Herniated discs in the lower (lumbar) spine most often result from avulsion (separation) of the tissue connection between the disc and spinal bone, rather than rupture of the disc itself, according to...
Radiography is widely used in diagnosing ankle injuries, with 85%-95% in pediatric injuries, although only 12% of these show fractures. "Radiography is unnecessary for most children's ankle injuries,...
Eating one portion of fatty fish every week, or four of lean fish, could halve the risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis, according to a study published in the journal Annals of the Rheumatic Diseas...
How players strike keys depends on how muscles are used for keystrokes that occur before and after Researchers have long been aware of a phenomenon in speech called coarticulation, in which certain so...
Kienbock's disease, also known as avascular necrosis of the lunate, occurs when one of the eight small carpal bones in the wrist - the lunate bone - becomes damaged because its blood supply is lost. K...
Chemists at Indiana University Bloomington have produced detailed descriptions of the structure and molecular properties of human folate receptor proteins, a key development for designing new drugs th...
