Taking care of your feet is a year-round process, so to help, we thought we’d put together a monthly guide to help you get through some of the challenges each month and season may bring. We’re starting the series with August, which presents a lot of challenges for parents and kids alike. Below, we take […]
Preventing Suicides Among Orthopedic Surgeons
As we’ve written about on the blog several times before, the life of a doctor can be very challenging on their mental health. They want to help everybody, but they often do so by neglecting to care for themselves. This can lead them down a path of depression, despair, hopelessness and eventually suicide. Recently, I […]
Factors Driving Hospital Readmission After Ankle Surgery
If you need to have an operation performed, you hope that once you’re discharged from the hospital, you don’t have to go back. Unfortunately, that’s not the reality for some people who suffer complications or require additional treatment. Recently, researchers took a closer look at what factors drove hospital readmission and total cost after ankle […]
Minnesota Doesn’t Overprescribe Painkillers For Ankle Sprains
A new study published in the Annals of Emergency Medicine took a closer look at which states dole out the most prescription painkillers for ankle sprains and which ones are more likely to rely on other treatment methods. Considering that opioid overdoses kill roughly 90 Americans a day, it seems like it would be a […]
Gout Linked To Increased Risk Of Cardiovascular Event
As we mentioned a while back on the blog, gout is associated with an increased risk of developing arterial fibrillation, or A-fib. However, that’s not the only way in which gout may affect your heart. New research out of Duke University found that the inflammatory joint condition may by linked to an increased risk of […]
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