Elizabeth Szalay, MD, Professor of Pediatric Surgery, University of New Mexico, discusses the epidemic of vitamin D deficiency in children in the USA. Only 16% of children in…
Elizabeth Szalay, MD, Professor of Pediatric Surgery, University of New Mexico, discusses the epidemic of vitamin D deficiency in children in the USA. Only 16% of children in…
Andrew Hecht MD, Co-chief, Spine Surgery, Assistant Professor of Orthopedics and Neurosurgery, Mount Sinai Medical Center, discusses spinal injuries in athletes such as NFL players, and treatment options…
Andrew Hecht MD, Co-chief, Spine Surgery, Assistant Professor of Orthopedics and Neurosurgery, Mount Sinai Medical Center, discusses the 3 basic types of neck problems he sees as a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A 12-year study in middle-aged adults suggests that knee pain is frequently the first sign of knee osteoarthritis. “Knee pain is common, and…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In trauma patients with possible neck injury, paramedics can apply the Canadian C-Spine Rule to reliably avoid unnecessary spinal immobilization “without missing any…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Provocative clinical tests — palpation for nerve thickening and local tenderness, Tinel’s test and flexion compression tests – are of little value in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Low-level laser therapy (LLLT) provides rapid relief of acute neck pain as well as sustained improvements in chronic neck pain, a meta-analysis has…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The bone anabolic drug teriparatide is more effective than alendronate at increasing bone mineral density (BMD) and preventing vertebral fractures in patients with…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – New research suggests that extracorporeal shock-wave therapy (ESWT) is a viable alternative to surgery for long-bone hypertrophic nonunions. “When we examined patients and…