Photographs of American Football Player Carson Palmer just prior to, during, and immediately after his January 8/06 ACL-and-MCL knee injury due to sideways forcing (consequent to Kimo von Oelhoffen rolling into the knee).

Study shows human cost of American health care, Geoffrey Stevens; K-W Record, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada; February 7, 2005. Comments: This commentary-type article, published in the Canadian newspaper Kitchener-Waterloo Record, provides penetrating insight into the widespread human suffering that is a direct consequence of the wanton greed of the private American health-insurance firms. (On this knee-injury discussion forum, the largest of its type, there are regularly cases in which the person is financially strapped due to his or her knee-surgery-related medical bills. Also common are cases in which the person is unemployed and hence uninsured, and thus is forced to live with an unstable or rapidly deteriorating knee for which surgical treatment is out of reach.) For American readers, the best sources of insight into United States issues tend to be non-American news sources. Some of the best news sources in the world are the German newsmagazine Der Spiegel (which is also available in English) and the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) is also excellent. The best Canadian newspaper is the Toronto Star; the Globe and Mail is also very good. The K-W Record occasionally has good articles as well. American readers would be well-advised to avoid any US-based news source that is influenced by George W. Bush, most notably Fox News.

A program to help reduce the risk of serious knee injuries among alpine skiers, Robert Johnson, Jasper Shealy, and Carl Ettlinger. Comments: This article, published by Ettlinger's Vermont Safety Research organization, offers a wealth of practical hints and knee-injury-prevention techniques for the alpine skier. (It is hereby recognized that this injury-prevention programme comprises an analogue video tape which must be purchased. Readers might wish to consider approaching their local librarian and submitting a request to purchase said tape.) Note that many of the points covered by Johnson, Shealy, and Ettlinger are discussed in Hunter's May 1999 AJSM article, which is here in the Knee Library. See also the September 1995 ASJM Article by Ettlinger et al., also available in the Knee Library.

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