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The Perfect Crime (Rebroadcast)

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Is There a Better Way to Protect Yourself From Car Accidents?

Overweight and obese patients are more likely to have a worse outcome because of associated comorbidities Frangos and Wall aren't suggesting that we all go out and gain a few hundred pounds to protect ourselves from cars Especially when there's a much simpler solution Here's Stephen Wall From our data, I think all pedestrians should be wearing helmets But who would really want to wear a bike helmet when they're walking or on a date?

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