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Chicago baby, shot with father during a diaper change, dies
This post has been corrected. See note below for details.In Chicago, certain names have become synonymous with a specific type of tragedy for girls, which can be recalled with bleak and brief synopsis: Hadiya Pendleton, a 15-year-old majorette, shot in the back after coming home from President Obama's...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Shootings, Garry McCarthy, Barack Obama, Injuries and Wounds
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Tips for ski season injury prevention
Nothing ruins a skiing or snowboarding weekend like having to hitchhike down the hill in a ski patroller's sled — or in an ambulance. Fortunately, the overall rate of skiing injuries has declined by 50% since the 1970s, according to the National Ski...
Tags: Orthopedic Surgery, Dartmouth College, Injuries and Wounds, Snowboarding
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Gun lobby has squelched injury prevention research, doctors charge
One week after 20-year-old Adam Lanza used guns to kill 20 first-graders and seven adults before shooting himself, two physicians published a Viewpoint article in the Journal of the American Medical Assn. asking what the medical and public health...
Tags: National Institutes of Health, Firearms, Crime, Law and Justice, Substance Abuse, Judges
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5 Questions: Ultra-runner Scott Jurek on training and diet
Scott Jurek is a nice guy who exhibits none of the sanctimonious proselytizing that vegans sometimes do. He's also a guy who gave up a fast-food burger diet and runs what many consider to be obscenely long distances. How long? In 2010, he ran an...
Tags: Diets and Dieting, Restaurants, Road Running, Health and Medical Professionals, Sports
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Sports doctor answers: 'Would I let my son play football?'
Varsity Times InsiderA sports doctor tells us why he would allow his son to play football.... -
Distracted pedestrians? Accidents on rise for headphone-wearers
Nation NowDistracted pedestrians: A new study finds that the number of headphone-wearing pedestrians struck and killed by vehicles tripled since 2004.... -
Gang violence is less related to drugs than thought, CDC says
Nation NowGang homicides are less likely to be drug-related than is widely believed and are more likely to be the result of factors such as retaliation to ongoing gang violence, the CDC reported Thursday. The gang violence report is the first such study based on... -
Coalinga State Hospital fined more than $20,000 for safety lapses
L.A. NOWCalifornia workplace safety officials have fined Coalinga State Hospital more than $20,000, alleging in part that the psychiatric facility – which mainly treats sex offenders deemed too dangerous for community release -- failed to keep staff safe... -
Doctors say teens go to hospitals after drinking hand sanitizer
L.A. NOWDoctors are warning parents about a dangerous new trend after six teenagers drank hand sanitizer and ended up in Los Angeles-area emergency rooms with alcohol poisoning.... -
Handing out Laker Academy Awards
Lakers BlogSomewhere between the Lakers' 90-87 victory Sunday over the Oklahoma City Thunder and what could've passed for an NBA All-Star game in the Knicks-Heats match-up, basketball fans may have clicked the remote control a few times to sneak in a few minutes... -
Caught in the Web: Lakers prepare for Game 4 against New Orleans Hornets
Lakers Blog--The Times' Mike Bresnahan highlights the continual uncertainty surrounding Andrew Bynum's health. --The Times' Broderick Turner talks to Lakers assistant coach Jim Cleamons about the keys to Game 4. --The Times' Mark Heisler explains why an NBA... -
Exit interview: Kobe Bryant says Lakers' failed title run was a 'wasted year of my life'
Lakers BlogKobe Bryant exit interview Kobe Bryant is never much for sentimentality, and he's not going to change any time soon. So when he reflected Wednesday on the Lakers' underachieving 2010-2011 season, which included being swept in a Western Conference...
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