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Packard Children's has smallest child yet to get pacemaker

Jaya Maharaj was 15 minutes old when she was sent to surgery at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital and given a pacemaker that saved her life. The tiny girl — born nine weeks early, weighing 3.5 pounds, ...

Medicine & Health / Cardiology

created 6 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New data provides direction for ACL injured knee treatments

Primary Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) reconstruction improves quality of life and sports functionality for athletes, according to research presented today at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's Specialty ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Feb 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

4.5 million Americans living with total knee replacement

New research presented at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) found that more than 4.5 million Americans are living with a total knee replacement (TKR), as the number of TKR surgeries ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Feb 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Authors with financial conflicts reporting negative outcomes in major orthopaedic journals

In a new study presented today at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS), researchers completed a systematic review of three major orthopaedic journals – the Journal of Bone an ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Feb 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Army studies: High recurrence of shoulder instability, better arthroscopic repair outcomes

Two studies on shoulder instability in a military population were presented today by U.S. Army sports medicine surgeons at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons' annual meeting. Findings in one study suggest patients ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Excessive sporting activity may impair long-term success of hip resurfacing

In hip resurfacing the femoral ball in the hip joint is not removed, but instead is trimmed and capped with a smooth metal covering. Young and active patients with arthritis often choose hip resurfacing over total hip replacement ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Revised criteria could reclassify many with mild Alzheimer dementia

Many patients currently diagnosed with very mild or mild Alzheimer disease dementia could potentially be reclassified as having mild cognitive impairment (MCI) under revised criteria for that condition, according to a report ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Odds of living a very long life lower than formerly predicted

Research just published by a team of demographers at the social science research organization NORC at the University of Chicago contradicts a long-held belief that the mortality rate of Americans flattens out above age 80.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Goals for blood pressure in kidney disease patients may be unrealistic

(Medical Xpress) -- An upward revision of the blood pressure numbers used to identify risk of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) might actually help doctors provide better care for their patients, said the authors of a study ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Leaked documents indicate EU looking to reclassify carbon emissions from biofuels

(PhysOrg.com) -- In order to wean themselves from their dependence on oil derived from fossil fuels, many countries, consortiums, and other groups have put incentives in place for the growing of plants that ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 6 | with audio podcast weblog


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