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Dodgers' medical staff feeling the strain
Zack Greinke returned to the Dodgers' rotation this week, recovering from surgery on his left shoulder in five weeks, three ahead of schedule. Hanley Ramirez came back last month from a broken thumb two weeks earlier than expected. But head trainer...
Tags: Physical Disabilities, Andre Ethier, Ned Colletti , Spring Training, Zack Greinke
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How a 'million-dollar patient' got off a medical merry-go-round
For more than two decades, Wanda Remo has battled one illness after another. Asthma, chronic lung disease, heart disease, high blood pressure, arthritis, depression, chronic pain, strokes. Specialists treat her lungs, her heart and her joints. Her...
Tags: Arthritis, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Pacific Alliance Corporation, Pharmaceuticals, Heart Disease
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Husband-and-wife bombing victims describe pain, horror, recovery
BOSTON — First came the sound, loud and confusing. Then Lee Ann Yanni felt as if something had bumped into her left calf. "That's when I looked down and saw the bone sticking out and thought, 'I'm a physical therapist, and I know that's not a good...
Tags: Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Hospitals and Clinics, Fenway Park, Health and Medical Professionals
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Boston's bombing victims, like the city itself, are on the mend
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- As Boston's Boylston Street edged back to normal Wednesday, the hospitals that treated the men, women and children injured during the twin bombings at the Boston Marathon finish line announced some good news: Just 39 patients remain in...
Tags: Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Massachusetts General Hospital, Hospitals and Clinics, Health and Medical Professionals
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Rape of 5-year-old ignites furious protest in India
NEW DELHI — Several hundred people protesting the rape and kidnapping of a 5-year-old girl descended on police headquarters Saturday, waving signs, overrunning barriers and calling for the resignation of the capital city's police commissioner. The...
Tags: Politics, Civil Rights, Kidnapping, Crime, Law and Justice, Physical Therapy
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Kobe Bryant gets a visit from Kupchak, D'Antoni and Jim Buss
On Friday, Kobe Bryant got a visit from Lakers Vice President Jim Buss, General Manager Mitch Kupchak and Coach Mike D'Antoni. Bryant is still on crutches, recovering from April 13 surgery to repair a torn left Achilles' tendon. The Lakers All-Star...
Tags: Steve Nash, Los Angeles Lakers, Mitch Kupchak, Health and Medical Professionals, Physical Therapy
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Metta World Peace wanted to return early from injury to help teammates
Metta World Peace will come off the bench for the Lakers Tuesday night as they host the New Orleans Hornets, just 12 days after undergoing knee surgery to repair torn cartilage. The Lakers probably need to win the rest of their games to surpass the Utah...
Tags: Steve Nash, Los Angeles Lakers, Health and Medical Professionals, Metta World Peace, New Orleans Hornets
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Angels players reflect on stadium security after Boston Marathon bombings
MINNEAPOLIS — The bombings at the Boston Marathon didn't so much heighten concern or raise fears among the Angels as much as affirm what they have felt for a while, that as professional athletes playing America's pastime they could be targets. "If...
Tags: Physical Disabilities, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Physical Therapy, Mark Trumbo, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
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A shortsighted 'cure' for prescription meds' abuse
An Orange County pain specialist already in the spotlight over deaths from prescription medications has racked up another patient overdose death. The coroner has ruled that Wayne Oviatt died in January of a mix of prescription drugs, including morphine,...
Tags: Morphine (drug), Arthritis, Acupuncture, Pharmaceuticals, Prescription Drugs
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Rescued hikers won't be charged for five-day search
The two Costa Mesa hikers lost for days in Trabuco Canyon will not be billed for the intense search that led to their rescue from the south Orange County wilderness. The search, which included agencies from Orange, Ventura, Los Angeles, Riverside and...
Tags: Ryan Seacrest, Punishment, Health and Medical Professionals, Physical Therapy, Easter
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The Starbucks syndrome in healthcare
"In Scotland, death is considered imminent; in Canada, it's considered inevitable. In California, death is considered optional." Ian Morrison, a Scottish-born futurist and healthcare consultant, was joking when he said those words. But not entirely....
Tags: Starbucks Corp., General Practitioners, Medical Specialization, Conservation, Physical Therapy
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Heel pain 'epidemic,' but doctors show steps to deal with plantar fasciitis
Plantar fasciitis. If you haven't had to deal with it personally, just ask around. Chances are you know lots of people who can describe it in great detail: stabbing heel pain and agonizing steps followed by a frustratingly slow recovery. Plantar fasciitis...
Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Epidemics and Plagues, Health and Medical Professionals, Inflammation, Plantar Fasciitis
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