Topic: American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
As we age, simple activities of daily life can become challenges to us. From ascending stairs and doing laundry to simply driving across town to the grocery, the things we used to consider to be commonplace have now become hurdles to overcome.
Some Sobering Facts About Senior Falls
- Nearly three quarters of accidental deaths in people over the age of ...
Three years ago, the maker of a surgical clip called the Hem-o-lok issued an urgent recall notice warning doctors to stop using the fasteners on living kidney donors. It said the clips could dislodge in their bodies, with "serious, even life-threatening consequences." Not everyone got the message ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - New surgical techniques are helping to improve treatment of a lesser-known type of knee ligament injury, according to a research review. The ligament in question is called the posterior cruciate ligament, or PCL -- a band of strong tissue that connects the shinbone to the thighbone and prevents the shinbone from moving too far backward. When it ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Fifty may be the new thirty, but baby boomers' bodies haven't heard the news. Orthopedic surgeons are seeing a "tidal wave" of 45- to 64-year-olds suffering from exercise-related injuries they've dubbed "boomeritis," Dr. Ray Monto, a spokesman for the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons (AAOS), told Reuters Health. Exercise- and exercise equipment-related injuries sent ...
