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Players don't let 'curveball' stop them
Staff WriterCALEXICO — Two Calexico High School freshmen softball players believe athletes shouldn’t let anything stop them from doing their favorite sport. Julissa Serrano, 14, and Karla Soto, 14, were both diagnosed with scoliosis while in the...Tags: Back, Sports, Softball
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Parents of Stephanie Maylee: She Did Not Overdose on Prescription Medication on Purpose
Reporter, PhotographerThe parents of a new mother found dead in a Rolla hospital say she did not intentionally overdose on prescription pain medicine. Stephanie Maylee’s parents say the 25-year-old struggled with pain from Scoliosis and a C-section. Maylee's parents,...Tags: Percocet (drug), Hospitals and Clinics, Country Bank, Cesarean Section, Health
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Kenyan girl receives lifesaving spinal surgery thanks to OrthoIndy, St. Vincent
A 12-year-old Kenyan girl is making remarkable progress in her recovery following an extensive, high-risk surgical procedure for a rare and severe form of scoliosis.
Salma Suleman and her guardian shared details with the public about her journey to...Tags: NuVasive Incorporated, Lungs and Airways, Hospitals and Clinics, Spine, High Blood Pressure
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Help for your aching back
For many aching backs, getting a professional massage is an infrequent luxury, leaving relief from muscle kinks and tension to the generous, if unreliable, hands of loved ones. And so, barring such kindness, as one often must, we can knead our own...Tags: Human Body, Spine, Diseases and Illnesses, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Fibromyalgia
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SeaWorld teams up with surgeon to create spine brace for whale
Nation NowA whale with severe scoliosis obviously can't swim properly. So SeaWorld Orlando, together with local experts, teamed up to create a brace for a pilot whale with severe curvature of the spine, or scoliosis.... -
East's Ewart overcomes scoliosis to play varsity volleyball
Prep Editor, Wichita East High SchoolThe road to playing varsity volleyball at Wichita East wasn’t simple for junior middle hitter Hanna Ewart. Ewart, who suffered from scoliosis for a year, underwent surgery in the summer of 2009, the summer before her freshman year. “My...Tags: Human Body, Spine, Diseases and Illnesses, Volleyball, Health
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Former Colt Fred Miller still dotes on the girl he fell for in college
Every morning, around 5 a.m., before the sunlight splashes on the beige bedroom walls of the weathered farmhouse in Upperco, Charlene Miller stirs, yawns — and prays.
Thank you, Lord, for helping me come through the night.
She doesn't get up....Tags: Clubs and Associations, Sports, Entertainment, Lou Gehrig's Disease, Back
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Thursday, June 23, 2011
Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre Lauren and Dean Sobon are the masterminds behind Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre in Lancaster, and are currently putting on the musical comedy The Drowsy Chaperone through July 9th! www.dutchapple.com Chris Noth The actor best known...Tags: The Drowsy Chaperone (musical), Sex, Diseases and Illnesses, Physical Conditions, Health
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Miss Florida Lissette Garcia: Being healthy is 'who I am'
South Florida's Lissette Garcia represented the Sunshine State in the 2011 Miss USA pageant this month. A medical student in addition to a beauty queen, she eats lots of vegetables (and chocolate) and exercises up to six days a week, sometimes twice a...Tags: Vegetable Soup, Spina Bifida, Lifestyle and Leisure, Miss USA, Entertainment
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Gloucester's Taylor Distefano plays through the pain
She lay motionless at home plate, the shooting pain in her legs having given way to numbness. Then she realized she was crying. "This is so embarrassing," she sobbed.
Standing a few feet away at the fence of their dugout, Taylor Distefano's teammates...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Physical Conditions, Health, Back Pain
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Kraft Nabisco Championship: Stacy Lewis the champion
The Fabulous ForumIt was a par putt that won it, a curving 11-footer needed by Stacy Lewis after her drive on the par-three 17th hole landed in the bunker. Lewis measured the putt with no expression on her face. "It's gonna die...... -
Crooked Spine: Genetic test helps doctors diagnose proper scoliosis treatment
The 33 News15-year old Katy Schmidt is an avid athlete but scoliosis--a crooked spine--threatened to put her in a brace and on the sidelines. "They told me to lay off core exercises and weights and stuff like that," Katy said. But that's as bad as the news would...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Genes and Chromosomes, Internists, Texas, Plastic Surgeons
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