David Beckham tore his left Achilles tendon in a game Sunday, and will probably miss the World Cup, which begins in June. His wife, Victoria, flew from LA today to be with him.
According to research published in Medical Hypotheses journal, the extra weight put on your wrists during sexual intercourse is probably a major contributing factor to carpal tunnel syndrome.
What injury can you receive from a kiss? Apparently kissing can make you go deaf, and one Chinese woman recently suffered just this fate. This got us wondering: what other injuries do people suffer in the name of love? Apparently a lot! Aside from the normal bruises and scrapes (and, of course, STIs), people suffer all sorts of funny sex injuries.
Everyone over a certain age fears that one day a momentous event outside one's control may occur that will change one's life forever. It happened to Alix Kates Shulman and her beloved husband when he fell from a sleeping loft, permanently injuring his brain. Her memoir, To Love What Is, explores life on the other side, with all its anxieties, risks--and surprising rewards.
