Amputation

Alice Hines

Bankruptcy Hurls Amputated Finger Lawsuits Into Limbo

HuffingtonPost.com | Alice Hines | Posted 03.06.2012

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Kalyani Spieckerman was only 15 months old when she had the tip of her right ring finger amputated by her stroller while her parents were visiting Bos...

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BLOOD SPORT: Golfer Impaled With Club In Fight Over Playing Slowly

The Huffington Post | Andy Campbell | Posted 02.07.2012

Read More: Video, Dumb Crime, Weird Weapons, Golfing, Golf Club, Eagle Mountain Lake, Sports Violence, Clay Carpenter, Dumb Criminals, Amputation, Weird News News

A Texas man was impaled with a golf club, allegedly because one group at a Fort Worth golf course was playing too slowly. Clay Carpenter, 48, suffe...

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David Lohr

Pennsylvania Man Cuts Off Arm, Hand In Botched Suicide Attempt

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 12.18.2011

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A Pennsylvania man who cut off his arm and hand was trying to take his life, according to police in Philadelphia. "It was an attempted suicide," Ph...

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Why Did The FDA Neglect Graphic Smoking-Related Foot Amputation Warning?

Neal M. Blitz, D.P.M., F.A.C.F.A.S. | Posted 08.23.2011

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Neal M. Blitz, D.P.M., F.A.C.F.A.S.

The Surgeon General's message is clear: "smoking kills." But smoking not only kills. It also results in foot and lower extremity limb loss due to Peripheral Arterial Disease.

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Medical Malpractice: The Rights of the Harmed

Lisa Gilbert | Posted 05.30.2011

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Lisa Gilbert

The ability to bring your grievances to a jury of your peers faces a very real challenge, as corporations and politicians seek to take away this critical right.

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UPDATE: Pro Wrestler Secures Prosthetic For Girl, 9, Who Lost Leg To Save Sister

Posted 07.31.2011

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UPDATE: After hearing her story, the community has reached out to help Anaiah Rucker. Georgia-based Langdon Athletics informed pro wrestler Steve ...

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5 Diabetes Truths You Must Know

Riva Greenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

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Riva Greenberg

Diabetes myths abound, so my gift to you this holiday season are five diabetes truths you must know.

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The Afghanistan War's Tenth Year Must Be Its Last

Robert Greenwald | Posted 05.25.2011

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Robert Greenwald

Can anyone name a single way in which this war still serves the national interest, if it ever did? We talked to a group of veterans of the conflict, and their answer was a very clear, "no."

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Oprah Takes On Diabetes -- I Still Have a Request

Riva Greenberg | Posted 11.17.2011

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Riva Greenberg

People are dying, literally, to have their health care providers help them with the emotional stamina needed to live well with diabetes.

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Doctors Amputate Wrong Foot Of Peruvian Man

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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LIMA, Peru — Doctors in Peru mistakenly amputated the wrong foot of an 86-year-old man, then had no choice but to cut off the other one as well ...

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