Topic: Orthopedics
AP News | 2010-02-02 21:11:44
<div id="subtitle">Celtics guard J.R. Giddens has arthroscopic surgery on left knee</div><div><p>The Boston Celtics say guard J.R. Giddens has undergone arthroscopic surgery on his left knee.</p><p>The team said the procedure Tuesday was a success but no date has ...
Reuters US Online Report Health News | 2010-01-29 19:55:53
<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Years of competitive sports may raise teenagers' risk of developing lower back pain, a new study finds.</p><p>The study, of nearly 4,700 18-year-old college students, found that those who had been involved in sports since elementary school had higher rates of low back ...
Reuters US Online Report Domestic News | 2010-01-29 19:18:32
<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Manhattan federal judge refused on Friday to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that Merck &amp; Co Inc's osteoporosis drug Fosamax caused jaw damage to an Indiana woman during the nearly eight years she took the pill.</p><p>U.S. District Judge John Keenan described ...
isnare | 2010-01-29 07:06:22
Back surgery comes in two main forms: traditional open back surgery and minimally-invasive back surgery. The traditional, open back surgery has been around longer as compared to the minimally-invasive variety. Open surgery involves the surgeon making extensive, large incisions in the back and can entail considerable dissection of the back muscles in order to access the problem areas.<br ...
