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Pediatric Sports Injuries: The Silent Epidemic

Thursday 11 March 2010 @ 11:03 am

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At today’s 2010 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS), two separate studies focus on the dramatic rise of pediatric sports injuries in recent years. However, despite this alarming trend, awareness, education, warning signs and early treatment can make a significant difference and help keep these athletes in the game, according to the study experts. Thomas M…

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UNC Helps Establish The First National Public Health Agenda For Osteoarthritis

Thursday 11 March 2010 @ 11:03 am

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Betty Isaacs of Boone, N.C., knows all about the chronic pain of osteoarthritis and the impact it has on her life. “The pain in my knee was so bad, I would just sit around,” Isaacs said. Last year, Isaacs participated in the Walk with Ease program administered through the UNC Thurston Arthritis Research Center and developed by the Arthritis Foundation…

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Differing Patient And Doctor Expectations From Joint Replacement Surgeries

Thursday 11 March 2010 @ 5:03 am

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While physicians strive to set realistic expectations for patients undergoing knee and hip joint replacements, a new study reveals that doctor and patient expectations are sometimes not aligned…

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Osteoporosis Drug Improves Healing After Rotator Cuff Surgery

Thursday 11 March 2010 @ 5:03 am

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Tears in the shoulder’s rotator cuff, a common sports injury, are painful and restricting. Surgery to repair the damage is successful for pain management, but in many patients it does not result in full recovery of function due to poor healing. New research shows an approved therapy for osteoporosis, Forteo, may speed healing and improve patient outcomes…

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Dramatic Increase Seen In Youth Baseball Throwing Arm Injuries

Thursday 11 March 2010 @ 5:03 am

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Orthopedic surgeons focus on new ways to protect young baseball players’ arms Throwing arm injuries are on the rise in Little League and other youth baseball programs…

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2010 Max Planck Research Award For NYU Dental Professor Dr. Timothy Bromage

Thursday 11 March 2010 @ 5:03 am

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New York University College of Dentistry’s Dr. Timothy Bromage has been selected to receive the 2010 Max Planck Research Award. Dr. Bromage will collaborate with Dr…

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NYU Langone Medical Center Orthopaedic Experts Present At AAOS Meeting

Thursday 11 March 2010 @ 5:03 am

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Joseph Zuckerman, MD, Walter A. L. Thompson Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and chair, department of orthopedic surgery at NYU Langone Medical Center Hospital for Joint Diseases, will present at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS), March 9-13 at the Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, and joined by other orthopaedic surgeons from the medical center…

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Decoding Patient’s Genome Found Gene For Inherited Neurological Disorder CMT

Thursday 11 March 2010 @ 3:03 am

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Heralding what they hope is a new era of personalized genomic medicine, experts in the US have identified the gene behind a patient’s inherited neurological disorder, in this case a form of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, by sequencing his complete genome. Details of the quest are published online in the 10 March issue of the New England Journal of Medicine…

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Breakthroughs In Treatment Of Spine And Back Conditions

Thursday 11 March 2010 @ 3:03 am

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Approximately 21 million visits were made to physicians’ offices due to back problems in 2006. While countless adults experience back pain and stiffness, many suffer from serious spine and back conditions - including injury, herniated discs and the deterioration of the vertebrae…

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Study Of Long-Term Use Of Bone-Building Osteoporosis Drugs

Thursday 11 March 2010 @ 3:03 am

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Bisphosphonate treatments, proven to enhance bone density and reduce fracture incidence in post-menopausal women, may adversely affect bone quality and increase risk of atypical fractures of the femur when used for four or more years, according to preliminary research presented at the 2010 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS)…

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