News tagged with groin muscle

Groin injuries may be more serious than a pulled muscle

Some athletes are diagnosed with a pulled groin muscle when they actually might be suffering from a much more serious hip injury.

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created Jun 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0




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15-minute door-to-balloon time may be a record for a Chicago hospital

When 45-year-old Bobbie Jeske arrived at Loyola's ER with a massive, life-threatening heart attack, it took Dr. Fred Leya just 15 minutes to perform an emergency balloon angioplasty.

Medicine & Health / Cardiology

created Sep 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New heart scan may speed up diagnosis with less radiation

New technology appears to provide faster, more accurate heart scans for both viewing blood vessels in the heart and measuring blood supply to the heart muscle, while exposing patients to less radiation, researchers report ...

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created Aug 23, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

No scalpel: Minimally invasive breakthrough for men’s enlarged prostates improves symptoms

A new interventional radiology treatment that blocks blood supply to men's enlarged prostate glands shows comparable clinical results to transurethral resection of the prostate (or TURP), considered the gold standard (or ...

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created Mar 29, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Common hip disorder can cause sports hernia

Sports hernias are commonly found in individuals with a mechanical disorder of the hip and can be resolved with surgery to fix the hip disorder alone in some cases, according to a recent study. The research, conducted by ...

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created Feb 19, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Stretching before a run does not prevent injury

Stretching before a run neither prevents nor causes injury, according to a study presented today at the 2011 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS).

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created Feb 18, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Innovative imaging system may boost speed and accuracy in treatment of heart rhythm disorder

Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore have developed a novel 3-D imaging approach that may improve the accuracy of treatment for ventricular tachycardia, a potentially life-threatening ...

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created Aug 18, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Stem-cell experiment on pigs seen as step forward in repairing heart damage

A medical research team led by University of Miami doctors injected stem cells into the hearts of pigs that had been damaged by heart attacks. Within two months, the doctors said, the stem cells made the pigs' hearts good ...

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created Aug 02, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 5

New study finds major league pitchers 34 percent more likely to be injured than fielders

Watch out if you are a Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher prior to the All-Star break. Pitchers are 34 percent more likely to be injured than fielders, according to a study presented today at the American Orthopaedic Society ...

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created Jul 18, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Study offers less complex, minimally invasive procedure to treat heart valve leak

Cardiac experts at Rush University Medical Center are studying a new, minimally invasive procedure to treat leaky heart valves. Instead of open heart surgery, patients will undergo a less complex catheter-based procedure ...

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created Sep 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Clotting in veins close to skin may be associated with more dangerous deep-vein blood clots

About one-fourth of patients with superficial vein thrombosis—clotting in blood vessels close to the skin—also may have the life-threatening condition deep vein thrombosis, according to a report in the July issue of Archives of ...

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created Jul 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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