With the start of the American football season fast approaching, the health and wellness of players is top of mind. While most of the focus is on head and orthopedic injuries, heart health is also an important concern for ...
Aug 5, 2016
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A white winter landscape might look magical, but the cold and snow and ice can make even the simplest of tasks potentially dangerous.
Jan 30, 2024
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(HealthDay)—Video clips of computed tomography (CT) scans can be captured by smartphone and transmitted to surgeons' personal smartphones for reliable diagnosis, classification, and proposed treatment of thoracolumbar spine ...
Jan 26, 2017
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Patients who are younger than about 40, male, or Black are among those most at risk for revision surgery after having had a total knee replacement, according to researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center. The study, published ...
Feb 21, 2024
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(HealthDay)—Proper training and post-incident steps can help lessen the secondary trauma health professionals experience providing care during mass casualty incidents (MCIs), according to an article published in the American ...
Sep 13, 2018
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Each year, thousands of Americans head home after a surgery clutching prescription opioids to help ease post-surgical pain.
Apr 26, 2024
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(HealthDay)—Trends in operative management of femoral neck fractures by orthopedic surgeons applying for board certification have changed over time, according to research published in the Sept. 3 issue of The Journal of ...
Sep 22, 2014
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(HealthDay)—A program of phone follow-up by nurses can reduce problems that discharged patients may experience after undergoing orthopedic surgery, according to research published online Feb. 23 in the Journal of Clinical ...
Mar 4, 2015
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In sports it's said that the best offense is a good defense, and that can be true for falls too – the best way to prevent an injury is to avoid the fall altogether. Two orthopedic surgeons in the Joseph Barnhart Department ...
Nov 13, 2018
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(HealthDay)—More and more middle-aged Americans are replacing their hips damaged by severe arthritis—a surgery that used to be largely reserved for elderly people, a new study reports.
Mar 24, 2015
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