Projected volume of primary and revision total joint replacement in the US 2030 to 2060
NEW ORLEANS, La. (March 6, 2018)-Total joint replacement (TJR) is one of the most commonly performed, elective surgical procedures in ...
Return to play checklist reduces re-injury for athletes following anterior cruciate ligament
NEW ORLEANS, La. (March 6, 2018)-A new study presented at the 2018 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic ...
Study shows cycling as number one cause of cervical fractures in men
NEW ORLEANS, La. (March 6, 2018)-Sporting-related cervical fractures increased by 35 percent from 2000 to 2015, mainly due to an ...
The growing trend of youth sports specialization
NEW ORLEANS, La. (March 6, 2018)-Youth sports has experienced a paradigm shift over the past 15 to 20 years. Gone ...
Vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency impacts children’s risk for severe forearm fractures
NEW ORLEANS, La. (March 6, 2018)-Children who are vitamin D deficient have a greater risk of having more severe forearm ...
Stem cell centers on the rise, claim high efficacy for treatment of knee osteoarthritis
NEW ORLEANS, La. (March 6, 2018)-Even with a lack of peer-reviewed evidence, the number of centers advertising stem cell therapies ...
Pre-surgery counseling, non-opioid pain relievers shown to reduce post-surgery opioid use
NEW ORLEANS, La. (March 6, 2018)-Two new studies presented at the 2018 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic ...
Perioperative short haul air travel associated with increased risk of venous thromboembolism
NEW ORLEANS, La. (March 6, 2018)-New research presented at the 2018 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons ...
Many small differences contribute to a large variation
Drugs are not equally effective for everyone. To some extent, this is due to the fact that people's bodies will ...
People with depression have stronger emotional responses to negative memories
Philadelphia, March 6, 2018 - People with major depressive disorder (MDD) feel more negative emotion when remembering painful experiences than ...
BU study: Insurance status affects in-hospital complication rates after total knee arthroplasty
(Boston)-- In-hospital complications following total knee arthroplasty (TKA) are higher among Medicare and Medicaid patients compared to those with private ...
Green spaces in cities help control floods, store carbon
Credit: (Photo: Lauren Jensen) MADISON - For many ecologists, fieldwork involves majestic mountains or rushing rivers or large tracts of ...
Without 46-million-year-old bacteria, turtle ants would need more bite and less armor
Credit: Photo by Jon Sanders. You've probably heard about poop pills, the latest way for humans to get benevolent bacteria ...
Poor mothers face greater scrutiny over their children’s weight
Low-income mothers who use food assistance programs face a high level of surveillance over their children's health and weight, new ...
How thalidomide is effective against cerebral infarction
Credit: Waseda University Notoriously remembered as a major pharmaceutical scandal approximately 60 years ago, thalidomide caused severe birth defects since ...
Enhanced weathering of rocks can help to suck CO2 out of the air — a little
Weathering of huge amounts of tiny rocks could be a means to reduce the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. While ...
Glaciers provide clues to combat desertification
Credit: © KAUST Researchers at KAUST, with colleagues in Italy and Greece, analyzed the bacterial content of the soil forming ...
Fish team up for more food
Credit: Hirokazu Tanaka Cooperative behaviour to acquire food resources has been observed in hunting carnivores and web-building social spiders. Now ...
Impact of climate change on Scottish rivers: Project to protect wild Atlantic salmon
River managers will be able to moderate the impact of climate change on Scotland's rivers and fisheries by using a ...
Untapped gold mine is lost from end-of-life vehicles
Credit: Empa Vast quantities of scarce metals are being lost from Europe's urban mine of vehicles, including 20 tonnes of ...
