Pediatrics
Your child is sick. Do you call your doctor or head to the ER?
It's a common dilemma when your child seems sick: Do you call the doctor, make a trip to urgent care or head straight to the emergency room?
Nov 23, 2022
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Health system must collaborate to fix systemic causes of ambulance ramping
A study published in the Medical Journal of Australia, which assessed whether ambulance offload time influences the outcomes for patients experiencing cardiac issues, provides further evidence that access block is causing ...
Jun 30, 2022
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Pediatrics
Q and A: Just a little tug can cause nursemaid's elbow
DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I have a 2-year-old daughter who loves to swing in between my husband and me as we walk. But a friend told me that wasn't safe because she could develop nursemaid's elbow. Can you explain the condition?
May 6, 2022
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Surgery
Rice University device would help fix fractured bones
Threading a needle is hard, but at least you can see it. Think about how challenging it must be to thread a screw through a rod inside a bone in someone's leg.
Apr 22, 2019
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Medical research
Injectable drug aims to accelerate bone healing
Every person in the U.S. will experience, on average, two broken bones in their lifetime.
Feb 26, 2019
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Medications
US jury hits Takeda, Eli Lilly with $9B penalty (Update)
A U.S. jury ordered Japanese drugmaker Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. and its U.S. counterpart, Eli Lilly and Co., to pay $9 billion in punitive damages over a diabetes medicine linked to cancer. The drug companies said Tuesday ...
Apr 8, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Increase in Hong Kong's over 70s population to cause dramatic rise in hip fractures
A new report issued today by the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) shows that broken bones due to osteoporosis pose a major and growing health problem in the Asia-Pacific. With its rapidly ageing population, Hong ...
Dec 12, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
22 million women aged over 50 are affected by osteoporosis in the European Union
A recent report issued by the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) estimates that more than 22 million women aged between 50-84 years in the European Union (EU) have osteoporosis. Postmenopausal women are at greatest ...
Nov 11, 2013
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Injuries from ocean waves more common than thought
(HealthDay)—A study out of Delaware suggests that injuries to beachgoers caused by ocean waves are more common and severe than previously suspected, and people need to be aware of the ocean's power—even in shallow water.
Jun 23, 2013
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Winter storm hazard: Snowblower injuries
(HealthDay)—The massive winter storm battering the northeastern United States means that many people will be using snowblowers to clear snow from their driveways and sidewalks.
Feb 8, 2013
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