Nearly half of all ankle sprains in the United States occur while a patient is participating in a sport, with basketball topping the list as the most common sport for injury. According to Dr. Brian Waterman of the William Beaumont Army Medical Center in El Paso, Texas, of the sprains that occur during athletic activity, […]
Five Orthopedic Procedures Doctors and Patients Should Question
A recent article published by Kaiser Health News and The Chicago Tribune attempted to determine which procedures physicians felt were the most unnecessary in hopes of freeing patients from additional expenses. In their article the authors reference the “Choosing Wisely” campaign, a brainchild of the American Board of Internal Medicine that attempts to pinpoint five […]
9 Ways to Reform Medical Liability in the United States
Medical liability in the United States problematic for both doctors and patients, and fixing it will require a multi-level approach, according to a recent claim by the American College of Physicians. The current approach “just doesn’t work, it’s unfair to patients…and it spends an enormous amount of money to compensate a small minority of injured patients,” […]
Could Blood Tests Solve Concussion Questions?
An analysis of Swedish hockey players discovered that measuring tau protein levels in a person’s bloodstream could help diagnose concussions and accurately predict the persistence of symptoms, according to a study published in JAMA Neurology. For their study, researchers took blood samples from 288 Swedish hockey players after a friendly hockey game. They also took […]
1 in 25 Acquire Infection During Hospital Stay
A new report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that one in 25 patients in U.S. hospitals acquire an infection during their care even though hospitals have taken steps to reduce infections from spreading. According to the report that accumulated data from over 183 hospitals, an estimated 648,000 patients acquired 721,000 infections […]
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