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A wake-up call following knee replacement
As I begin this column, it is Wednesday afternoon, Aug. 22. I have been alive 20,873 days, if my math is correct, and I hope to add to the tally. But the knees I was born with will not be joining me for the rest of the trip. The clock ticks. The surgeon...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Nursing, Obesity, Health and Medical Professionals, Orthopedic Surgery
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Mike D'Antoni gets to work but looks as if he should call in sick
We hear about players playing hurt, but as Mike D'Antoni walks down the hallway for his first pregame media briefing as Lakers head coach, I'm telling him he looks like a wreck. And he's not disagreeing, pulling a coat around himself because, as he...Tags: Comedy (genre), Phil Jackson, Radio, USA Today, Mike D'Antoni
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Surgery on joints can restore mobility, lifestyle
Wearing a black pencil skirt revealing a 10-inch scar that goes through her knee Lorri Winter walks across the room with swagger showing what she playfully calls her "America's Next Top Model" walk. Three months following knee replacement surgery swagger...
Tags: Bones and Joints, Health Treatments, Physical Therapy, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Hips
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Howard County health briefs
Caregivers and seniors Family and Children's Services of Central Maryland has recently received an 18-month, $500,000 challenge grant from the Maryland Home and Community Care Foundation and additional funding from the Howard County Department of Citizen...Tags: Human Interest, HIV, Health Organizations, Breast Cancer, Howard County
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Howard County health briefs
Look good, feel better The free program teaches beauty techniques to women with cancer to help them combat appearance-related side effects of treatment. Participants receive a bag of cosmetics donated by major manufacturers as well as instruction and...Tags: HIV, Health Organizations, Breast Cancer, Charity, Prostate Cancer
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Prep Soccer: Boyle County's Chelsea Gill coming back strong for Rebels in time for postseason
marsee@amnews.comThings couldn’t have looked much worse for Chelsea Gill when she fell to the field in the very first game of the season, but they couldn’t have turned out much better. There would be surgery and rehab after Gill suffered the same injury for...Tags: Soccer, Sports, Injuries and Wounds, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Wars and Interventions
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Eagles blank Mustangs
COSTA MESA — While their coach ditched his prescribed crutches soon after kickoff, Estancia High freshman football players had their legs under them for four quarters on Thursday against visiting Costa Mesa. The Eagles scored on their first...
Tags: Sports, Injuries and Wounds, Landforms, Mountains, Football
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Edward Vincent dies at 78; first black mayor of Inglewood
Edward Vincent was a year away from making history in 1983 as Inglewood's first black mayor when he heard a woman screaming on a city street that her purse had been snatched and decided "to practice what I've been preaching." At the time, he was a city...
Tags: Heart Surgery, Democratic Party, John Burton, Elections, Horse and Harness Racing
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Doctor takes own medicine
Dr. Robert Gorab rolls out of bed just after 5 a.m. before strapping on his helmet and hopping on his vintage jet-black bike to start his 10-mile trek to work. Every Tuesday and Thursday, the Newport Beach resident goes through the same routine —...
Tags: Health Treatments, Physical Therapists, Physical Therapy, Health and Medical Professionals, Arthritis
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Avid Skier Feels 18 Again
TribLocal - EvanstonHarvey Brin, 78, had double knee replacement surgery on May 17, 2011. Seven months later, he was skiing black diamonds in Steamboat Springs, Colo. “Before …... -
Hairston talks about Baltimore County schools' successes
Baltimore County schools Superintendent Joe A. Hairston formally announced Friday that he will leave his post this June, saying he has a record of success. Speaking at a news conference, Hairston pointed to improved academic achievement of African-...Tags: Minority Groups, Political Corruption, African Americans, Hurricane Irene (2011), Teaching and Learning
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Weighing the pros and cons of cortisone shots
Q: I'm in my late 70s and have been getting four cortisone shots a year for the past several years for arthritis in my knee. They really help with the pain, but I've heard that, long-term, there could be bad side effects. Should I be worried? A:...
Tags: Diabetes, Human Body, Orthopedic Surgery, Arthritis, Health
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