April 2, 2007 — -- As high school and college cheerleaders face increased pressure to perform gravity-defying leaps and flips, they are becoming vulnerable to permanent injury -- even death.

Sue Thompson was 14 years old when she lost her older sister, a cheerleading accident that turned the North Dakota State campus silent. It was more than 30 years ago and as the memory bank goes, she's ...

But as its popularity thrives, cheerleading has evolved into feats of complex maneuvers, lofty basket tosses and human pyramids as tall as some small buildings. Safety regulations can limit the ...

Cheerleading isn’t as aggressive as high-impact sports like football or hockey, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t dangerous. According to a report published in the journal Pediatrics by the American ...