Ms. Richardson apparently had no symptoms immediately after the fall. She got up, smiled, and said she felt fine. She started to complain of a headache about an hour later and her condition deteriorated very rapidly thereafter. Likely, the fall ruptured a blood vessel in her brain, with the rupture gradually becoming larger and culminating [...]

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It’s wintertime in snow country, time for dashing through the snow, gliding on the ice, schussing down the slopes and other invigorating and exciting cold weather activities. But such activities have something else in common: sometimes, they can be the first leg of a run that ends at the Emergency Room.
Here are some safety [...]

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