LISBON, PORTUGAL — May 13, 2002 — Compared to women, men who have had a Colles’ (distal radius wrist) fracture are at high risk of

LISBON, PORTUGAL — May 13, 2002 —  Researchers in France have found that simple dietary supplementation with calcium and vitamin D not only helps prevent

05/28/2002 By David Loshak  Continuous low-level heat wrap therapy is better than treatment with both acetaminophen and ibuprofen for low back pain.  Investigators in Great

05/28/2002 By David Ball  Patients who have unilateral total knee arthroplasty using the subvastus approach show faster functional recovery than those who undergo surgery by

Hypertension 05/24/2002 By Veronica Rose  Insulin sensitivity appears to increase in hypertensive patients after exercise, and the increase does not appear to be associated with

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 05/24/2002 By Veronica Rose Patients with mandibular third molars increase their chance of an angle fracture when sustaining a

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters Health) May 22 – Fecal incontinence among scleroderma patients may be aided by sacral nerve stimulation delivered by an implanted neurostimulator, researchers

05/20/2002 By Veronica Rose Development of zygapophysial joints may be influenced by prenatal rotation of the lumbar spine, say German researchers.  They monitored sonographically 52

Meloxicam has been found to be safe and effective treatment for children with active juvenile rheumatoid arthritis.  Meloxicam, a selective COX-2 inhibitor in adult rheumatic

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) May 21 –  Patients tend to prefer manual therapy involving specific mobilization techniques over physical therapy or care involving analgesics, counseling,

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) May 16 –  Federal health officials at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta are urging healthcare

05/22/2002 By James Adams Amylin, a peptide hormone co-secreted with insulin by pancreatic ß cells, appears to play a role in the regulation of blood

05/21/2002 By David Loshak  Jumping exercise augments bone mineral accrual at several regions equally in prepubertal boys of average or low body mass index.  But

05/20/2002 By Anne MacLennan Adjuvant methotrexate treatment does not appear to reduce disease activity in patients with newly diagnosed giant cell arteritis, a multicentre international

NEW YORK (MedscapeWire) May 20 — Fondaparinux given prophylactically after hip surgery results in fewer episodes of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) than does the low-molecular-weight

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) May 08 – Asthma is often missed in high school athletes, according to a new study, but a running-based test appears

LONDON (Reuters Health) May 15 – The European Commission said on Wednesday it was worried about the extent of doping in amateur sport after a

Lancet 05/16/2002 By Harvey McConnell A new class of synthetic antithrombotic agents could be more effective than conventional therapy in reducing the risk of potentially

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma 05/17/2002 By David Loshak  Magnetic resonance imaging accurately assesses soft tissue, osseous and neural damage after knee dislocation.  Early experience with

Laurie Barclay, MD NEW YORK (MedscapeWire) May 15 — Good-quality, properly fitting shoes may prevent diabetic foot ulcers just as well as custom therapeutic inserts