Bike Riders Risk Kidney, Genital Injuries

Submitted by Sarah Howard Joost on April 11, 2014 at 9:45 am
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Ben Breyer, MD, MAS, Assistant Professor, speaks with colleague at recent UCSF Urology meetingBen Breyer, MD, MAS, Assistant Professor, speaks with colleague at recent UCSF Urology meeting Ben Breyer, MD, MAS is once again in the news for his compelling research culled from large data sources.  Breyer uses data collected from the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System to search genital injuries: this time, as it relates to bike riding.

Writer Allison Bond, from Reuters, covered the recent research which reveals, among other statistics, that there are an average of 4,000 bicycle-related kidney or genital injuries per year.

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