Late last week the US Food and Drug Administration announced that clinicians should avoid using certain bone graft substitutes in patients under the age of 18 because they can carry serious injury risk. The specific bone graft substitutes in question contain recombinant proteins or synthetic peptides that mimic the bone’s natural growth. When paired with what’s known […]
When and When Not To Use Antibiotics
Antibiotics are great at keeping us healthy, but overuse has led to antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Sometimes antibiotics are the perfect fix, other times they can be unnecessary and ineffective. Below, using tips from the American Board of Internal Medicine, we provide some details on when you should and shouldn’t seek out antibiotics for common infections. […]
Youth Sports Injuries: Is Rugby Worse Than Football?
We’ve documented the current concussion crisis plaguing the sport of American football in the past, but British doctors are saying another popular sport needs to be reexamined amid health concerns. That popular sport is rugby. Although not nearly as popular in America as it is ‘across the pond,’ more rugby clubs continue to sprout on high […]
5 Tips For Treating Heel Pain
My posts on heel pain and calcaneal fractures are by far my most popular blog posts because heel injuries come in all different shapes and sizes. Whether you missed a step while walking down a flight of stairs or you received a stone bruise from stepping on an object during a walk, there’s so many […]
Text Reminders Help Parents Keep Their Children Healthy
A study published in the journal Pediatrics found that parents who received text messages were more likely to obtain the second dose of the influenza vaccine for their children than those who received written reminders. According to research published in NPR’s “Shots,” kids eight years old and younger need two doses of the flu vaccine to […]
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