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Cancer, heart surgery can't keep her from her true love
This is for all those people who are seriously ill and thinking they may never do what they love again. I was like that in 2010, recovering from back-to-back breast cancer and heart surgeries and the aftermath. I thought tennis, which is my athletic...
Tags: French Open, Pete Sampras, Andre Agassi, Heart Surgery, U.S. Open (tennis)
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1994 Dolphins: Some ex-players succeed, some fall on hard times
A heroin dealer in upstate New York. A juvenile court judge in Tennessee. A Stanford grad overseeing $500 million in pension funds for Florida state retirees. A felon who watched his son win the Heisman Trophy from a jailhouse TV. These are your 1994...
Tags: Dave Duerson, Washington Redskins, Lifestyle and Leisure, Abusive Behavior, NFL Pro Bowl
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More than 5000 area kids suffer from juvenile arthritis
KIAHIt may seem like a movie when you talk about a child suffering from old age and arthritis, but this is no movie. For 5000 kids in the Houston area, that is the reality of juvenile arthritis Bella Lawler, age 11, suffers from JA and says, "I was getting...Tags: Allergies, Arthritis
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Wrists overworked? Take regular breaks — and ice the pain
Maybe your wrists and fingers swell when you leave work. Or maybe they ache or go numb in the middle of the night. Sounds as if you've been messing with your carpal tunnel — that tiny tunnel in your wrist where the median nerve, flexor muscles...
Tags: Human Body, Bethesda (Montgomery, Maryland), Wrists, Health, Inflammation
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K9 CORNER: Treat your dog to a massage
May is National Pet Month so I pulled up the Purina web site to see how they suggested honoring this month. I found about 10 or 12 possibilities listed and selected giving your pet a massage as a good option to discuss. Retrieving my copy of the “...
Tags: Human Body, Health, Personal Service, Fingers, Animals
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Don't brush off the tools
You've invested in top-quality paint, and have painstakingly prepped and primed your home for a fantastic paint job, so this is no time to skimp on tools. "You've spent $30 or even $50 on a gallon on paint, so don't buy a 99 cent brush," said Debbie...Tags: Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Human Body, Health, Arthritis, Science and Technology
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Understanding of ACL injuries is still evolving
Concussions may have recently taken the spotlight in lacrosse sports medicine, but anterior cruciate ligament injuries are still a major unanswered issue for the sport. ACL tears are the leading cause of missed game and practice time at both the high...Tags: Soccer, National Football League, General Practitioners, Injuries and Wounds, Injury Prevention
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Meyersdale women talk about Lyme disease
Daily American Staff WriterIn the summer of 2009, Diane Sechler, Meyersdale, had decreasing strength in her arms and hands, with recurrent trigger fingers and carpal tunnel syndrome. But her arthritis tests were negative. "I had two surgeries but kept having unbearable symptoms,"...Tags: Arms, Human Body, Fibromyalgia, Long Island, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Saturday, March 17, 2012
5 - 6 a.m. The Satursday Morning Show with Orion Samuelson and Max Armstrong 5:05 a.m. It’s the 30th anniversary of the Farm Toy and Antique Tractor Show in Sublette, Illinois. Max Armstrong visits with Don Dingus, one of the show founders,...Tags: Oakland (Chicago, Illinois), Dining and Drinking, Lifestyle and Leisure, Rod Blagojevich, Concerts
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Paying It Forward In Camp Hill
Multi-media JournalistSarah Sheaffer, a 24-year-old girl in Cumberland County was looking forward to being on her favorite TV show, Pay it Forward. "Paying it forward was something that she just giggled and laughed, that was her ritual," said her mom, Suzanne. Her mother...Tags: Parkinson's Disease, Arthritis
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Step into a suit that let's you experience what it feels like to be elderly
WDBJ-TV Anchor/ReporterWhat if you could step into the body of a person 20, 30 or 40 years older than you? What would it feel like? Architects at one Roanoke firm found out. You see they tried on what's called the Third Age Suit. It was designed in Europe and it's meant...Tags: Architecture, Arts and Culture, Bunion, Arthritis
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L.I. Shoplifter Has Weeks To Live After Ruining Chances For Heart Transplant
Staff reporterA Long Island woman with end-stage heart disease has only weeks to live after she lost her chance at a heart transplant for shoplifting back in September. Now Diane McCloud and her lawyer are asking to be released into a hospice, so she doesn't spend her...Tags: Long Island, Heart Transplants, Judges, Justice System, CVS Corp.
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