Broken Hip

Roger Ebert recovering from fractured hip

2012-12-07 13:26:00

Roger Ebert has had his share of health problems in recent years, including losing his jaw to cancer. The film critic had another setback Thursday after falling and suffering a fractured hip. News first reached many fans through Ebert's wife, Chaz,...

Assailant pushes Newport Beach man from wheelchair, injures him

2012-08-10 10:54:14

When death is certain, but dignity is not

2011-11-12 19:54:00

Last time I wrote about my dad, he'd taken a fall in his bedroom, couldn't get up, but didn't want yet another ride in an ambulance. So my mother got down on the floor with him, pulled up a blanket and they went to sleep. This time they went down...

LEBANON: Pro-Assad enforcers attack protesters in Beirut [Video]

2011-08-03 16:32:38

Skeleton in the Closet

2011-03-20 00:00:00

Young people don’t give much thought to their bones unless they’ve broken one. Yet maintaining strong bones is arguably one of the most important things men and women can do to guarantee a robust old age. Seventy-five percent of skeletal...

Ole Ivar Lovaas dies at 83; UCLA psychology professor pioneered autism treatment

2010-08-06 00:00:00

Ole Ivar Lovaas, a UCLA psychology professor who pioneered one of the standard treatments for autism, died Monday night at a hospital in Lancaster. He was 83. He had been recovering from surgery for a broken hip and developed an infection, according to a...

Two top cyclists out of U.S. pro championships

2013-05-19 02:04:02

The 2012 men's and women's USA Cycling time trial champions were injured in separate accidents Friday and will be unable to defend their titles when the Volkswagen USA Cycling Professional Championships come to Chattanooga next weekend. David Zabriskie,...

Men too at risk for osteoporosis

2013-05-18 01:24:03

Osteoporosis is still considered a disease of older white women, but it is clear that both sexes and all ethnic groups have some risk for fracture, explains Dr Adnan Abdulwahid, Rheumatologist, Zulekha Hospital, Sharjah. Thus, even though women fracture...

Nursing Homes Penalized For Care Lapses Leading To Injuries

2013-05-17 07:23:05

The state Department of Public Health has penalized six nursing homes for lapses in care that contributed to residents' injuries. In one case, a resident of Middlesex Health Care Center of Middletown who was cognitively impaired and known to have an...

Hawks fans' mission: Find homes for abused dogs

2013-05-16 10:50:00

If you've ever owned a dog, you know the importance of finding the perfect name. Maybe you picked a family name, the name of a childhood dog or even the name of a city you love. Dog lovers Bridgid Nolan, 36, and Sue Naiden, 41, had a different source of...

Driver facing charges in head-on wreck

2013-05-12 10:04:02

A Dobson man is facing several charges following a two-vehicle head-on collision Friday night on Siloam Road. According to Trooper H.A. Hiatt of the North Carolina Highway Patrol, shortly before 9 p.m., Jody Golding, 34, of 1025 Copeland School Road,...

Pasadena project houses chronic homeless

2013-05-04 12:08:00

After more than 15 years sleeping on the streets of Pasadena, it was a brush with death and a lengthy recovery at Huntington Memorial Hospital that helped Timothy Blakney — a persistent freeway off-ramp panhandler known as "Popeye" for his gruff...

Richard Nussbaum works on exercises with Physical Therapist Megan Dunning while recovering from a broken hip at the Johnston R. Bowman Health Center in Chicago.

2011-04-26 13:19:19