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, […]
Grocery Shopping While Hungry Can Lead to Expanded Waist Line
A study by Cornell University found that people who shopped for groceries on an empty stomach were more likely to buy high-calories foods than people who were not hungry. Researchers conducted two separate studies to provide more conclusive findings, and both times hungrier individuals purchased more high-calorie foods. In the first study, researchers gathered 68 […]
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 […]
Clinical Trial Shows Physical Therapy is Effective in Treating Meniscal Tears
A trial by a team at the Meniscal Tear in Osteoartiritis Research found that physical therapy was just as effective as surgery for treating knee osteoarthritis and meniscal tears. For their trial, the research group gathered 351 patients from seven medical centers across the United States. In order to be eligible for the study, patients […]
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