Study shows men will delay ER visit if the game is on
Say you were a guy watching Game 1 of the ALCS last night. While chopping up celery sticks to eat with your buffalo wings, you get so excited that the Tigers were smacking the crap out of the A's Barry Zito, you slip and put a big gash in your finger. It's so big that it looks like it might need stitches. So you immediately leave the house and go to the ER, right?Not necessarily, according to a new study conducted by a Baltimore ER physician. Two years ago, he found that the number of men who check into the ER during a televised sporting event drops 30 percent as opposed to the levels on the same day of the week when there are no sports on. Now, his new study reveals that in the four hours after the event ends, overall ER attendance is 40 percent higher than the average for the same day and time of the week. It's especially evident during college football telecasts. The reasons behind the visits (*cough*Alcohol*cough*) will be studied next.

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