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Self defense tips from Cardinal Fitness Self defense tips from Cardinal Fitness (KCBD) - In 2016, over 120,000 people were victims of a violent crime, so it's smart to know how to protect yourself, before the police arrive. J Hollinshed, a self defense instructor at Cardinal Fitness, says it's all about aiming for the soft spots: the eyes, neck, knees, stomach, and, for men, the groin. He says that staying safe has to do a lot with what you do before an attack happens. These are his tips for walking out to your car at night: • Hold one key in your knuckle while you walk • Make eye contact with a possible attacker • Have good posture and try not to look tired • Don't unlock your car until you get there/don't draw attention to where you're going • Walk from the back of your car forward so you can check the back seat before you get in. Hollinshed recommends that all people, both men and women, take a self defense course so they can keep themselves ...

YOUR HEALTH: A new treatment for children with inflammatory bowel disease PHILADELPHIA – At first glance, Gabriella looks like a happy, healthy child, teaching her sister math and taking care of the family pets. But she has had Inflammatory Bowel Disease since the age of four. "She, by that point, was very sick," said her mother, Lisa Didio.   "She had really bad diarrhea, loose stools, when she would go, the toilet was filled with blood." Lisa began searching for a treatment and doctors who could help her daughter. "This is a very complicated disease where everyone is different than everybody else," explained Dr. Andrew Grossman, pediatric gastroenterologist at Children's Hospital in Philadelphia. "You have to have a genetic predisposition and with some environmental trigger, which we usually can't figure out on an individual basis." IBD causes inflammation which then causes ulcers. Doctors at Children's Hospital of Phila...