Olympics 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...

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“Stop asking candidates if they “believe in” climate change and start asking if they understand it. It’s science, not Santa Claus.”

Can we please never forget this. #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency

Rates of Self‐Reported Skin Cancer in Current and Retired Elite Australian Cricketers 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 .....

Rates of Self‐Reported Skin Cancer in Current and Retired Elite Australian Cricketers - Orchard - Australasian Journal of Dermatology - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Our reporters Nate Halverson and Sam Van Pykeren caught up with Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) at Alex Pretti's memorial in Minneapolis on Monday.

"To lose a 37-year-old son, and then to have that son insulted as a terrorist as opposed to celebrated as a hero...I was furious."

Death Rates of Elite and Professional American Athletes During Early Adulthood are Lower than the General Population - John W. Orchard, Kimberly G. Harmon, Nicholas D. Orchard, Cindy J. Chang, Danica ... 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...

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Anne Frank quote on protester sign today in Minnesota..."Terrible things are happening outside. Poor...."

Protest sign in Minnesota today...

WHO removing Us Flag

1. This short thread is about the issue that dominates almost every aspect of politics, and causes or exacerbates most of our problems: the extreme wealth of a small number of people. Here’s the amazing thing: almost the entire political class aligns with the ultra-rich against the rest. 🧵1/10

At the root of all our problems stands one travesty: politicians’ surrender to the super-rich | George Monbiot 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

10. It’s time to recognise how deeply weird this is, reserve our votes for people who give us what we want, and stop subscribing to media outlets that lie on behalf of oligarchs.
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Rob Hirst was a force of nature, a born showman who led Midnight Oil from the back 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...

Rob Hirst was a force of nature, a born showman who led Midnight Oil from the back

Midnight Oil - Best Of Both Worlds (triple j Live At The Wireless - Goat Island 1985) YouTube video by ABC Music

Vale Rob Hirst - drummer in Midnight Oil. A champion for social justice and credited for many of their songs.

This from his prime #auspol

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Rob Hirst has had a massive impact on Australian culture. He was the engine driving one of the greatest live bands of all time. RIP, dear Rob. You are irreplaceable, one of a kind, and myself, my family, and all the rest of this great country will miss you so much.

Good question.

Friday #BBL
Sixers/Thunder
Crowd: 40,114 at the SCG (83% cap)
Seven 732k (BVOD 87k) Reach 2.191m

Data: VOZ, Austadiums

Murphy: "As their agenda becomes more unpopular, they then become more dependent on trying to rig out democracy and rig the next election, bc nobody is gonna vote these guys back in ... You gotta connect the dots here. What they are trying to do is rationalize violence."

Is there much COVID around? Do I need the new booster shot LP.8.1? 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.

Is there much COVID around? Do I need the new booster shot LP.8.1?
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My new article for The Conversation

@zeteo.com Compare and contrast Donald Trump's response to Rob Reiner's murder with Biden and Harris's responses to Charlie Kirk's murder.

There is no 'both sides'. Just one side - Trump - that is cruel, sociopathic, unhinged.

The father was licensed for six firearms. How can you possibly be licensed for SIX firearms? We need to tighten our gun laws

Effectiveness of 2024–2025 COVID-19 Vaccines in Children... This report describes COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness among children ages 9 months to 17 years.

The second covers children under 18. Like the young adults, outcomes simply much better if you are vaccinated against Covid versus not, and this data is from an era where majority of people have already had covid +/- primary vaccine so it concerns value of a booster www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...