Many avulsion fractures can be treated by resting and icing the injured area and taking anti-inflammatories for pain and swelling. You may need to immobilize the joint with a device such as a finger splint, elbow brace, or cast. If the fracture is in your pelvis, leg, or foot, you may...
is increased. Your risk for having more than 1 broken bone in your spine is increased if you have already had a broken bone in your spine. Do not stop, skip or delay taking Prolia®without first talking with your doctor. If your Prolia®treatment is stopped, talk to your doctor about...
Divorce is a harsh word when applied to our mother-child relationships, isn’t it? But it happens whether we acknowledge it or not. Divorce occurs when all communication has broken down and attempts at reconciliation fail. It is the most painful dark night of the soul. With divorce comes ...
How well older patients are treated is generally considered a good test of a hospital's capabilities. Such patients have a greater chance of being admitted with one or more conditions, such as diabetes or high blood pressure, that put them in a higher-risk category. We also incorporated s...
Macklemore isn't subtle about the fact that "Same Love" is a pro-gay anthem, even declaring his own stance in the song's second verse: "No freedom till we're equal/ damn right, I support it." He also uses the verses to call out ...
Decongestive PT:Often called complete decongestive therapy (CDT), this form of therapy treats a condition called lymphedema, which is damage to the lymph nodes that may be caused by some cancer treatments. Geriatric PT:Some physical therapists specialize in working with older women and men to t...
Promptly recognizing symptoms of scoliosis is very important. This helps in getting help quickly. In the early stages, the signs can be slight. However, watching your child’s posture can show clear signs. Look for uneven shoulders, one hip that seems higher than the other, or a shoulder bl...
While Winehouse certainly wasn’t the first to sing about a broken heart, she was undoubtedly one of the best. It Created A Bit Of Ronsonmania Though Mark Ronson was already a fairly successful artist and producer in his own right before he teamed with Winehouse to write and co-produce ...
Jack believes eventually, everyone with beta amyloid buildup in their brains will have impaired cognition, as long as they don’t die of something else—a broken hip followed by pneumonia; a heart attack, cancer—first. “In older people, you can name any disease tha...
Between Febru- ary and June 2020, 224 patients>55years old treated for a hip fracture were analyzed for demographics, COVID status on admission, hospital quality measures, 30- and 90-day readmission rates, 1-year functional outcomes (as measured by the EuroQol- 5 Dimension [EQ5D-3L] ...