Baseball: Arm in Sling, Arizona's AJ Pollock Puts Best Face on Busted Elbow

Baseball: Arm in sling, Arizona's AJ Pollock puts best face on busted elbow
Phoenix • A.J. Pollock emerged as one of baseball's best players a year ago. Now the All-Star center fielder has to sit, rehab and wait after fracturing his right elbow in a headfirst slide into home. His arm in a sling, Pollock … Read more on Salt Lake Tribune

County accused of letting mentally ill inmates languish
Lawyers pressing a decades-old lawsuit over conditions in metro Phoenix's jail system say inmates with serious mental illnesses are suffering needlessly because authorities aren't bringing them to outside treatment centers, often leaving them to … Read more on Arizona Capitol Times

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She showed no sign of the pain in her feet, from juvenile idiopathic arthritis. “She was in a lot of pain for several months,” her mother says. “We did braces and physical therapy.” She had to quit basketball at Chartiers-Houston, but stayed with … Read more on CBS Local

The Running Doc on how to treat Runner's Knee
In addition, physical therapy is initially needed to stretch the connective tissue that has tightened laterally holding the kneecap on the side and not allowing the medial quad to hold it in the center of the groove. There is no substitute for a … Read more on Daily News

Bodybuilder Dean Wharmby Dies After Eating 10000 Calories a Day and Steroid Abuse

Bodybuilder Dean Wharmby dies after eating 10000 calories a day and steroid abuse
His partner Charlotte Rigby said that when she first met Dean eight years ago, she had suspicions he had used steroids because of his muscular build, but said when they got together in 2010, he was trying to stop taking the drugs. She told the inquest … Read more on Daily Mail

13-bout MMA card hits Joe Louis Arena on Saturday
Mixed returns to Detroit on Saturday night, with the 13-bout "Brawl in the Fall" show at Joe Louis Arena. Heading the card is a five-round cage battle between Detroit's Marco Smallman (9-0) and Robert Gidron (13-2) of Grand Rapids for the … Read more on Detroit Free Press

Skyscraper Plunge; Power Surge Mystery; Puppy Mill Bill

Skyscraper plunge; power surge mystery; puppy mill bill
PHOENIX — An Arizona man was convicted Thursday of a terror charge tied to an attack last spring on a Prophet Muhammad cartoon contest in Texas, marking the second conviction in the U.S. related to the Islamic State group. Abdul Malik Abdul Kareem, … Read more on

Burial Sunrise
Whatever the case, the almost poppy vocal for Garcia connects in a relatable way over a rolling bassline that could fit on some hypothetical mash up between Jane's Addiction and Mark Lanegan. “All That You Say I Am” is not a distant cousin to a certain … Read more on PopMatters

Wilmington Mom Praises Opioid Bill

Wilmington mom praises opioid bill
She believes Massachusetts is leading the pack in terms of handling the opioid crisis and that other states are watching Massachusetts to see what happens and reiterated the need to provide more beds for people trying to break their addiction. Told of … Read more on Wicked Local

Ascension's Ministry agrees to sell Marshfield hospital, buy
Ascension Wisconsin's Ministry Health Care division has reached a tentative agreement to sell its hospital in Marshfield to the Marshfield Clinic Health System while acquiring full ownership of a medical center near Wausau. The deal puts the Marshfield … Read more on Milwaukee Business Journal

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At the federal level Keynesian economics says deficit spending is a useful remedy during a depression or recession, and President 's stimulus program helped pull the United States out of the depths. Europe, which was more hostile to … Read more on Barre Montpelier Times Argus

Getting realistic about changing the direction of suicide prevention research
Evidence concerning the formidable barriers to reducing death by suicide inevitably clashes with the strong emotional appeals and political agendas of those demanding suicide intervention programs. …. Christiansen identifies the top three modifiable … Read more on PLoS Blogs (blog)

USC Professor Earns $11 Million Grant to Study Stroke Recovery

USC professor earns million grant to study stroke recovery
Survival from stroke has improved thanks to better technology and treatment. But researchers at the University of want to reverse the long-term effects the disease has on some patients who have trouble communicating with others. Read more on ColaDaily.com

Big money in nursing home therapy, but is all the treatment necessary?
In November 2013, Mission Viejo-based Ensign Group agreed to pay $ 48 million to settle a case involving allegedly false rehab claims at Sea Cliff Healthcare Center in Huntington Beach and five nursing homes in other Southern California cities. Read more on OCRegister