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  • Blog Post: New Study Finds Helmet Use in Children Reduces Skull Fractures in Skiing/Boarding

    The helmet debate in winter sports has raged on for a long time with some people claiming that wearing a helmet increases accidents because people feel safer with a helmet and therefore ski faster, what's often referred to as risk homeostasis. While there is some data from other industries that suggest...
  • Blog Post: Helmets for Active Sports

    by Paul Auerbach, M.D. reposted with permission from the Medicine for the Outdoors Blog The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reported an analysis of motorcycle helmet use in fatal crashes. What was discovered is not surprising - namely, that in states in which there is not a state helmet...
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