Category: Health
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Toledo Swimmer Goes From Stage IV Cancer Patient to Division I Athlete | WTOL11
The college swimming season is winding down. For one Toledo freshman, just being in the pool at the University of Toledo is a minor miracle.
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New Spinal Implant Allows 3 Paralyzed Men to Stand, Walk and Swim Again | Global News
Three men who were paralyzed from the waist down are walking again, even swimming and biking, after a nerve-stimulation device gave them the ability to move their legs again, researchers reported on Monday.
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Cuba’s Elderly Swim Again After Lifting on Restrictions | Reuters
A group of elderly swimmers in Cuba said that the loosening of restrictions after two years had given them a new lease on life.
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Eldersburg Swimming Club Donates With Its Own Plunge | WBAL-TV 11 Baltimore
Even though the Polar Bear Plunge has been postponed until March, some Carroll County women decided not to wait.
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Web Extra: Veterans Swim With Dolphins as Part of Therapy Program | CBS Miami
These dolphins help provide physical and emotional therapy for wounded veterans. On Sunday (1/9), the veterans got in the water with the dolphins as part of a Wounded Warrior Project event in the Florida Keys.
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Teen Girls Rescued From a Warriewood Swimming Hole | 7NEWS
Two young swimmers have survived a close call at a notorious Warriewood swimming hole, rescued by surf lifesavers from a lonely rock ledge just in time.
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Learning It All Again: All-State Swimmer Making Massive Strides After Breaking Neck | 13 On Your Side
Spencer Cobb broke three vertebrae jumping into a pond on Halloween. Now, it’s a long road to recovery.
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Champion Swimmer ‘Mighty Mo’ Celebrates 100th Birthday | CBS Los Angeles
Maurine Kornfield only started swimming seriously at 65…and has since won 14 world championships and set 28 world records. Chris Holmstrom reports.