Unusual weather comes with some unusual risks. That's what doctors warn with activities like shoveling.

FOX4 spoke to Dr. Ryan Gallagher, emergency physician at Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City, about what doctors see during winter weather and how to stay safe. 

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