Injuries

Joel Embiid misses Sixers' scrimmage vs. OKC due to calf tightness

Kensington child suffers severe hand injuries after explosive device goes off

Explosives fireworks injury

Sixers' Zhaire Smith will miss Orlando restart with knee injury

As fireworks sales surge, health experts fear increase in related injuries

Fireworks safety tips

Massive King of Prussia apartment fire injures 15 people, including first responders

Report: Josh McCown played second half of NFC Wild Card game with torn hamstring

NFL’s chief medical officer calls Carson Wentz ‘heroic’ for reporting concussion

Philly athletes say aches and pains still hamper them years after retirement

Darren Sproles on season-ending injury: If I never play again, I have no regrets

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Eagles' DeSean Jackson already jogging a week after surgery

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Eagles' DeSean Jackson shares hospital photo after 'successful' surgery

11-year-old girl hospitalized after firework explodes in North Philadelphia

Fireworks explosion North Philadelphia girl

Joel Embiid is out vs. Detroit Pistons with sprained right ankle

Joel Embiid has right ankle sprain, is questionable for Sixers' first road trip

Girl injured in fall from swing ride at New Jersey's Storybook Land

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Sea Isle City deck collapse injures several during house party

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9-year-old Philly girl's devastating injuries underscore the dangers of fireworks

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Watch yourself, firework-related eye injuries in the U.S. have doubled

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Two men critically injured when third-story balcony collapses in West Philly

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Common antidepressant drug tied to increased risk of falls in elderly adults

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Study: Black patients less likely to seek post-injury physical therapy than whites

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How traumatic injury has become a health care crisis

Bryce Harper takes a fastball to the ankle, limps off the field

Broken bones linked to dog walks are on the rise among elderly adults

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Phillies' Jake Arrieta says he pitched half of last season with a torn meniscus

The woman who 'looked like a broken action figure' continues healing after near-death accident

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Floor collapses during dance party near Clemson University, dozens injured

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Badly injured when struck by car, Dirty Franks bartender says her first words

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Dirty Franks bartender in 'up and down' battle back from brink of death

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Fantasy football

Fantasy football injuries: The latest on Saquan Barkley, Josh Gordon, T.Y. Hilton, Doug Baldwin and more

Superstitious Doug Pederson is glad Eagles can't go 4-0 in preseason

Philadelphia Police

Philadelphia police officer in critical condition after suffering gunshot wounds to the face

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Why do paper cuts hurt so much?

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How a flying hot dog from the Phillie Phanatic gave one fan a black eye

How do professional athletes get their health insurance?

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Eagles injury concerns: which player's recovery is most essential?

Wawa lawsuits: Man blames store for arm crushed by compactor; customer claims faulty coffee cup caused burned crotch

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Eagles' Carson Wentz posts rehab video of upright throwing exercise

Badly-injured Dirty Franks bartender makes positive steps amid 'sphere of love'

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Both healing from ACL tears, Eagles Jason Peters marvels at Carson Wentz throwing again

Strangers raise thousands for 3-year-old girl badly injured in hit-and-run

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