Vitamin D deficiency high among trauma patients – 77%
10 Feb 2012 New research presented at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) found that 77 percent of trauma patients had deficient or insufficient…
Vitamin D deficiency rampant in patients undergoing orthopedic surgery, damaging patient recovery
Public release date: 6-Oct-2010 - In the Sports Medicine Service, 52.3 percent had insufficient levels and of these, one-third of these or 17 percent of the total had deficient levels.…
New study: Serious gaps in medical journals’ disclosure of physician relationships with industry
Public release date: 13-Sep-2010 - Nearly half the surgeons who made at least $1 million in payments from orthopedic device companies did not have that relationship published in their scientific…
Precise and persistent cell sabotage
Contact: Kevin Mayhood kevin.mayhood@case.edu 216-534-7183 Case Western Reserve University Control of siRNA could aid regenerative medicine, cancer therapy Some of the body's own genetic material, known as small…
Surgery may not be necessary for Achilles tendon rupture
Public release date: 14-May-2009 The two ends of a ruptured Achilles tendon are often stitched together before the leg is put in plaster, in order to reduce the risk…
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