Making sense of health news
There is a debate going on between doctors, surgeons and health care providers as to the role of weight loss in managing knee pain. In December 2017, a study from the United Kingdom in the European journal of orthopaedic surgery READ MORE
Let’s look at some of the new research October 2017: The American Journal of Sports Medicine Intra-articular Injection of Mesenchymal Stem Cells for the Treatment of Osteoarthritis of the Knee: A 2-Year Follow-up Study. What did this research teach us? READ MORE
Back in 2009 researchers at South Carolina State University examined indoor air quality of petroleum-based (paraffin) and vegetable-source (soy) candles to determine if the stream of smoke they emitted posed a danger to the indoor inhabitants. They found that paraffin-based candles READ MORE
Is the career of a young athlete over when ACL reconstruction surgery is performed? In many cases yes – even when the surgery was successful and the athlete is cleared to return to their game. Doctors from the Ohio State Medical READ MORE
When I work with doctors one of the most read subjects is a look at the medical research surrounding chronic urinary tract infections (UTIs), the problems of antibiotic resistance and whether or not cranberries and probiotics are useful.