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How To Tumble With Care When It Gets Slippery Outside

Sometimes you realize you're about to slip and fall and there is nothing you can do to prevent it. But there is a right way to fall if you want to avoid really serious injury.
People walk through the empty streets of Boston as the snow begins to fall during a massive winter storm on Jan. 4.

It's that time of year when a simple walk down the street can be a treacherous undertaking because of the icy sidewalks.

Emergency rooms in the U.S. treat more people injured in falls, than any other kind of injury, according to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The agency that falls account for more than a third of all injury-related ER visits. Even though most of those injuries happen

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