A SPECIAL REPORT: HEALTH

SKATERS’ BLUES: In their high-topped, neon-laced, in-line skates, they race around corners, on beachfront walks . . . and into emergency rooms. Doctors at Hoag Hospital in Newport Beach and UCI Medical Center in Orange report an increase in skating injuries, including concussions, cuts and broken bones. . . . “People are going very fast without realizing it,” warns Hoag’s Dr. Greg Super. “ . . . You’re more likely to be injured the second or third day, when you’ve learned to stand up but you’re not ready to take the curves.”