Winter walking safety tips from the Walking Association
Robert Sleight, director of the Walking Association, warns about costly winter falls and offers practical precautions. Learn to walk like a duck, wear shoes with treads, keep hands free, look ahead, and clear icy paths with shovels, sand, or de-icer to reduce injuries and costs.
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Robert Sleight
Steight
Walking Association
Charman
National Safety Council
Committee
Ice Skating Institute of America
Polio survivors face late in life health risk
Ken Ruth Stallbaum, once paralyzed by poliomyelitis as a child, now faces returning weakness and possible total paralysis years after the vaccine era. Doctors note post polio muscle atrophy appears 30 to 40 years after first illness, affecting many with severe earlier cases. The piece links to March of Dimes research and upstate neurology insights.
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Ken Ruth Stallbaum
Jonas Salk
March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation
Salk
David C. Haas
Upstate Medical Center
Haas
March of Dimes
Stallbaum
Ruth
CDC
American Academy of Pediatrics
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Ruth Stallbaum
TV anti smoking ad hailed as gut wrenching by some
An anti smoking TV spot featuring a fetus like image drawing a pregnant warning drew praise from producer Joseph Vogt who says it will gut punch viewers. Tobacco Institute spokesman William Toohey questions its effectiveness but predicts it may boost prenatal care awareness. The ad is set to air this month on ABC and Turner Broadcasting System.
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Mmuichie
Emia
Joseph Vogt
Amenca
Tobacco Institute
William Toohey
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Justine Townsend Smith
Syracuse Herald- Journal Lifestyle
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Syracuse City
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Ushkow
Federal
Centers For Disease Control
Atlanta
Laderle Laboratories
Wayne
N.J
Laderle
Wyeth Laboratories
Connaught Laboratories
William Robinson
ABC
Turner
Cancer Society
Circle
American Cancer Society
Circle of Caring
James and Townsend Streets
Mia Archer
Oncology
Community General Hogmial
Kathryn Daly
Susan Sandstrom
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Natrion Counseling Service
L. Reiner
Lillian E. Reiner
National Mental Health Association
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