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First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Kentucky Sgt. home recovering from helicopter fall

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - It's been three weeks since a training exercise went terribly wrong and sent Master Sergeant David Gentry, of the Kentucky Air National Guard, falling 60 feet from a helicopter. But, now, he's back home and he said the doctors ... [Published WKYT - May 23 2013]
First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Pakistan's Imran Khan home after fall

Pakistan's former cricket star turned politician Imran Khan has returned home after hospital treatment for injuries suffered in a dramatic fall two weeks ago, he said Wednesday via Twitter.Khan suffered spinal fractures and a head injury when he toppled ... [Published WDSU New Orleans - May 22 2013]
First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Khan home after campaign fall

Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- Pakistan's former cricket star turned politician, Imran Khan, has returned home after hospital treatment for injuries suffered in a dramatic fall two weeks ago, he said Wednesday via Twitter.Khan suffered spinal fractures ... [Published CNN - May 22 2013]
First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Teenager Tim overcomes multiple difficulties to find a life beneath the waves

He has worn a back brace since the age of 12, finds it uncomfortable to swim on top of the water and his autism makes communicating hard – but talented teenager Tim Clarke has learned to scuba diveTim Clarke scuba-divingWhen Angela Clarke’s son Tim told ... [Published Wales Online - May 21 2013]
First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Letter: School not helping enough with special needs

Z Elko Daily Free Press9 hours agoEditor: I have a great concern regarding the teachers, principal and counselors that educate our children at Spring Creek Middle School.Long story short, I was advised by the counselor that I “need to be a parent” and ... [Published Elko Daily Free Press - May 18 2013]
First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Sand surfing in Peru ? where only the dunes are steep

HUACACHINA, Peru -- It?s a scene right out of Lawrence of Arabia: enormous mountains of sand ? some as tall as 300 feet ? their surfaces sculpted into soft, geometric designs by the wind, and extending as far as the eye can see. My wife and I stand captivated, ... [Published Miami Herald - May 18 2013]
First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Yourwellness Magazine Investigates the Causes of Back Pain

With a new study finding that physical activity makes people more likely to recover from chronic back pain, Yourwellness Magazine took a closer look at main causes of back pain, and what readers can do when they suffer with the problem. Yourwellness, ... [Published PRWeb - May 17 2013]
First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Graduate profile: Life-altering injury set academic path in motion for graduating student

– On paper, Sarah Gilbert of Goochland, Va., a graduating  senior majoring in chemical engineering in the College of Engineering with a minor in chemistry, may look like a typical Virginia Tech student, anxiously awaiting graduation.But an injury she ... [Published Virginia Tech - May 16 2013]
First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 2 reports

Chiropractic treatment is mostly safe

Dear Dr. Roach: My 11-year-old daughter suffered a stress fracture on her lower spine a couple of years ago from doing back handsprings in gymnastics. She wore a back brace for a while, and now has no more problems in that area. However, her upper back/shoulder ... [Published Detroit News - May 09 2013]
First reported May 06 2013 - Updated May 06 2013 - 1 reports

Man faces charges of violence

A Queenstown man is on trial in the Invercargill District Court on three charges of violence against his former partner.Joshua David Kershaw (28), pilot, has denied indictably laid charges of assaulting Nicole Jade Rapley and threatening to kill her at ... [Published Otago Daily Times - May 06 2013]
First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 1 reports

Lower Merion senior Hillary Hoffstein is Main Line Student of the Week

Hoffstein is a LMHS senior and a prominent officer the past four years in student government (elected class president freshman and sophomore year, secretary of the school as a senior). Among her many accomplishments Hoffstein is most proud of creating ... [Published Main Line Times - May 02 2013]
First reported Apr 27 2013 - Updated Apr 27 2013 - 1 reports

Determined Jason on long road to recovery

THE IMAGE of Jayson Bush immobile in a back brace was a powerful reminder of the devastation that can be wrought by a workplace injury.He suffered multiple injuries when he fell 6.5 metres down an airconditioning vent onto a concrete floor at the Nishi ... [Published Sydney Morning Herald - Apr 27 2013]

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"I am just happy to be here, some of the guys that were with me on that day, didn't make it home," he said. "The US spent a lot of time and money trying to improve combat Humvees armor protection, and the hard top probably saved my life that day. We were escorting a fuel convoy when the IED went off. I was manning the .50 cal and was knocked out of the turret, the Humvee ammo box pinned me to the ground and crushed my upper and lower spine."
"I am walking, yeah, I'm not 'Speedy Gonzalez' or nothing but I am walking" and he does so with a concentrated effort. He said he's still weak, but he's able to walk about 200 feet...
"He will continue to receive regular physiotherapy and is likely to need to wear the spinal support for some weeks to come," it said. "Imran will gradually increase physical activity over the next few weeks with a return to his full functional capacity expected in approximately six to eight weeks."
Sharif said: "We have lost around 40,000 lives, wasted billions of dollars and"

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Kentucky Sgt. home recovering from helicopter fall [Published WKYT - May 23 2013]
Khan home after campaign fall [Published CNN - May 22 2013]
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A short, good life inspires friend [Published Albuquerque Journal - May 20 2013]
Letter: School not helping enough with special ... [Published Elko Daily Free Press - May 18 2013]
Sand surfing in Peru ? where only the dunes are... [Published Miami Herald - May 18 2013]
Yourwellness Magazine Investigates the Causes o... [Published PRWeb - May 17 2013]
Graduate profile: Life-altering injury set acad... [Published Virginia Tech - May 16 2013]
Pakistani Front-Runner Offers Truce, and Flower... [Published New York Times - May 14 2013]
News reporter rides a CitiBike [Published New York Daily News - May 12 2013]
Hamlin, Edwards, Gordon among racers in Darlington [Published WMBF - May 10 2013]
Medina chiropractor sentenced to 30 months in p... [Published WKYC News - May 10 2013]
Chiropractic treatment is mostly safe [Published Detroit News - May 09 2013]
Dr. Roach: Chiropractic manipulation is mostly ... [Published Lubbock Online - May 08 2013]
Medicare fraud targets seniors, scooters: ‘I do... [Published Miami Herald - May 07 2013]
Medicare fraud targets seniors, scooters: ?I do... [Published The Olympian - May 07 2013]
Retired truck driver left unable to walk after ... [Published Mail Online UK - May 07 2013]
Lewis no longer afraid of the spotlight [Published Individual.com - May 07 2013]
Lewis did her part to help those affected by Sandy [Published Home News Tribune - May 07 2013]
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Man faces charges of violence [Published Otago Daily Times - May 06 2013]
Judy Blume helped a generation of young women t... [Published Comment is free | guardian.co.uk - May 05 2013]
Lower Merion senior Hillary Hoffstein is Main L... [Published Main Line Times - May 02 2013]
10 ways to treat back pain [Published Merritt Herald - May 02 2013]
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Judy Blume helped a generation of young women t... [Published Comment is free | guardian.co.uk - May 05 2013]
Fans will whoop to hear Tiger Eyes has been made into a film. For many she was the first writer to make sense of the world Tiger Eyes, my favourite of Judy Blume's books, has been made into a film which finally has a US release date. I'll leave a ...
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