I'm Tom Britt. Bahor says even though the procedure doesn't work for everyone, it holds promise for the more than 150,000 people in the U.S. who suffer hand and finger injuries each year. A lot of people don't realize that any sort of restoration can be made for the loss of a finger, and I hope we've been able to reach out to a few of those folks so they know that they're not out there alone. Making sure our children are safe from serious sports injuries can be a simple matter of following the rules. Tom Britt has more.
All parents worry about their children being injured while playing.
Organized sports are often seen as a way of making sure they are supervised by adults and protected by equipment and by rules of the game. Dr. Kevin Speer is an orthopedic surgeon at Duke University Medical Center, where he treats numerous sports injuries. He says it's important to make sure your child is old enough to physically handle the sport and old enough to understand what the game is all about. Speer says there's no specific age at which a child suddenly becomes ready to participate in organized sports. There's no right or wrong answer.