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...weeks have stirred up a hornets' nest of rage, and throughout the Middle East there'll be groups planning to avenge Palestinian casualties in what they perceive as a battle over the fate of the Islamic holy sites in Jerusalem. Israeli leaders have already warned their people to brace for a new wave of terrorist attacks. Washington will probably have to do the same...
...Grade 3 concussion, the most severe, occurs when a player loses consciousness for anywhere from a few seconds to several hours. An injured child should be transported off the field in a neck brace to protect the spinal column and taken immediately to a hospital. Returning to competition depends on how long the child was unconscious and how long it took for the other symptoms to resolve...
...study that tracked more than 1,200 doctors for nearly 40 years found that sustaining a knee injury early in life can lead to a whopping fivefold increase in the risk of developing arthritis by age 65. Any way to avoid that fate? The researchers suggest using a knee brace--and totally giving up the injurious activity. --By Janice M. Horowitz...
Last week the Louisville team reported in the New England Journal of Medicine just how well Scott, a paramedic, is doing. Within three months of the surgery, he went public with his new hand, gripping a baseball with the aid of a brace and flinging a first pitch at a Philadelphia Phillies game. Within eight months, he could distinguish between hot and cold, a sure sign that the nerves were regenerating. Today, thanks to hours of grueling physical therapy, he is capable of more challenging tasks like driving a car, tying shoelaces and, most important, lifting his kids. Though such...
...idea that interest rates would be stuck at 6.5 percent for the duration. The news had been discounted, and excitement is low - August has been a pretty solid month for all the indexes, and the week before Labor Day is generally a slow one as investors brace for September...