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Avoiding paediatric sports injuries
16 November 2009Thirty million American children and adolescents play organised sports and 10 percent of them suffer injuries each year. About 75 percent of children who come to the Childrenís Hospital Boston ... - more
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Increasing drug dose helps to cure gout
4 November 2009Health researchers at the University of Otago, Christchurch have established that thousands of gout sufferers may have been taking too lower dose of the most commonly used drug to effectively manage ... - more
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Ooo, my knee!
7 October 2009Once we reach the age of 55 there's a 25 per cent chance that we will be suffering from bad knees. Of that 25 per cent, half will experience some sort of associated disability, such as difficulty ... - more
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Athletes with smaller ACLs more susceptible to injury
1 October 2009A study comparing images of the knees in people who did and didn't have previous injuries to the anterior cruciate ligament suggests that people who tore their ACLs are more likely to have a smaller ... - more
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Injection treatment option to relieve back pain
1 October 2009Patients who suffer from lumbar disc herniations may choose a proactive option for relieving the pain, according to an expert at Baylor College of Medicine. - more
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Launch of musculoskeletal guidelines for GPs in Australia
19 September 2009A lack of evidence-based clinical musculoskeletal guidelines has prompted the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) to develop guidelines for GPs and other primary health care ... - more
Motion analysis helps soccer players get their kicks
16 September 2009A video-based motion analysis study has uncovered significant differences in how males and females go about kicking a soccer ball – differences that may help explain why women are more ... - more
Diagnostic technique shows promise for primary Sjogren's syndrome
28 August 2009For the thousands of Americans who will be evaluated this year for the autoimmune disorder primary Sjögren's syndrome, their doctors will likely test for two antibodies that are often associated ... - more
Cost effectiveness of COX 2 selective inhibitors, traditional NSAIDs and PPIs for osteoarthritis
20 August 2009Researchers from the University of Sheffield set out to investigate the cost effectiveness of cyclo-oxygenase-2 (COX 2) selective inhibitors and traditional non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs ... - more
New treatments for whiplash
9 August 2009For physiotherapist Associate Professor Michele Sterling, treating whiplash is all about thinking outside of the box. - more
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