Yesterday we landed on the island we are now spending a couple months after a 40 minute flight on a little island-hopper plane. There were 11 people on the flight, mostly in their 50’s and 60’s. The local airlines fly several times per day. It’s a fairly straight-forward exercise. When we landed, a young guy...

Injuries are an ever-present “risk” or part of “doing” anything and also a potential risk even if we choose to sit on the couch. Between 1999 and 2013, there was a study on cases seen by Victorian (Australia) emergency departments that included injuries caused by or at “fitness” institutions. Overall, 2,873 cases (injuries) were identified...