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When a fall happens ...
When the person you care for, we will refer to as care person, falls, what you do? You may find them down and assist them up from the floor and then assess if they are OK and if all looks good it is something you handled. However, there are a few things...Tags: Health Treatments, Physical Fitness and Exercise, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Physical Therapy
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Maryland court considers liability of bars in drunken-driving crashes
Michael D. Eaton ran up a tab for 17 beers plus other drinks before he left a Gaithersburg tavern, according to court records. Forty-five minutes later, behind the wheel of his Range Rover, he slammed into the back of a Jeep Cherokee at a speed...
Tags: Montgomery County (Maryland), Sales, Trials, Lawyers, Hotel and Accommodation Industry
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Good balance and strength help decrease the risk of falling
According to the Center for Disease Control, each year, one in every three adults age 65 and older falls. Falling can cause moderate to serious injuries, including head injuries and hip fractures, and can increase the risk of dying. "When an elderly...
Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Injuries and Wounds, Physical Therapists
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'One of the worst cases I've seen' -- Police seek suspect in brutal puppy deaths
SOUTH BEND – High-force trauma, broken vertebrae, decapitation -- Police are looking for a man now charged with brutally beating three puppies to death. Joseph Perry, 38, is being charged with two counts of mutilating an animal. A warrant has been...
Tags: College Sports, Sports, Viral Diseases and Infections, Fractured Rib, Prosecution
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Working toward stronger bones
If you're going to fall and break something, you should at least have a good story to tell. I have broken nine bones. No, I was not abused. Some stories are better than others. The last bone I broke, the ulna in my left arm, involved a ski jump. Good...
Tags: Injuries and Wounds, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Hips, Weightlifting, Bones and Joints
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Oglala Sioux Tribe president injured in car wreck
RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — The newly elected president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe has been injured in a one-vehicle wreck on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in western South Dakota. Brian Brewer's administrative assistant says the cause of the...Tags: Injuries and Wounds
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Walk-off victories
At age 18 and with the blessing of her family, Sajina Tamang left her home in Nepal to work as a housekeeper in Lebanon. Finding work abroad was her ticket to self-sufficiency, one of the few career paths open to a rural girl in one of the world's most...
Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Human Interest, Injuries and Wounds, General Practitioners, Hospitals and Clinics
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The summer of the bear
The steady drumbeat of bear sightings in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains reached a crescendo last week, with two unusual incidents punctuating a season full of bear activity. Bear-turned-celebrity Meatball, aka Glen Bearian, saw his run in the...Tags: Injuries and Wounds
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Fundraiser begins for injured Newport Beach man
The family of a wheelchair-bound Newport Beach man who was attacked by an unknown assailant is raising funds to help pay his immediate medical bills. Alan Halderman, 56, got into an altercation on the Balboa Peninsula with another man Aug. 6. He was...
Tags: Human Interest, Injuries and Wounds, Auction Service
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This Seals It: Calhoun Will Be Back
The Hartford CourantThe way I figure it, the scalpel used on Jim Calhoun's fractured hip during surgery Saturday night may as well be used to engrave in stone that he'll 100 percent, for sure, take-it-to-the-bank return for his 27th year asUConn men's basketballcoach. As...Tags: Injuries and Wounds, Pennsylvania Statue University Sexual Abuse Scandal (2012), Jeremy Lamb, Kemba Walker, George Blaney
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Family: Disabled man pushed from wheelchair
The family members of a handicapped man are asking for the public's help in identifying an assailant they believe pushed him from his wheelchair and caused his hip to break. Alan Halderman, 56, of Newport Beach was coming home from the pharmacy in his...
Tags: Injuries and Wounds, Stroke
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Teen sentenced to probation in fatal crash
The teenager charged in connection with a fatal Brownsburg, Ind. crash that killed one teenager and seriously injured three others withdrew his denial of the charges against him in court Tuesday and was sentenced to probation. Chris Hubbard, 17,...
Tags: Broken Leg, Health, Disasters and Accidents, Recreational Substance Use, Injuries and Wounds
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