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I love PRP. So far. Platelet rich plasma is a red liquid I have injected, to date, into five patient’s heels and four patient’s elbows. These people were probably going to need surgery. The foot patients had insertional Achilles tendonopathy, or tenderness and pain at the back of the heel. The others had tennis elbows. [...]
I live in New York City, and for me, there’s nothing that compares to its culture, energy and convenience. I’m not alone in feeling this way — more than half of the world’s population now lives in urban areas.
High doses of cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins may protect patients from heart attack, but a new analysis of five previous clinical trials finds that they may also increase patients’ risk of developing Type 2 diabetes.
Percent of women receiving silicone breast implants for cosmetic reasons who have further surgery to modify or remove them due to complications within 10 years. Despite the frequency of complications, the Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday that the implants are largely safe, in the agency's first safety assessment since 2006, when it returned the [...]
The U.S. has arguably the world’s best medical tools available — especially when it comes to cancer screening, which has significantly reduced the mortality rates of serious killers such as breast and colorectal cancer in the last few years. But too much of a good thing can be bad, and expensive.
By the time a pregnant woman draws near her due date or breezes by it, with no sign of baby, she may get a little desperate. What to do? Many women turn to folklore.
With the arrival of Jon Huntsman, father of seven, into the Republican presidential primary race, the field is beginning to resemble a Holiday Inn on Kids-Stay-Free Weekend. There are big families all over the joint. And it’s not just that many of the candidates have brought so many humans into the world. It’s that they [...]
(Updated) The blood-alcohol limit in the U.S. is 0.08% — a cutoff that implies that any blood-alcohol content (BAC) south of 0.08% is safe, or at least not illegal.
Percent of high school students who reported drinking at least one glass of water each day, according to a survey by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; 42% of teens said they drank a glass of milk each day, 30% said they drank fruit juices and only 24% said they drank soda. But when [...]
The Food and Drug Administration unveiled on Tuesday nine graphic warning labels that will be required on all cigarette packaging and advertising in the U.S. by Oct. 22, 2012.
