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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...
Only two US programs now scientifically proven to decrease ACL injury and improve neuromuscular
NEW ORLEANS, La. (March 6, 2018)-According to the Burden of Musculoskeletal Diseases in the United States, females are four to...
A new tactic for eczema?
Eczema affects about 17 percent of children in developed countries and is often the gateway to food allergy and asthma,...
American College of Rheumatology responds to Association Health plans proposed rule
Washington, D.C. - In comments submitted today to the U.S. Department of Labor in response to its Association Health Plans...
Glaciers in Mongolia’s Gobi Desert actually shrank during the last ice age
Credit: Jigjidsurengiin Batbaatar/University of Washington The simple story says that during the last ice age, temperatures were colder and ice...
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...
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...
Dr. T.J. ‘Jock’ Murray, author of The History of MS, to speak at CMSC Annual Meeting
The evolution of multiple sclerosis (MS) over the last century and a half will be the topic of discussion during...
Doctor reviews on hospital websites vs. reviews on independent physician rating sites
Credit: Hospital for Special Surgery When looking for a doctor, many consumers turn to websites that post physician ratings and...
Study: ‘Dual mobility’ hip replacement reduces risk of dislocation
Credit: Hospital for Special Surgery More than 330,000 total hip replacements are performed in the United States each year. Overall,...
Helmet use associated with reduced risk of cervical spine injury during motorcycle crashes
Credit: Copyright 2018 American Association of Neurological Surgeons CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (MARCH 6, 2016). Despite claims that helmets do not protect...
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...
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 body’s ‘glucostat’ identified
It is the pancreatic islets that have the overall responsibility for maintaining normal blood glucose levels in our bodies, according...
Study reveals novel biomarkers for future dementia risk
Sudha Seshadri, M.D., founding director of the Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer's & Neurodegenerative Diseases at UT Health San Antonio,...
Mosquito brain atlas aims to reveal neural circuitry of behavior
Credit: Meg Younger/Howard Hughes Medical Institute/The Rockefeller University A mosquito's head is about the size of a pencil tip, but...
Neurocognitive impairment linked to worse outcomes after total joint replacement
Credit: NYU Langone Health People with undiagnosed neurocognitive deficits are undergoing hip and knee replacements at high rates and are...
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...
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...
Salk scientists find power switch for muscles
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(March 6, 2018) If you've ever wondered how strenuous exercise translates into better endurance, researchers at...
