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Local officials offer tips to prevent holiday fires
smojica@amnews.comLocal fire officials typically respond to more emergency calls during the Christmas holiday than any other time of the year and have issued some tips to help keep residents safe during their celebrations. Many households engage in holiday activities...Tags: Fires, Holidays, Religious Festivals, Injuries and Wounds
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Springfield house fires dropped in 2012, but 'outside' fires rose
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- City firefighters responded to 1,024 fires in 2012, compared to 951 in 2011. That’s a nearly 8 percent increase. However, those numbers don’t tell the whole story. The number of residential fires fell from 205 in 2011 to...
Tags: Fires, Injuries and Wounds
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Editorial: Ban On Studying Gun Violence Should Be Lifted
In 1997, a craven Congress, doing the bidding of the pro-gun lobby, withdrew funding used for gun-violence research by federal agencies such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That ban on funding — and similar prohibitions in a few...
Tags: Disease Prevention, Science and Technology, Health and Safety at School, American Medical Association, Politics
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Physician offers monthly running clinics in W.Va.
Dr. Mark Cucuzzella conducts monthly Running Clinics at The Wellness Center at City Hospital. Cucuzzella, nationally ranked distance runner, local physician and founder and organizer of Freedom's Run and the new Two Rivers Heritage Half Marathon, will be...Tags: Road Running, General Practitioners, Injuries and Wounds, Running, Hospitals and Clinics
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Steinberg: Strides being made in preventing serious injuries in sports
The most troubling aspect of representing professional athletes is the carnage sports like football take on every joint in the human body. In the days when I represented half of the starting quarterbacks and many of the major stars in the NFL, every...Tags: Schools, Parkinson's Disease, Alzheimer's Disease, Football, National Football League
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Car Seat Safety And Recycling
Gayle Anderson was live in Pomona for a new CHILD CAR SEAT SAFETY AND RECYCLING program. When should you RECYCLE rather than REUSE? When your child's safety is concerned. Thanks to the Child Safety Seat Recycling Project, organized by SafetyBeltSafe U.S....Tags: Car Safety Tips and Advice, Healthcare Provider, The Movie Channel (tv network), Injuries and Wounds, Motorvehicle Accidents
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Halloween safety tips from Maryland Fire Marshal
The Baltimore SunAs Halloween approaches, you might be more concerned about your child's costume than safety, but the season does bring up some important issues to keep in mind. Here are some Halloween fire safety tips from the Maryland State Fire Marshal: • ...Tags: Holidays, Politics, Halloween, Safety of Citizens, Government
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Running clinics set for Oct. 5
Dr. Mark Cucuzzella will conduct monthly running clinics at The Wellness Center at City Hospital. The next clinic is Friday, Oct. 5. Cucuzzella will teach proper form, injury prevention and improve performance. The clinics are geared to runners of...Tags: Injuries and Wounds, Hospitals and Clinics
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Columbia Wegmans starting in-store speaker series on health
The new Wegmans in Columbia has joined forces with Saint Agnes Hospital to present a free monthly health-related speaker series in the Wegmans Market Cafe. "Wellness at Wegmans," featuring physicians and other health care experts from the hospital,...Tags: Wegmans Food Markets, Inc., Healthy Diet, Cancer, Injuries and Wounds, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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IAAM, Towson Sports Medicine form partnership
The Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland has formed a partnership with Towson Orthopaedic Associates and Towson Sports Medicine to provide injury prevention services and education to the girls who play sports in the IAAM. “We try to...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Injuries and Wounds, Towson
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FTC cracks down on anti-concussion claims
The mouthguard company Brain-Pad Inc. never claimed that its products prevent concussions. Instead, advertisements have long promised that the devices can "reduce the risk" of a head injury and create "brain safety space." But even these nuanced...
Tags: Temporomandibular Joint Disorder, Federal Trade Commission Bureau of Consumer Protection, Tom Udall, Temporomandibular Joint, Injuries and Wounds
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Video tells dangers of distracted driving
Distracted driving such as texting can results in thousands of lost lives each year.
To prove that point the Shock Trauma Center for Injury Prevention and Policy at the University of Maryland in partnership with the Maryland Motor Vehicle...Tags: Injuries and Wounds
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