Are patients taking their prescription medicines just as the doctor ordered? Turns out, chances are high they are not. A 2011 report in Mayo Clinic Proceedings estimated that a shocking 50% of patient...
Treating a patient for a foot or leg injury? Being unable to bear weight due to a sprained or broken ankle, foot injury, knee or lower leg issue, or because a patient is recovering from surgery, often...
Many practitioners immediately associate back pain, particularly in the lumbar spine area, with muscle injuries due to overexertion. A brief patient interview regarding physical activity usually confi...
Recent data from the Centers for Disease Control illumines an alarming rate of hip fractures in the U.S. An estimated 300,000 adults over 65 experience a hip fracture each year, with over 95% of those...
All pharma companies that produce and sell drugs and medical devices recently became required by law to disclose the amount of money they pay to doctors and teaching hospitals for promotional talks, r...
Should joint replacement manufactures provide a warranty for their products? It seems pretty logical since most consumer products come with some sort of warranty these days. Basic warranties are almos...
The systems based approach to medicine is abandoned for the ideal that the body is one interconnected unit in osteopathic medicine. Medical specialist of certain anatomical regions of the body should...
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