When young athletes get injured, doctors have to be extra careful. One of the major injuries they deal with is a torn Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL). This is especially true for kids who are still growing. Research shows that these young athletes are more likely to have surgery failures if certain
Ever wondered about the prevalence of thumb osteoarthritis in the elderly? Well, a small rural town in Japan decided to find out. This condition, which can cause pain and impact daily activities, hasn't been thoroughly studied, especially in terms of its occurrence and what factors contribute to it.
Ever wondered how walking with extra weight changes the way your ankles move? Biomechanists have been diving into this question for a while now. They used some fancy tech like dynamic biplane radiography and model-based 2D-3D tracking to see how the ankle joint complex behaves under extra load. Turn
Kummell's disease is a tough nut to crack, but a new approach is showing promise. Instead of using regular percutaneous kyphoplasty (PKP), doctors are trying out PKP with a special mesh to hold bone cement in place. Nine patients with Kummell's disease got this treatment at a spinal surgery departme
The sphenoid sinus, a small cavity in the brain's base, varies greatly among people worldwide. Surgeons need to comprehend these variations when planning surgeries accessed through the nose. This review aims to gather and analyze studies that explore how these differences affect endoscopic endonasal
The Covid-19 pandemic brought a surge in alcohol consumption that hasn't slowed down. Dr. Brian Lee, a liver specialist, noticed more patients with severe liver issues due to excessive drinking. A recent study, led by Lee, found that alcohol use in the US increased in 2020 and kept rising in 2021 an
Did you know that growing up in a tough environment can sometimes lead to big personality changes later in life? One of those changes can be something called Narcissistic Personality Disorder, or NPD for short. NPD is like a mix of different things that happen in your brain and body, along with the
Imagine you're diagnosed with prostate cancer, but it's still contained within the prostate. A treatment called focal therapy using high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) is gaining attention. This method targets only the cancerous tissue, leaving the rest of the prostate untouched. In a multi-cen
Imagine you're dealing with high blood pressure that just won't budge, no matter how many pills you take. This is the reality for people with resistant hypertension. They're on all the standard meds like beta-blockers, calcium channel blockers, diuretics, and ACE inhibitors or ARBs, but their blood
CT scans are crucial for spotting chest diseases. The quality of these images largely depends on their spatial resolution. Thick-slice CT, which is still commonly used due to cost concerns, has a lower spatial resolution that can make diagnoses tricky. Researchers recently developed a deep learning
