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Why People Visit the Emergency Room
These are the top 250 products that people injure themselves on or with in a year.Read More
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Million to One Shot, Doc
Between 2009 and 2014, there were an estimated 17,968 visits to the emergency room for things stuck in a rectum. Here are those things' stories.Tags: emergency room, health, rectum
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For my graphic on emergency room visits over time and the other on things that get stuck, I used data from the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System, which is maintained by the Consumer...
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All the Foreign Bodies That Got Stuck
Many things get stuck in people's bodies. This is the percentage breakdown for the most common objects that end up in the emergency room.Read More
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ER visits for Christmas decoration injuries
A lot of Christmas lights went up this past week. I hope you weren’t one of the thousands who ended up in the emergency room. USAFacts shows the ramp up after Thanksgiving and the mini-spikes after....
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