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NEWS ABOUT: broken bone

broken bone stories: 12 news summaries

 US Soccer Star 
 Hospitalized in 
 Fatal Car Crash 

Charlie Davies sustains multiple fractures, another passenger dead

Oct 14, 09 12:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - Charlie Davies, a starting forward on the US national soccer team, broke several bones and sustained a lacerated bladder in a car crash yesterday that killed another passenger. The driver, who was not identified, swerved into a guardrail outside of Washington, leaving the car "pretty much split in half,... More »

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(Newser) - An experimental drug could drastically decrease the risk of bone breakage in osteoporosis sufferers, Time reports. Two trials of the drug denosumab in groups at high risk for the disease—men receiving testosterone-depleting treatment for prostate cancer and post-menopausal women—reduced the risk of fracture by more than 50%,... More »

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drugs • prostate cancer • menopause • osteoporosis • postmenopausal women • medical study • broken bone • denosumab

 Yao Out for Season, 
 Maybe For Good 

Re-fractured foot means Rockets center may miss all of next season, if not more

Jun 29, 09 4:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - The broken left foot that knocked center Yao Ming out of the recently concluded NBA playoffs could be career-ending, sources tell Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo Sports. Pins were inserted a year ago after one of the Houston Rockets star's many injuries, and the foot re-fractured during the playoffs and hasn’... More »

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basketball • Yao Ming • Houston Rockets • sports injuries • broken bone

Thatcher Leaves Hospital After
2+ Weeks

Former British PM suffered broken shoulder after fall

Jun 29, 09 7:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Margaret Thatcher was released from the hospital today after undergoing surgery for a broken arm, the Telegraph reports. Although the former British PM was originally expected to return home sooner, she spent 17 days recuperating after she fell in her house in London. Thatcher, now 83, has abandoned most public... More »

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London • United Kingdom • hospital • Margaret Thatcher • prime minister • broken bone

 Clinton Falls, Fractures Elbow 

Secretary of state will undergo surgery next week.

Jun 18, 09 5:17 AM CDT
(AP) - Hillary Clinton fractured her right elbow during a fall yesterday, and will undergo surgery to repair it in the coming week. The accident happened while the secretary of state was on her way to the White House, and she was taken to a university hospital for treatment before being released.... More »

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Hillary Clinton • secretary of State • injury • broken bone • Obama Cabinet

 Thatcher in 
 Hospital After 
 Breaking Arm 

Former British PM expected to be released soon

Jun 12, 09 7:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - Margaret Thatcher, now 83, has been hospitalized after breaking her arm in a fall in her home in London, reports the UK Times. A spokeswoman for the long-serving prime minister said she would be released today and was "very lucky." Thatcher has suffered multiple strokes in recent years,... More »

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London • United Kingdom • Margaret Thatcher • prime minister • hospitalization • broken bone

 Sotomayor 
 Breaks Ankle 
 in New York 

Has been 'treated and released': White House

Jun 8, 09 12:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sonia Sotomayor broke her ankle this morning hurrying through New York’s LaGuardia airport, the Washington Post reports. The Supreme Court nominee was X-rayed at a Washington hospital after her flight and found to have a small fracture; she’s now on crutches. “She has been treated and released,... More »

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injury • broken bone • Sonia Sotomayor

 

 Armstrong's OK  
 for Tour: Team 

Cyclist fractured collarbone yesterday in crash

Mar 24, 09 12:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - Despite breaking his collarbone in a crash yesterday, Lance Armstrong should be able to ride in both the Tour de France and Giro d’Italia, his team manager said. “A broken collarbone in the month of March does not at all compromise the start of the Tour de France... More »

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cycling • Tour de France • Lance Armstrong • broken bone • Giro d'Italia

UPDATED

 Armstrong Injury 
 Puts Tour in Doubt 


Mar 23, 09 4:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - Lance Armstrong’s collar bone, broken in a Spanish race, puts his appearance at the Tour de France in jeopardy, but the cyclist is taking a wait-and-see approach, the AP reports. “We'll go from there,” he said of his recovery in the US. “I think for the... More »

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cycling • crash • Tour de France • rehabilitation • Lance Armstrong • broken bone • Giro d'Italia

Nancy Reagan Released From LA Hospital

Doctors expect her to make 'full recovery'
after hip fracture

Oct 17, 08 8:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - Nancy Reagan returned home today from a Los Angeles hospital after being treated for a broken pelvis, Reuters reports. For the 87-year-old widow of Ronald Reagan, who fell at her home last week, 2 days with doctors was enough: "I hope it won't hurt anyone's feelings if I don't... More »

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(AP) - Nancy Reagan has been hospitalized in Los Angeles with a broken pelvis. A Reagan spokeswoman said Reagan "is in very good spirits" and surgery is not required, though it is not known how long she will be hospitalized. The 87-year-old former first lady fell at her home last week... More »

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Los Angeles • Ronald Reagan • Bel Air • Nancy Reagan • hospitalization • UCLA Medical Center • broken bone • pelvis

McMahon
Sues Billionaire, Hospital Over Broken Neck

He blames unsafe stairs, shoddy care

Jul 19, 08 1:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Venerable TV sidekick and debtor Ed McMahon is suing two parties he says have contributed to his financial crisis, People reports. First, McMahon’s suit alleges that “unsafe entry stairs” at a billionaire investor’s home caused him to fall and break his neck; the second party is... More »

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personal finance • lawsuit • Cedars Sinai Hospital • Ed McMahon • broken bone • Robert Day

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