Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg hospitalized after fracturing 3 ribs

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Not a fan, but I don't wish her ill. At 85 with a history of falling and injuring herself, she's better star using a walker.

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg hospitalized after fracturing 3 ribs

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg fractured three ribs on her left side during a fall Wednesday evening in her office, the Supreme Court said Thursday. The 85-year-old was admitted to a hospital for observation and treatment, according to a Supreme Court news release.

The statement said she initially went home after the fall, then went to George Washington University Hospital in Washington, D.C., Thursday morning "after experiencing discomfort." She was admitted after tests showed three ribs were fractured.

This type of injury tends to be painful because the ribs move with each breath, said CBS News chief medical correspondent Dr. Jon LaPook, who is not involved in Ginsburg's treatment. "Generally, it just really hurts," he said, but the injury "should get better, if there are no complications." One risk is that shallow breathing caused by pain can lead to the lungs not expanding to a normal extent, which can lead to pneumonia, LaPook said.

Ginsburg has broken ribs before. In 2012, she broke two ribs in a fall, The Associated Press reports.

 

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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Has Cancerous Growths Removed From Her Lung

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is in the news again today for health reasons. She had cancerous growth removed from her lung according to a press release from the Supreme Court.

Ginsburg underwent a pulmonary lobectomy in NYC today to remove two nodules from her lung, which were determined to be malignant. “Post-surgery, there was no evidence of any remaining disease,” the court’s public information office reports.