When vacation time rolls around, you will be excited to get away from it all. But, if you have an injury that causes you to hobble around on crutches, your excitement might be pushed to the side a bit. Being on crutches isn’t easy at home, much less away. However, there are a few things […]
The Risks of Wearing Ankle Weights During Your Run
People are always looking for new ways to push their workout to the next level. Everybody wants to go faster, jump higher or run farther, but some techniques are better than others when it comes to improving your performance. While ankle weights can be beneficial during some workouts, they can do more harm than good […]
Male Athletes Most Likely to Suffer Achilles Tendon Injuries
A study published in the April 2013 issue of Foot & Ankle International found that male athletes were the group most likely to tear their Achilles tendon. While Kobe Bryant might have the most famous Achilles tendon in recent memory, the study examined 406 Achilles injuries over a ten-year period from 2000-2010. Dr. Steven Raikin, […]
Diagnostic Errors Prove Costly in Malpractice Suits
Diagnostic errors, be it a failure to diagnose or a wrong diagnosis, have resulted in more paid malpractice payments than any other malpractice claim over the last 15 years, a study in BMJ Quality & Safety revealed earlier this month. Co-author of the study Dr. David Newman-Toker said diagnostic errors resulted in “the most frequent, […]
Reducing Violence by Treating it like a Medical Disease
A program called Ceasefire that began in a Chicago neighborhood has helped curb crime rates all across the country by treating violence like an infectious disease. Epidemiologist Gary Slutkin, MD, founded the program in 2000 after noticing the high crime tendencies in his Chicago neighborhood of West Garfield Park. Slutkin had spent his early years […]
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