Monday, July 23, 2007

Why Bungee jumping is bad for the retina


From the latest New England Journal of Medicine:

A 25-year-old woman with no clinically significant medical history and with normal coagulation and hematologic studies went bungee jumping from a vertical height of 150 ft (45.7 m). Immediately afterward, she noticed a substantial decrease in vision in her left eye

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