Arthritis of the spine often overlooked in children
...ood onset disease experience more serious physical deformity and work-related disability than those who develop the disease as adults. "By surveying individuals with AS, we have learned that many people visit multiple doctors before receiving a diagnosis and that adults with childhood onset disease experience ...Help for osteoporosis sufferers in the primary care office
...injected and can provide partial correction of the deformity in the fractured bone. The National Osteoporosis Foundation estimates that 44 million Americans over 50 have osteopenia/osteoporosis; 80% of sufferers are women. Direct and indirect cost in 2002 amounted to 17 billion dollars with projected costs fo...Reconstructive technique provides option for difficult nasal plastic surgery
... percent," the author writes. "Despite the complex deformity and complicated operative procedure, postoperative complications were rare and only 20 patients (four percent) elected to have revision septoplasty. Fifty-seven complications (12 percent) occurred, with the most common complaint being irregular conto...Camryn Manheim speaks out about rheumatoid arthritis
..., which can worsen over time and lead to permanent deformity or disability....Facial transplants are justified, say experts
...it of this procedure to someone with severe facial deformity outweighs the risk of long term suppression of the immune system. One of the main areas of concern has been the risk to patients from the side effects of long term immunosuppression, say the authors. However, a patient having a facial transplant woul...Smoking while pregnant causes finger, toe deformities
...ed the risk of having a child with a toe or finger deformity by 29 percent. The more a woman smoked, the higher the risk became. Women who smoked 11 to 20 cigarettes a day raised the risk 38 percent, and women who smoked 21 or more cigarettes per day raised the risk 78 percent. Known as polydactyly, syndactyly...Vol. 42, No. 5 JRRD tipsheet: Focus on spinal cord injury and prosthetics
...o meet the needs of prosthetic manufacturers. Foot deformity linked to ulcer development, pg. 665 People with d...plored the relationship between foot type and foot deformity and ulcer occurrence. Information on diabetes, health, foot, and functional status was collected fro...University of Virginia Health System tests new device for mitral valve disease
...al valve can leak, usually because of a congenital deformity or after a serious heart attack when the heart muscle itself is damaged. "Significant leakage of the mitral valve can shorten someone's life, not to mention making it tough to go about the activities of daily living," said Dr Scott Lim, a cardiologis...Chemotherapy gel may fight breast cancer and reduce breast deformity
...pensive, time consuming and increases the cosmetic deformity caused by surgery," said Howard D. Edington, M.D., associate professor of surgery and surgical oncology at the University of Pittsburgh and faculty member at McGowan. "We sought to develop a possible alternative to radiation therapy that would not on...New evidence shows MabThera inhibits joint damage in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
...destruction of the joints and contributes to joint deformity and loss of mobility. Patients' ability to work and perform every day tasks such as getting dressed, walking and eating can be severely hampered. Presenting the results, Professor Keystone, Rheumatology Department at the University of Toronto, Canada...Plastic surgery patients honored for courage, altruism
...ink about others? Devastating illness, injury, or deformity results in life-altering reconstructive plastic surgery for hundreds of thousands of people, yet only a few have the determination to get beyond their own dilemma and step up to help others. The American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) will presen...Breast reconstruction not as safe for obese patients
...as harvested from the abdominal area, weakness and deformity of the abdominal wall such as hernia and bulge was much more common than in normal weight patients. "While it's very difficult to tell a patient she needs to wait for breast reconstruction, patient safety is our primary concern," said Dr. Beahm. "...Washington University surgeon develops treatment for foot deformity
April 5, 2007 -- Children born with a foot deformity that causes them to have a rigid flatfoot once fac...le to figure out how best to gradually correct the deformity in CVT." The treatment is based on principles developed in the 1950s for clubfoot, another congeni...