March 2011
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Parachute use to prevent death and major trauma... →
Conclusions: As with many interventions intended to prevent ill health, the effectiveness of parachutes has not been subjected to rigorous evaluation by using randomised controlled trials. Advocates of evidence based medicine have criticised the adoption of interventions evaluated by using only observational data. We think that everyone might benefit if the most radical protagonists of evidence...
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February 2011
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Man stabbed while testing knife-proof vest →
The incident occurred after the two somewhat boozed men decided to test a newly purchased piece of armor, reported Sveriges Radio (SR).
Having decided to test the protective vest, one of the men took a knife and stabbed it.
The vest worked.
When he repeated the test, he goofed and missed the man’s vest, striking him where he was not protected.