Another school sports season: How to lower your child's odds for injury
Playing sports can offer a lot of benefits for kids, but it's also important to help protect them from injuries.
Sep 19, 2023
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Playing sports can offer a lot of benefits for kids, but it's also important to help protect them from injuries.
Sep 19, 2023
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Pickleball is the fastest growing sport in the country and has proven to be a great way to help millions stay active. And while it may seem like a fun game with a silly name, like any sport, it is not without risk. As doctors ...
Jul 13, 2023
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Medical imaging plays an essential role in diagnosis and treatment for an array of conditions. From X-rays to see a broken bone or a tooth cavity to SPECT scans for spotting heart defects, doctors use medical imaging to look ...
Jun 19, 2023
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A limb length discrepancy is, quite simply, a difference in size between the length of an individual's arms or legs, and can occur in the upper and lower portions of each. The difference in length can range from a fraction ...
Mar 3, 2023
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Only 1 in 3 patients are diagnosed with broken bones in the back due to osteoporosis. One reason is that medical staff find it difficult to know who should have a back X-ray. To help address this important diagnostic care ...
Mar 14, 2022
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As we get older, many of us find we can't walk or move the way we used to. While this can be partly explained as an inevitable symptom of aging, a range of diseases—including Parkinson's disease, sarcopenia and osteoporosis—can ...
Mar 3, 2022
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This summer, children and teens will be spending more time outside. For some, this will include riding all-terrain vehicles (ATVs). Unfortunately, this activity comes with significant risks. A new study conducted by researchers ...
Aug 10, 2020
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Although most broken bones can be mended with a firm cast and a generous measure of tender loving care, more complicated fractures require treatments like bone grafting. Researchers at Texas A&M University have now created ...
Jun 16, 2020
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In older individuals, the location of a broken bone can have significant impacts on long-term health outcomes, according to research accepted for presentation at ENDO 2020, the Endocrine Society's annual meeting, and publication ...
Mar 31, 2020
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Artificial intelligence that can "read" electronic radiology reports and flag patients with broken bones who are at risk of osteoporosis outperformed the traditional manual method of health care professionals reading X-ray ...
Mar 31, 2020
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